Following are excerpts of activities reported by the Jefferson police department: Friday, June 30: At 9:11 pm a complainant reported an assault having occurred at Wild Rose Casino. The officer is investigating. At 9:53 pm staff at Wild Rose Casino reported a suspected intoxicated male was attempting to start fights in the casino parking lot. The officer responded and located…
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Greene County district court, week ending June 16
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…
Read MoreGreene 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 MoreGreene County district court, week ending June 9
In Greene County district court Lori Anne Gannon, 62, of Churdan was sentenced to 25 years in prison on each of two charges of drug distribution to person under age 18, and five years in prison on each of two charges of intent to deliver less than 50 kilograms of marijuana. The prison terms are concurrent; all were suspended and…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending June 9
In Greene County magistrate court Tyler Rysavy of Boone was sentenced to 10 days in jail after he pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct- loud raucous noise, amended from violation of a no contact order. The jail time was suspended and he was placed on probation to Boone/Greene County Probation for one year. A judgment was entered for…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending June 2
Persons pleaded not guilty at arraignment in Greene County district court during the week ending June 2 as follows: Matthew James Cummings, 36, of Jefferson, theft- first degree; and Noah M. Winkelman, 34, of Jefferson, operating while intoxicated- first offense. Trial dates were set for Sept. 11 for Cummings and for Aug. 22 for Winkelman. Cases were initiated in district…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending June 2
Cases were initiated in magistrate court during the week ending June 2 as follows: Zein Mohammed Ibrahim of Harcourt, harassment- third degree (two counts); Christopher James Lehrkamp of Scranton, public intoxication; Richard Randall Eatwell of Newton, fraudulent practice- fifth degree; and Alyssa Lorene Ralston of Des Moines, theft- fifth degree against older individual, and in a separate case, theft- fifth…
Read MorePolice blotter – May 2023
Following are excerpts of activities reported by the Jefferson police department: Wednesday, May 31: Routine activity reported. Tuesday, May 30: At 1:16 pm officers and deputies investigated a burglary at the city impound lot. Someone entered the locked facility and removed items from the vehicles being held there. Monday, May 29: Routine activity reported. Sunday, May 28: At 5:54 am…
Read MoreSheriff’s report – May 2023
Following are excerpts of activities reported by the Greene County sheriff’s office: Wednesday, May 31: At 4:25 pm deputies investigated a complaint of an illegal burial at the Highland Township Cemetery in Churdan. An urn with cremains was found buried with flags that said Grandma and Grandpa. At 7:42 pm a deputy investigated a complaint of an intoxicated male assaulting…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending May 26
In Greene County district court Megan Rose Wright, 29, of Jefferson was sentenced May 22 to 25 years in prison on each of two counts of distribution of controlled substance to a person under age 18, and to five years in prison on each of two counts of intent to deliver less than 50 kg of marijuana. The prison terms…
Read MoreGreene County magistrate court, week ending May 26
In Greene County magistrate court May 24 Jada Bonita McCullough of Carroll paid a $105 fine with a $15 surcharge on a charge of providing false identification information. Court costs were $60. A judgment for a $105 fine with a $15.75 surcharge was entered against Benjamin Thomas Murphy of Jefferson on a charge of public intoxication. Court costs were $60.…
Read MoreGreene County district court, week ending May 19
In Greene County district court Bruce William King, 61, of Dayton was sentenced May 16 to two days in jail after he changed his plea to guilty to a charge of possession of methamphetamine. He must undergo a substance abuse evaluation and complete any recommended treatment at his own expense. King was fined $430 with a $64.50 surcharge. Court costs…
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