KELLOGG, Iowa (AP) — Four people have been charged in the strangulation death of a man whose body was found burning last week in a rural central Iowa ditch. The Iowa Department of Public Safety says 31-year-old Steven Vogel, of Grinnell, was arrested Tuesday in the death of 44-year-old Michael Williams, of Grinnell. Police acknowledged that the killing of Williams, who is Black, had led to fears that he may have been targeted because of his race. But police said Williams and Vogel, who is white, were well acquainted and a police statement says investigators have found “no evidence” that race was a factor. It wasn’t immediately known whether Vogel had a lawyer who could comment on his behalf.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of 52-year-old Darren Keith Brooks of Oakland on warrants for 2 counts of Violation of Probation. Brooks was served the warrants at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Pottawattamie County Corrections. Brooks was being held on $10,000 bond.

The Creston Police Department reports an arrest early Wednesday morning. At 2:33 a.m. Officers arrested 65-year-old Hal Stewart of Lenox at the intersection of Highway 34 and New York Avenue on a charge of OWI 1st Offense. He was later released from the Union County Jail on a $1,000 bond.

Red Oak Police report the arrest of two individuals following a traffic stop on Tuesday evening at 8:55 p.m. The stop was conducted in the 800 block of S 8th Street in Red Oak. Upon investigation Officers arrested 46-year-old Justin Matthew Dufek of Omaha for Violation of a No Contact Order, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Drug Trafficking-Methamphetamine. Also arrested during the stop was 46-year-old Renea Dawn Dufek of Red Oak for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

Both individuals were taken to and booked into the Montgomery County Jail. Justin Dufek was being held on $50,000 bond and Renea Dufek was held on $300 bond.

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports an arrest on Tuesday. Deputies arrested 23-year-old Eric Xavier Wiggins of Corning on a charge of Unauthorized Use of a Credit Card (A Class D Felony). Wiggins was taken to the Adams County Jail and held on $5,000 bond.