Police Investigate Walmart Theft and Arson
(Le Mars) — Le Mars Police are investigating a theft and arson incident that happened at the Le Mars Walmart store, on Friday evening at around 9:00 p.m. Captain Tim Hop says they are looking for an older white male subject.
Hop says the police believe the vehicle may be from Woodbury County. Hop says as of now, the investigation is focused on just the one subject. Captain Hop says the subject was using the fireworks as a distraction for his get-a-way.
Police are still studying the store’s surveillance video. As of yet there has not been a photo released of the subject in question. The Le Mars Police are asking for the public’s assistance. Anyone with additional information about the theft are asked to contact the Le Mars Police Department at 546-4113. Officials
say since the subject used fireworks and intentionally discharged them inside a building directed at people, that would carry a charge of arson.
Body Of Sloan Man Found
SLOAN, Iowa (AP) – Authorities have identified a man who died Monday in an early-morning house fire in western Iowa. The Iowa State Fire Marshal’s Office says that 39-year-old Matthew Goodvin died in the Monday fire. He was pronounced dead after authorities say he did not make it out of a house, which was located between Hornick and Sloan.
Drowning Of Boy In Storm Lake
STORM LAKE, Iowa (AP) – Police say a 6-year-old boy has drowned in a northwestern Iowa lake. Luis Fernando Silva Moreno, of Sioux City, drowned Monday in Storm Lake. Storm Lake Police said Wednesday in a news release that
the boy was pronounced dead after a dive team found his body underwater just off a lake beach shortly before 1 p.m. Monday.
Des Moines Police Officer Shoots Woman
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A 29-year-old woman has died after being shot by a Des Moines police officer.
Police Sgt. Paul Parizek says Tiffany Lynn Potter was wounded while trying to flee from officers in a car around 2 a.m. Wednesday.
Few details have been released about what happened.
No officers were hurt during the confrontation.
The incident will be investigated by the Iowa Division of Criminal
Investigation.
Melcher-Dallas Has Fire In Downtown Business Area
MELCHER-DALLAS, Iowa (AP) – A major fire has damaged several buildings in a central Iowa town’s downtown.
The Des Moines Register reports (https://dmreg.co/2toYDzd ) the started late Tuesday in Melcher-Dallas and continued to burn into the early morning hours of Wednesday.
Melcher-Dallas Police Chief Steve Johns says he doesn’t think fireworks caused the fire, but the cause of the blaze hasn’t been determined yet.
No injuries were reported, but the building housing That’s My Bag and More is a total loss. The fire also caused extensive damage at a building housing a bar and grill and some apartments.
Melcher-Dallas is a town of about 1,300 people 40 miles southeast of Des Moines. A crowd of about 100 people stood in the town square watching the fire Tuesday night.
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Partner of Lottery Official Pleads Guilty
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – A man who collected a Wisconsin Lottery jackpot that was rigged by his friend has admitted using the windfall for an investment scheme that produced another wave of undeserved government money.
Court records show Robert Rhodes recently testified that he used the $783,000 payout to receive an additional $180,000 in bogus tax refunds.
The Texas businessman sent $450,000 to the Caribbean to buy an insurance policy for a corporation that never did any business – except receive the lottery prize. He claimed the policy as a tax-deductible “business expense,”
receiving refunds from the U.S. government and Wisconsin.
The St. Lucia-based insurer where Rhodes sent his cash was later accused of duping investors. Rhodes says the company “absconded” with $150,000.
Rhodes and former lottery contractor Eddie Tipton pleaded guilty to rigging the 2007 Megabucks drawing.
