The Iowa Department of Public Safety’s Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau wants to bring to light in April, Distracted Driving Awareness Month, the alarming number of crashes caused by distracted driving. Nationally, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation, in 2014 there were 3,179 people killed, up slightly from 2013, in distracted driving crashes, that account for 10 percent of all…
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Greene county magistrate court, week ending April 8
Cases were initiated in magistrate court during the week ending April 8 as follows: Matthew Lee Hurley of Jefferson, driving while license suspended; Zachery Allen Waters of Paton, disorderly conduct; Edward Eugene Goff of Ames, public intoxication; Michael Eugene Hamilton of Grand Junction, theft-fifth degree; John Logan Jr of Jefferson, domestic abuse assault-first offense; John William Haygood of Jefferson, public…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending April 8
In Greene County district court dispositions were entered in a pair of cases against Omar Felan Estrada, 29, of Grand Junction. In the first case Estrada was sentenced to 60 days in jail on a charge of theft-fourth degree, amended from burglary-third degree. The jail time was suspended and he was placed on informal probation for one year. He was…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending April 1
In Greene County district court a judgment was entered March 29 against Richard Charles Burkhardt, 46, of Jefferson after he pleaded guilty to a charge of interference with official acts. Burkhardt was sentenced to 365 days in jail. The jail time was suspended and he was placed on informal probation for two years. He was fined $315 with a $110.25…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending April 1
In Greene County magistrate court a judgment for time served with a $48 sheriff’s fee was entered March 23 against Benita Velez of Albert Lea, MN. Court costs were $60.
Read MoreGreene County district court, March 12-25
In Greene County district court Hossein Kolbehdari, 21, of Ankeny was granted a deferred judgment March 14 after he pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of a controlled substance – first offense. He must pay a $300 civil penalty, a $10 surcharge for drug abuse resistance education (DARE), a $125 Law Enforcement Initiative surcharge and $5,181.12 court costs. Kolbehdari…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, March 12-25
In Greene County magistrate court judgments were entered against Chad Christopher Louk of Jefferson in two separate cases. In a case that was initiated in district court Louk was charged with criminal mischief-fourth degree. The charge was amended to criminal mischief-fifth degree and a judgment was entered in magistrate court for a $65 fine with a $22.75 surcharge and a…
Read MoreSheriff’s report – March 2016
Following are excerpts of activities reported by the Greene County sheriff’s office: Thursday, March 31: At 1:43 pm a deputy was dispatched to the 300 block of H Ave in Highland Township to investigate criminal mischief to a vehicle and trespassing onto private property.
Read MorePolice blotter – March 2016
Following are excerpts of activities reported by the Jefferson police department: Thursday, March 31: At 10:53 am officers arrested Stephanie Arvella Goff on an outstanding Dallas County arrest warrant on a probation violation. Goff was transported to Dallas County. At 5:03 officers investigated a single vehicle accident at Greene County Medical Center. Ashlyn Haley Wilkins-South of Jefferson was eastbound in the…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending March 11
In Greene County district court Craig Darwin Presley, 55, of Lake View was sentenced March 11 to two years in prison after he changed his plea to guilty to a charge of operating while intoxicated (OWI)-second offense. All but seven days of the prison term was suspended and he was placed on informal probation for one year. He may complete…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending March 11
In Greene County magistrate court judgments were entered in three cases initiated in district court. A charge against Jessica Amber Montoya, 20, of Churdan of domestic abuse assault causing bodily injury was amended to assault-simple. Montoya was fined $100 with a $35 surcharge. Court costs were $121.
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending March 3
In Greene County district court sentencing was done Feb. 29 in a pair of cases against Lance Michael Ross, 19, of Grand Junction. In a case that was initiated in March 2015 Ross was charged with sex abuse-third degree. The charge was amended to lascivious acts with a child and Ross was sentenced to five years in prison. After the…
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