DRAKESVILLE, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa State Patrol has released the names of a boy who was killed and his brother who was injured by a hit-and-run driver in southeast Iowa.

A patrol accident report identified the dead boy as 9-year-old Merlin Beechy and his brother as 12-year-old Nathan Beechy, of rural Drakesville in Davis County.

The report says the vehicle struck the boys a little before 10 p.m. Sunday on a rural road west of Drakesville. The report says the vehicle came up from behind, struck the two and then left.

Nathan Beechy was flown to a Des Moines hospital. No arrests have been reported.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports that at around 9:40-a.m. Sunday, the Sheriff’s K9 Unit attempted to stop a stolen vehicle at 190th and Jesup, in Mills County. The vehicle fled into Pacific Junction and reached speeds of 50-miles per hour through town. The vehicle traveled down Hilman and entered the City of Glenwood, at speeds of about 100-miles per hour in a 35-mph zone.

The vehicle ran several stop signs and stop lights and was at 55-mph on Walnut Street, before it came to a dead end on north Walnut. There, the driver, 50-year old Eric Dwayne Pittman, of Council Bluffs, was arrested for Theft in the 2nd Degree, Felony Eluding, Possession of Burglary Tools and Reckless Driving. The vehicle was confirmed as having been stolen out of Carlisle, IA. Pittman was being held in the Mills County Jail on a $12,300 bond. The Mills County K9 Unit was assisted during the incident by Glenwood Police, the Fremont County Sheriff’s Dept. and Iowa State Patrol.

On Saturday, the Mills County K9 unit conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle on 192nd and Bunge Road. The driver, 28-year old Thomas Michael Cash, of Glenwood, was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance and Driving While Barred. His bond was set at $3,000.

In other news, the Mills County Sheriff’s Office says 33-year old David Michael Graham, of Silver City, was arrested Saturday on a warrant for Willful Injury and Domestic Abuse Assault, the bond for which was set at $15,000. That same day, 20-year old Andrew Scott Janko, of Council Bluffs, was arrested on a warrant for Probation Violation ($1,000 bond). And, on the 24th, 22-year old Kourtney McKayleigh Dafoe, of Sioux Falls, SD, was arrested for Assault and Trespass (Bond $300).

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A member of the Iowa State Patrol has collected nearly $50,000 in salary during a mysterious paid leave that has lasted nearly 10 months. The patrol confirmed Monday that Trooper Wade Karp was placed on administrative leave Sept. 5 and remains in that status. Patrol spokesman Sgt. Nathan Ludwig says the reason is “protected from disclosure” under Iowa law.
Karp receives a biweekly salary of $2,338.74, which means he’s means earned about $49,000 and counting during the leave.

Iowa administrative rules allow agencies to suspend employees with pay pending disciplinary investigations for up to 21 calendar days. Any leave longer than that must be approved the Department of Administrative Services. Karp said in a Facebook message in April that he hasn’t committed any misconduct but that it would be inappropriate for him to discuss personnel matters. Karp is assigned to Post 16, which helps protect the Capitol.

Red Oak Police say a man with 16 driving suspension was arrested at around 9:40-a.m. today (Monday), for…Driving Under Suspension. 48-year old Ricky Allen Baker, of Red Oak, was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 bond, after he was observed driving a motor vehicle on a public roadway.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a 6-year-old girl who died after being pulled from a Des Moines lake. Police identified her Monday as Ikran Noor, who lived in Des Moines. Firefighters were called Saturday evening to Gray’s Lake because a child was reported missing. They found Ikran in the water and tried to resuscitate her. She was pronounced dead later at a hospital.
Police say criminal charges aren’t expected.

MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Charles City man twice convicted of sexually abusing a 17-year-old boy has been sentenced. Court records say 62-year-old Doug Lindaman was given two years Friday. He’d been convicted in April of misdemeanor assault with intent to commit sexual abuse. He’s said he intends to appeal. Lindaman was convicted in 2016 of sexually abusing the boy in 2011. The Iowa Supreme Court later vacated the conviction, because Lindaman was allowed to represent himself without knowingly waiving his right to an attorney. Lindaman was running for a school board spot when arrested in 2015.
A mistrial in his second trial was declared Feb. 26 after two prosecution witnesses violated court instructions.

The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports 36-year old Anthony David Titus, of Reno, NV, was arrested at around 10:15-a.m. Sunday, on a Union County warrant for Failure to Appear in court. Titus was taken into custody at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, and held on a $2,500 bond. Authorities said also, a woman from Vail (IA), reported Saturday morning, that sometime overnight Friday-into Saturday, someone took her 2005 Ford Explorer from Yellow Rose Ave. The vehicle was later located on Jarvis Street in Creston, with no damage.

A semi tractor trailer driver from Texas was arrested for OWI/1st offense, Saturday, in Pottawattamie County. 27-year old Joseph Lewis Padilla, of Roanoke, TX., was arrested after a deputy was dispatched to 7013 North Chestnut at around 1:05-a.m., Saturday, in response to a property damage accident. The communications center advised the caller was stating a semi had just struck a berm and was possibly stuck. The caller also stated the semi struck a fire hydrant.

A Council Bluffs man was arrested Saturday night, for Criminal Trespass. 24-year old James Anthony Miller was arrested after Pott. County Deputies were dispatched to 19025 Mynster Springs Rd. for a suspicious person that tried to walk into the residence. And, a call about a suspicious vehicle at around 11-p.m., Saturday, resulted in the arrest of 54-year old Scott T. Brown, of Grant. The communications center advised Deputies a red GMC pickup was parked in front of a caller’s neighbor’s residence, who was out of town. Brown was subsequently taken into custody for Driving While Revoked.

34-year old Jeremy Theron Harriman, of Avoca, was arrested at around 2:50-a.m. Sunday, after a Deputy conducting vehicle patrol in Avoca saw Harriman seated at the intersection of North Chestnut and E. Wool streets. He approached Harriman due to his suspicious nature. The man unable to produce any identification, but provided his name. The Deputy, who was familiar with Harriman, knew he had a warrant for his arrest, and took him into custody on the warrant for Failure to appear on a Possession of controlled substance 1st offense (meth) charge.  An additional charge of possession of controlled substance/meth was added, after Harriman was searched and a small amount of the drug was found on his person.

A 17-year old male from Council Bluffs and a 17-year old female from Treynor, along with 18-year old Ryan Patrick Dermody, of Council Bluffs, were arrested Sunday at around 4-a.m., after a Pott. County Deputy traveling westbound on Highway 92 observed a white Toyota Camry traveling west at a high rate of speed. He car was clocked at 67 mph in a 55 zone.The 17-year old male driving the vehicle was arrested for OWI/1st offense. The 17-year female, and Dermody were arrested for consumption of alcohol by a minor.  An investigation into an injury accident at around 8:45-a.m. Sunday at 290th and Cottonwood Road, in Pott. County, resulted in the arrest of 39-year old Clint Douglas Pelletier, of Treynor, for OWI/1st offense. 47-year old Daniel Lloyd Vanwinkle, of Council Bluffs, was arrested for OWI/1st offense at around 1:15-p.m., Sunday, after an investigation was conducted following a two-vehicle, injury accident at Highway 92 and Cypress Avenue.

A traffic stop on a speeding 2018 Nissan Sentra on I-80 at around 1:30-p.m. Sunday, resulted in the deployment of a Sheriff’s Dept. K9, and the eventual arrest of the driver, 28-year old Andrew Jacob Powell, and his passenger, 52-year old Richard Kenneth Powell, both of Davenport. During the probable cause search 51 lbs of marijuana was located within the vehicle. Both subjects were placed under arrest for Possession with the Intent to Deliver/Marijuana. A Neola man was issued a citation at around 5:15-p.m., Sunday. 56-year old Kirk Alan Boyer was cited and ordered to appear in court on a Public Intoxication charge, following an incident at a convenience store near Neola.

And, early this (Monday) morning, a woman called the Pott. County Sheriff’s Office to report she was with her sister at Highway 6 and Hunt Avenue in Council Bluffs, and was in a disturbance with her sister’s boyfriend, identified as 28-year old Darnell Jerrell Coleman, of Omaha. The caller advised Coleman borrowed her sister’s Jeep Compass to return his children to Atlantic from Omaha. Coleman ran the vehicle out of gas at Highway 6 and Hunt Avenue, and would not get out of the vehicle. The sisters advised they needed law enforcement to assist. Contact was made with Coleman, who was instructed to exit the vehicle. He refused to do so, and was placed under arrest for interference with official acts. Authorities say Coleman also displayed numerous cues of impairment and was charged with OWI 1st.