In Greene County district court Benjamin James Ellingson, 38, of Jefferson was sentenced June 16 to a total of 55 years in prison after he changed his pleas to guilty of charges sex abuse and distributing marijuana involving underage females. Ellingson was sentenced to 25 years in prison on a charge of distributing marijuana to a person younger than age…
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Greene County magistrate court, week ending June 16
In Greene County magistrate court Christopher James Lehrkamp of Scranton was sentenced June 7 to three days in jail, with credit for time served, on a charge of public intoxication. He was fined $105 with a $15.75 surcharge. No judgment was entered for court costs. Also, a charge against him in district court of animal abuse, a serious misdemeanor, was…
Read MoreDCI, ISP in Jefferson for death investigation
Updated ~ The Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation and the Iowa State Patrol are assisting the Jefferson police department and the Greene County sheriff’s office in an investigation of a death early Monday morning in the 800 block of E. Adams St in Jefferson. The deceased has been identified at Holden VerSchuure, 22, of Jefferson. The police does not suspect…
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