{"id":523967,"date":"2025-03-20T09:18:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T14:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kjan.com\/?p=523967"},"modified":"2025-03-20T09:18:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T14:18:43","slug":"adair-county-sheriff-responds-to-concerns-following-a-social-media-post-from-a-county-resident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kjan.com\/news\/adair-county-sheriff-responds-to-concerns-following-a-social-media-post-from-a-county-resident\/","title":{"rendered":"Adair County Sheriff responds to concerns following a social media post from a County resident"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"html-div xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 xkhd6sd xsag5q8\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"html-div xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"html-div xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd\" data-ad-rendering-role=\"story_message\">\n<div class=\"x1iorvi4 xjkvuk6 x1ye3gou xn6708d\" data-ad-comet-preview=\"message\" data-ad-preview=\"message\">\n<div class=\"x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u\">\n<div class=\"xu06os2 x1ok221b\">\n<div class=\"xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">(Greenfield, Iowa) &#8211; Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater, Wednesday, issued a statement on social media with regard to a recent Facebook post from a female resident of the county, who encountered a suspicious set of circumstances north of Fontanelle Sunday night. Vandewater said the driver of the other vehicle involved called into the Sheriff\u2019s Office and spoke with the Sheriff about the subject. Vandewater following the conversation with that individual, he feels &#8220;confident that there was no criminal intent on the part of the motorist who was pulled over to the side of the road or the passenger of that vehicle who has a physical disability and had fallen down,&#8221; and that he is &#8220;comfortable with the drivers explanation of the events.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He offered a couple of takeaways from the scenario. Sheriff Vandewater said &#8220;I applaud the female who made the post as she trusted her instincts and her \u201cgut\u201d reaction and left the area when things didn\u2019t feel quite right. Fantastic! If the hair stands up on the back of your neck, there is probably a reason. Go with your instincts. &#8220;Another reality is that the world seems like a crazy place right now and it probably is. As a reminder, if you come across what appears to be a stranded motorist in an isolated area, especially late at night or anytime of the day for that matter, just give us a call and let me or my deputies go investigate the situation or help the stranded motorist\u2026..that\u2019s what we\u2019re here for.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Sometimes,&#8221; he said, &#8220;things aren\u2019t what they appear to be, sometimes they are. Let us do the checking for you. But either way, we continue to need you to call us as you are our eyes and ears in the community. One or even two deputies cannot be everywhere in the county at at one time, especially the lesser traveled Level \u201cB\u201d and gravel roads. We are much less effective without your help.&#8221; Sheriff Vandewater concluded his statement by saying &#8220;<span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h\" dir=\"auto\">I hope this update puts some of you at ease.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"0","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-523967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kjan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kjan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kjan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kjan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kjan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kjan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523967\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kjan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kjan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kjan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}