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Monday Afternoon News, December 10th

Law Enforcement Officers Conduct Felony Traffic Stop After Passenger in Vehicle Displayed Handgun To Passing Motorists

(Le Mars) — The Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office was notified on Friday, December 7th at about 5:00 p.m. of a vehicle traveling south on Highway 60 from the Sioux County line. A passenger in the car was displaying a handgun at passing motorists. Sheriff’s deputies and police officers from Le Mars,
Merrill, and Hinton began looking for the vehicle in question. At about 5:10 p.m. a witness called and reported the vehicle was parked at Casey’s General Store in Merrill. As law enforcement officials were arriving at Casey’s, the vehicle left, heading southbound on Highway 75. Deputies and officers were able to stop the vehicle at mile marker 111 heading southbound
on Highway 75. All three occupants of the vehicle were detained by deputies without incident and an investigation was conducted. As a result of the investigation, Baily Goebel, age 21 of Alton, and a passenger in the car was arrested for assault while displaying a dangerous weapon. Goebel’s actions with the handgun while traveling on Highway 60 and Highway 75 put others in fear for their safety and well-being. Goebel was booked into the Plymouth County Jail on the single charge and later released on bond. Sheriff’s deputies seized a .45 caliber pistol from the vehicle. The driver and the other passenger were released without any charges.

 

 

Woman Accused Of Stealing Narcotic Pills From Assisted Living Center Takes Plea Agreement

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – A woman accused of stealing narcotic pain pills while working for a Council Bluffs assisted living facility has taken a plea deal.
The Daily Nonpareil reports that 31-year-old Mandi Newsom was given two years of probation and fined $1,000 Friday. She also was granted a deferred judgment. That means Newsom’s conviction in the case can to be removed from court records if she fulfills her probation terms.
She pleaded guilty to a felony drug charge, and prosecutors dropped two related charges in return. Her trial was scheduled to begin Jan. 15.
Newsom was accused of stealing nearly 1,900 oxycodone and
hydrocodone pills from January 2017 to August 2017 while working at Bethany Heights Assisted Living.

 

 

Fatal Accident Reported Near Plover

PLOVER, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa State Patrol says two people were fatally injured in a collision at a northwest Iowa intersection.
The patrol says the accident occurred Friday afternoon when an
eastbound car on a Pocahontas County road didn’t halt at a stop sign before trying to cross Iowa Highway 4 about 3 miles (5 kilometers) west of Plover.
The car collided with a southbound semitrailer.
The patrol says the car driver, 24-year-old Kyle Briggs, of Denver, Iowa, died at the scene and says 48-year-old Christine Price, of Rolfe, died later at a hospital. The patrol also says 19-year-old Elyjah Aden, of Rolfe, and 47-year-old John Price, also of Rolfe, were taken to hospitals.
The semitrailer driver was not injured. The patrol identified him as 21-year-old Ryan Larson, of Armstrong.

 

 

Man Dies After Being Pinned Under Tractor Tire

DORCHESTER, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say a man found pinned under a tractor has died in northeast Iowa.
The Allamakee County Sheriff’s Office reports that the accident
occurred around 3 p.m. Saturday near Dorchester. First responders found the man under a tire of the tractor.
The man’s name and other details have not been released.

 

 

Central Iowa Hunting Accident Claims Life

KNOXVILLE, Iowa (AP) – Authorities are investigating a fatal hunting accident in south-central Iowa.
Marion County deputies and Iowa Natural Resources Department
officials responded to a report of the shooting around 4:30 p.m. Sunday near Lake Red Rock.
Details about the shooting, including the victim’s name, haven’t
been released.

 

 

12 Year Old To Be Tried In Adult Court

ELDRIDGE, Iowa (AP) – A 12-year-old Iowa boy accused of unsuccessfully trying to shoot his teacher will be tried in adult court as a youthful offender.
The Quad-City Times reports that a judge made that ruling Friday just before the boy made his first appearance on charges of attempted murder and weapons counts. The boy remains in a youth detention center on $50,000 bond.
If convicted as a youthful offender in adult court, the boy would
remain under juvenile court supervision until he’s 18. The case would then return to adult court, where a judge could dismiss it or sentence the offender to adult prison.
The Associated Press does not generally name juveniles charged with crimes.
Police say the boy entered a North Scott Junior High classroom on Aug. 31 with a .22-caliber handgun and tried to shoot the teacher.
Investigators say when the loaded gun jammed, the teacher wrestled it away from him.

 

 

Man Sentenced To Life In Prison For Killing Woman And Setting Garage On Fire

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) – A man convicted of killing a woman in her Cedar Rapids garage and setting it on fire has been sentenced to life in prison.
Television station KCRG reports that 39-year-old Timothy Evans
pleaded guilty to first-degree murder for the April death of 38-year-old Gina Frederiksen. In exchange for his plea, charges of robbery, burglary and arson were dropped.
Prosecutors say Evans broke into the detached garage of a Cedar
Rapids home on April 29 and violently assaulting Frederiksen. Police say he then set fire to the garage.
Frederiksen was pulled from the burning garage, but died at a
hospital.
Evans, who was homeless, had been released from jail just two days before the violent break-in. He was being held on car burglary charges when he was released.