Press Release

 

Disclaimer: A criminal charge is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty 

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Code                                  Charge Description                                                  Incident #               Warrant #
708.2(3)                             ASSAULT-DISPLAY DNGRS WEAPON              23-004004

Released:05/04/2023 @ 14:09
Reason:SURETY BOND

Addr:MAPLE CREST DRIVE NEBRASKA CITY, NE 68410
Sex: F
Arresting Agency: FREMONT CO SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Location: 2106 MONROE ST HAMBURG
Cod                                 Charge Description                                                  Incident #               Warrant #
321J.2(2)(c)                       OWI- 3RD OFFENSE                                          23-004005

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Name: SANCHEZ,VICTOR MANUEL
Age: 25
Arrested: 05/02/2023 @ 18:42
Addr:W SHERIDAN AVE SHENANDOAH, IA 51601
Sex: M
Arresting Agency: FREMONT CO SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Location: 2814 200TH STREET SIDNEY
Code                                  Charge Description                                                  Incident #               Warrant #
00000                                FAILURE TO APPEAR/CONTEMPT CT.                23-004022               SRCR008862
Released:05/03/2023 @ 13:06
Reason:SURETY BOND

Released:05/03/2023 @ 11:10
Reason:OWN RECOG

Code                                  Charge Description                                                  Incident #               Warrant #
321.284                             OPEN CONTAINER-DRIVER 21+ YOA              22-004078
321J.2(2)(b)                      OWI- 2ND OFFENSE                                             23-004078
321.366(f)                         STOP/PARK/LEAVE STANDVEH ON SH             23-004078
Released: 05/07/2023 @ 10:22
Reason: SURETY BOND

Code                                  Charge Description                                                  Incident #               Warrant #
908.11                               VIOLATION OF PROBATION                                  23-004090               SRCR008846
Released: 05/04/2023 @ 22:34
Reason:SURETY BOND

00000                                FAILURE TO APPEAR/CONTEMPT CT.                 23-004225              NTA0035647
Released: 05/10/2023 @ 10:26
Reason: PG/TIME PAY

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Name:TAULBORG,TERRY DANIEL
Age: 43
Arrested: 05/09/2023 @ 11:08
Addr:INDIAN AVE HASTINGS, IA 51540
Sex: M 
Arresting Agency: FREMONT CO SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Location: 600 S FREMONT ST SHENANDOAH
Code                                  Charge Description                                                  Incident #               Warrant #
135.37(1)                           OP TATTOO PARLOW W/O PERMIT                   23-004232
Released: 05/09/2023 @ 11:15
Reason: OWN RECOG

Addr:113TH STREET TABOR, IA 51653
Sex: M
Arresting Agency: FREMONT CO SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Location: 240TH AVE THURMAN
  Code                                  Charge Description                                                  Incident #               Warrant #
714.2(2) [LARC]              THEFT 2ND DEGREE>$1500<$10000                 23-003809               FECR008910
716.8(2)                             TRESPASS-INJURY/DAMAGE>$300                 23-003809               FECR008910 
Released: 05/10/2023 @ 18:13
Reason: SURETY BOND

Addr:MAIN ST
SIDNEY, IA 51652
Sex: M
Arresting Agency: FREMONT CO SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Location: 2814 200TH ST SIDNEY
Code                          Charge Description                                                       Incident #           Warrant #
707.2(1)(a)                MURDER 1ST DEGREE-PREMEDITATED             23-003556           FECR008911
707.11(1)                   ATTEMPTED MURDER                                            23-003556           FECR008911
708.4(1)                    WILLFUL INJURY-SERIOUS INJURY                     23-003556           FECR008911
708.8                        GOING ARMED WITH INTENT                                  23-003556           FECR008911

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Name: YOUNG,BRUCE DUANE
Age: 65
Arrested: 05/11/2023 @ 06:28
Addr:110TH ST
ESSEX, IA 51638
Sex: M
Arresting Agency: FREMONT CO SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Location: 110TH ST/ US HWY 59 IMOGENE
Code                                  Charge Description                                                  Incident #               Warrant #
321J.2(2)(a)                       OWI- 1ST OFFENSE                                              23-004278
Released: 05/11/2023 @ 08:28
Reason: CASH BOND

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Name:PARSONS,SHANE MICHAEL
Age: 48
Arrested: 05/12/2023 @ 19:32
Addr:MAIN ST PO BOX 117 SIDNEY, IA 51652
Sex: M
Arresting Agency: FREMONT CO SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Location: 2300 BLK/ HWY 275 SIDNEY
Code                                  Charge Description                                                  Incident #               Warrant #
124.401(5)                         POSS CNTL SUBST-1,2,3RD                                 23-004318
Released: 05/13/2023 @ 10:19
Reason: CASH BOND

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Name: SONKA,JEFFREY SCOTT
Age: 59
Arrested: 05/13/2023 @ 01:50
Addr: NEW ORLEANS AVE FARRAGUT, IA 51639
Sex: M
Arresting Agency: FREMONT CO SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Location: 2200 BLK/HWY 2 PERCIVAL
 Code                                  Charge Description                                                  Incident #               Warrant #
321J.2(2)(a)                       OWI- 1ST OFFENSE                                              23-004325
321.218(1)                         DRIVING UNDER SUSPENSION                        23-004325
Released: 05/13/2023 @ 11:03
Reason: CASH BOND

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Name: SONKA,LISA ALLEN
Age: 57
Arrested: 05/13/2023 @ 02:43
Addr:NEW ORLEANS AVE FARRAGUT, IA 51639
Sex: F
Arresting Agency: FREMONT CO SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Location: 2200 ST HWY 2 PERCIVAL
Code                                  Charge Description                                                  Incident #               Warrant #321J.2(2)(a)                       OWI- 1ST OFFENSE                                              23-004327

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Name:SEMPEK,STEVEN RAY
Age: 57
Arrested: 05/13/2023 @ 21:24
Addr: NORTH ST Hamburg, Iowa 51640
Sex: M
Arresting Agency: FREMONT COUNTY SHERIFF:S OFFICE
Location: 209 N St.
Code                                  Charge Description                                                  Incident #               Warrant #
708.7(2)                             HARASSMENT - 1ST DEGREE                            23-004314

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Name:ADKISSON,JONATHAN JAY
Age: 19
Arrested: 05/14/2023 @ 01:08
Addr: WASHINGTON ST APT 2 HAMBURG, IA 51640
Sex: M
Arresting Agency: FREMONT CO SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Location: 1508 WASHINGTON ST HAMBURG
Code                                  Charge Description                                                  Incident #               Warrant #
708.2A(2)(b)                     DOMESTIC ASSLT-BODILY INJRY-1S                23-004354
Released: 05/14/2023 @ 13:30
Reason: CASH BOND

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Name:BOHLEN,DUSTIN THOMAS
Age: 23
Arrested: 05/15/2023 @ 22:40
Addr:CLAY ST
SIDNEY, IA 51652
Sex: M
Arresting Agency: FREMONT CO SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Location: 204 CASS ST SIDNEY
Code                                  Charge Description                                                  Incident #               Warrant #
708.7(3)                             HARASSMENT - 2ND DEGREE                           23-004394
Released: 05/17/2023 @ 19:17
Reason:SURETY BOND

Code                                  Charge Description                                                  Incident #               Warrant #

714.2(5) [LARC]              THEFT 5TH DEGREE<$300       19-009041       SMMG030111
Released: 05/24/2023 @ 10:17

Code                                  Charge Description                                                  Incident #               Warrant #908.11                               VIOLATION OF PROBATION                                 23-002911               FECR008441
Released: 05/31/2023 @ 14:37

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Name: VANDERVORT,SHANE WILLIAM
Age: 41
Arrested: 05/25/2023 @ 13:51
Addr N 8TH STREET COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA 51503
Sex: M
Arresting Agency: FREMONT CO SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Location: 2100 BLK 155TH ST THURMAN
            Code                                  Charge Description                                                  Incident #               Warrant #
124.401(1)(b)(7)               DRUG TRAFF- 5GM-100KG METH                    17-004029              FECR007884

 

Reason:OWN RECOG

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Name:FUGATE,KIMBERLY MAE
Age: 43
Arrested: 05/27/2023 @ 23:02
Addr: E VALLEY AVE SHENANDOAH, IA 51601
Sex: F
Arresting Agency: FREMONT CO SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Location: 106 S FREMONT ST SHENANDOAH

                       Code                                  Charge Description                                                  Incident #               Warrant #
124.401(5)                         POSS CNTL SUBST-1,2,3RD                                 23-004785
124.401(5)                         POSS CNTL SUBST-1,2,3RD                                 23-004785
124.414                             POSS OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA                       23-004785
Released: 05/28/2023 @ 09:56
Reason: CASH BOND

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Name: THOMPSON,DANIEL RYAN
Age: 41
Arrested: 05/29/2023 @ 23:41
Addr: 
WASHINGTON ST HAMBURG, IA 51640
Sex: M
Arresting Agency: FREMONT CO SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Location: 1107 WASHINGTON ST HAMBURG
Code                                  Charge Description                                                  Incident #               Warrant #
708.2A(2)(b)                     DOMESTIC ASSLT-BODILY INJRY-1S                    23-004857
Released: 05/30/2023 @ 13:55
Reason: CASH BOND

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Name:GRAHAM,AMANDA MARIE
Age: 43
Arrested: 05/30/2023 @ 17:44
Addr MARKET STREET IMOGENE, IA 51645
Sex: F
Arresting Agency: FREMONT CO SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Location: 106 MARKET IMOGENE

Code                                  Charge Description                                                  Incident #               Warrant #708.2(2)                             ASSAULT W/BODILY INJURY                             23-004468               SRCR008922
Released: 05/31/2023 @ 18:34
Reason: SURETY BOND

MISSING PERSON

The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information on the whereabouts of Peggy S. Simpson age 64 of Nebraska City, Nebraska.

Peggy was last seen in Hamburg, Iowa on 05/01/2023.  Peggy is described as 5 foot 4 inches tall and approximately 115 lbs.  Peggy has blue eyes and grey hair.  Peggy was last seen wearing a blue coat and multicolored pink stocking hat.

Peggy may have been traveling from Iowa to Nebraska.

Anyone with information please contact the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office at 712-374-2424.

             Simpson

 Sheriff Kevin Aistrope 
 Fremont County Sheriff’s Office
 Sidney, Iowa 

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 Fremont County Sheriff
 Press Release
 April 17, 2023

    The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office is reporting the identification of human remains that were  
 located at remote location in rural Hamburg, Iowa near the Missouri River.
    

     On March 20, 2023, at approximately 1:00 the Fremont County Sheriff’s was called by an 
 employee of a real estate company that was scouting the property for deer when he happened upon 
 human remains. Fremont County Deputies and an Agent from the Iowa Division of Criminal
 Investigation (DCI) responded to the scene. Investigators located and seized several items from the
 scene to include human skeletal remains, car keys and a gym pass were recovered at the scene.

 

     On April 11, 2023, it was determined that the skeletal remains were those of Salvador Agustin
 Fonseca age 30, of Springfield, MO.

 

 It was determined that the keys were to a 2015 Chevrolet Spark.

 

      On March 6, 2022, during the course of a theft investigation a 2015 Chevy Spark was recovered 
 from approximately the 7MM I-29 northbound that came back to an individual out of Springfield, 
 MO. Deputies tried to locate the owner of the vehicle, but he had left his last known address without
 letting them know where he had gone to. The last know sighting of Fonseca was February 28, 2022,
 in Springfield, MO.

 

      It is unknown why Fonseca had stopped at that section of interstate, but it appears that he walked
 west to the Missouri River. 

 

     No foul play is suspected in the death.

 

      The Fremont County Sheriff's Office was assisted by the Iowa DCI, the Fremont County
 Coroner’s Office and Iowa State Medical Examiners in Ankeny, Iowa.

 

 Sheriff Kevin Aistrope 
 Fremont County Sheriff’s Office
 Sidney, Iowa

 To All Media Outlets,

      If you are wanting video. This is a very remote location on private property that requires UTV’s to gain
 access. It also requires a hike in a very rough timber. Because we have to travel through a farm field I would
 like to request that we use a pool video format for this. If you can decide who to use please let me know.

Thanks Tim  

 Chief Deputy Tim Bothwell #36-2

 Fremont County Sheriff’s Office 
 712-374-2424

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 Disclaimer: A criminal charge is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until 
 and unless proven guilty.   

 Fremont County Sheriff
 Press Release
 March 23, 2023

Sheriff Kevin Aistrope Reports:

On 03/20/2023, The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a possible stolen vehicle near a truck stop at the intersection of Hwy 2 and Interstate 29.

Deputies located a 2015 Chrysler 200, reported stolen out of Dickenson County, Iowa at that location.  Deputies arrested the driver, KENDEL COLE SCHMIDT, age 20 out of Spirit Lake, Iowa for Theft in the 1st Degree.  Schmidt also had a warrant for his arrest out of Dickenson County.  Schmidt is being held at the Fremont County Jail on $10,000 cash/surety bond.

On 03/22/2023, Schmidt assaulted a Fremont County Correctional Officer causing minor injuries.  It is alleged Schmidt tore the correctional officer’s uniform and attempted to steal items from their person in an attempt to escape.

Schmidt was further charged with:

• Criminal Mischief 5th Degree, a Simple Misdemeanor
• Assault on persons in certain occupations, an Aggravated Misdemeanor
• Attempted Escape, a Class D Felony
• Robbery 2nd Degree, a Class C Felony

He is being held on an additional $17,300 cash bond.

          Schmidt

 Sheriff Kevin Aistrope 
 Fremont County Sheriff’s Office
 Sidney, Iowa
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 Disclaimer: A criminal charge is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until 
 and unless proven guilty.  

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 Fremont County Sheriff
 Press Release
 March 14, 2023

Sheriff Kevin Aistrope Reports:

On 03/14/23 at approximately 2131hrs, the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office K9 Unit conducted a traffic stop on 2015 Chevy Camaro near the 7.5 mile marker southbound interstate 29 for a speeding violation.

Deputies made contact with the driver Toriann Michelle Russ, age 31 of Omaha, Nebraska.  Deputies detected the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle and observed an unrestrained child in the vehicle.  Russ was also driving impaired.

Russ was placed under arrest for:

• Operating While Intoxicated 2nd Offense
• Child Endangerment
• Driving While Revoked
• Possession of Marijuana
• Failure to use Child Restraint Device

Russ is being held pending $6,300 cash bond pending initial appearance with the Fremont County Magistrate.

                Russ

 Sheriff Kevin Aistrope 
 Fremont County Sheriff’s Office
 Sidney, Iowa
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 Disclaimer: A criminal charge is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until 
 and unless proven guilty.  

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 Fremont County Sheriff
 Press Release
 March 14, 2023

Sheriff Kevin Aistrope Reports:

On 03/14/2023, the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office arrested Dewight Eugene Binau, age 44 of Sidney, Iowa as a fugitive from Justice on a felony warrant out of Newton County, Missouri at a residence in Sidney.

On 02/03/2023, the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a possible sexual assault that occurred in Missouri in December of 2022.

The information was forwarded to the Neosho Missouri Police Department.

On 03/14/23, a warrant was issued for BINAU in Missouri and Fremont County Deputies executed the warrant in Sidney.

BINAU is being held without bond for:

• (2 Counts) Statutory Sodomy or Attempted Statutory Sodomy-Deviate Sexual Intercourse of a Person less than 12 Years of Age
• Child Molestation 2nd Degree, Child Less Than 12 Years of Age

Binau is being held pending an extradition hearing at the Fremont County Jail.


             Binau

 Sheriff Kevin Aistrope 
 Fremont County Sheriff’s Office
 Sidney, Iowa
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 Disclaimer: A criminal charge is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until 
 and unless proven guilty.  

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 Fremont County Sheriff
 Press Release
 March 7, 2023

Sheriff Kevin Aistrope Reports:

On 02/08/2023, the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office observed a vehicle reported stolen out of Atchison County, Missouri at an address on Park Street in Tabor.

Deputies conducted a search warrant on the residence and discovered additional evidence connected to additional burglaries and motor vehicle thefts that occurred in Fremont and Pottawattamie Counties in Iowa, and Atchison County, Missouri.

A warrant was issued for the arrest of Jesse Eugene Sump, age 52 of Tabor.

On 03/05/2023, Deputies were notified of a vehicle pursuit of Sump on a stolen Harley Davidson Motorcycle entering Page County from Atchison County, Missouri.

Page County Deputies located the motorcycle at an abandoned farm southwest of Coin, Iowa.

Fremont County K9 Roby was deployed and SUMP, surrendered to authorities and was placed under arrest without further incident.

Sump was charged with:

• Theft 1st Degree
• Theft 2nd Degree
• Theft 5th Degree
• Possession of a Controlled Substance 3^rd Offense (meth)
• Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
• Fugitive from Justice on an active felony warrant out of Atchison County, Missouri

Sump is being held on $10,000 cash/surety bond in Fremont County and a $100,000 cash/surety warrant out Missouri.  More charges are pending.

The Page County Sheriff’s Office, Atchison County Sheriff’s Office, Nodaway County Sheriff’s Office, Shenandoah Police Department, and the Fourth Judicial Probation and Parole assisted with the investigation.

             Sump
 
 Sheriff Kevin Aistrope 
 Fremont County Sheriff’s Office
 Sidney, Iowa
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 Disclaimer: A criminal charge is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until 
 and unless proven guilty.  

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Fremont County Sheriff
 Press Release
 February 23, 2023

Sheriff Kevin Aistrope Reports:

On February 22, 2023 at approximately 1915 hrs, the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office received multiple calls for a multi-vehicle accident near the Missouri River bridge on Hwy 2, east of Nebraska City.

A 1996 Chevy 1500 was westbound on Hwy 2 in the levee Bridge when it lost control on ice and struck the north concrete barrier, coming to rest facing east in the westbound right lane.  The vehicle was then struck by a white 2005 Buick Park Avenue.  A westbound semi driver took evasive action and attempted to avoid the initial accident, stuck the Buick, and then overturned blocking both westbound lanes of travel.

A black 2019 Dodge Journey Stopped east of the initial pickup accident to assist with traffic control and was struck by a black 2022 Chevy Malibu.

The two occupants of the Chevy 1500 were transported to the hospital with possible injuries and one occupant of the Buick Park Avenue was transported as well.  No other injuries were reported.

Westbound Hwy 2 traffic was halted until approximately 1am.

The Sidney Fire and Rescue, Percival Fire and Rescue, Hamburg Fire and Rescue, Nebraska City Fire and Rescue, Iowa State Patrol, Otoe County Sheriff’s Office, Nebraska State Patrol, the Nebraska City Police Department, and the Iowa Department of Transportation assisted the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office with the call.

At approximately 1957hrs, four other traffic accidents occurred between the 8- and 10-mile marker northbound Interstate 29.  One patient was transported to the hospital from a rollover accident at the 8-mile marker.  A male was also transported from Sapp Brothers by rescue with a possible cardiac event, not related to the accidents.

 Sheriff Kevin Aistrope 
 Fremont County Sheriff’s Office
 Sidney, Iowa
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 Disclaimer: A criminal charge is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until 
 and unless proven guilty. 

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Fremont County Sheriff
 Press Release
 February 23, 2023

Sheriff Kevin Aistrope Reports:

Name:               Brandon Serrano
Home Town:      Council Bluffs, Iowa
Age:                  29 
Arrest Date:        02/03/23
Charge              Possession of Contraband in a Correctional Facility

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Name:               Michael Trosper
Home Town:      Hamburg, Iowa
Age:                  35
Arrest Date:       02/04/23
Charge              Fugitive from Justice 

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Name:               Hope Kalkas
Home Town:      Shenandoah, Iowa
Age:                  32
Arrest Date:       02/05/23
Charge              Disorderly Conduct

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Name:               Joseph Muellner
Home Town:      Wichita, Kansas
Age:                  31
Arrest Date:       02/05/23
Charge              Violation of Probation

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Name:               Logan Jurey
Home Town:      Sidney, Iowa
Age:                  20
Arrest Date:       02/06/23
Charge              Criminal Mischief 4th Degree

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Name:               Victor Sanchez
Home Town:      Shenandoah, Iowa      
Age:                   25
Arrest Date:       02/06/23
Charge              Possession of a controlled substance

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Name:               Luke Nenneman
Home Town:      Syracuse, Nebraska
Age:                  30
Arrest Date:       02/06/23
Charge              OWI 1st Offense

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Name:               Savanna Schenck
Home Town:      Shenandoah, Iowa
Age:                   19
Arrest Date:        03/07/23
Charge               Violation of Probation

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Name:               Danyeal O’Brien
Home Town:      Springfield, Missouri
Age:                   44
Arrest Date:        02/08/23
Charge               Attempted Murder, OWI 1st Offense, Assault wile Displaying a Dangerous Weapon, Criminal
                           Mischief 5th Offense

NOTES:              It is alleged O’Brien displayed a firearm while making a death threat to a victim and then
                           purposefully wrecked her vehicle while making a death threat to her passenger.

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Name:               Megan Rasmussen
Home Town:      Randolph, Iowa
Age:                   37
Arrest Date:       02/08/23
Charge              Failure to Appear for Court

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Name:               Donovan Hankins
Home Town:      Tabor, Iowa
Age:                   41
Arrest Date:        02/08/23
Charge               Harassment 3rd Degree

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Name:               David Elsasser
Home Town:      Plattsmouth, Nebraska
Age:                  50
Arrest Date:       02/11/23
Charge              Fugitive from Justice

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Name:                Steve Garcia
Home Town:       Placentia, California
Age:                   24
Arrest Date:        02/12/23
Charge               Possession with Intent to Deliver, less than 50 kilograms Marijuana

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Name:               Sonya Green
Home Town:      Tarkio, Missouri
Age:                   32
Arrest Date:       02/14/23
Charge              Driving Under Suspension

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Name:               Luke Nenneman
Home Town:      Syracuse, Nebraska
Age:                   30
Arrest Date:        02/15/23
Charge               Harassment 3rd Degree

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Name:               Cole Racine
Home Town:      Hamburg, Iowa
Age:                   39
Arrest Date:        02/18/23
Charge               OWI 1st Offense

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Name:               Kris Henneman
Home Town:      Sidney, Iowa
Age:                   43
Arrest Date:       02/19/23
Charge              Harassment 3rd Degree

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Name:               Linda Mees
Home Town:      Sidney, Iowa
Age:                   57
Arrest Date:       12/20/23
Charge               Assault

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Name:               Christopher Howard
Home Town:      Shenandoah, Iowa
Age:                   49
Arrest Date:       02/22/2023
Charge               Violation of a Court Order

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 Sheriff Kevin Aistrope 
 Fremont County Sheriff’s Office
 Sidney, Iowa
.
 Disclaimer: A criminal charge is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until 
 and unless proven guilty.

 Fremont County Sheriff
 Press Release
 February 22, 2023

Sheriff Kevin Aistrope Reports:

On February 23, 2023 the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office took a report of a possible threat to students at the Fremont-Mills School via a social media post.  Deputies made contact with the student and after an investigation the threat was found to be credible. 

The 12-year-old student was placed under arrest Threat of Terrorism and placed in the Southwest Iowa Juvenile Detention Center until further court proceedings.

No further information will be provided at this time. 

 Sheriff Kevin Aistrope 
 Fremont County Sheriff’s Office
 Sidney, Iowa
.
 Disclaimer: A criminal charge is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until 
 and unless proven guilty.

 Fremont County Sheriff
 Press Release
 February 16, 2023

Sheriff Kevin Aistrope Reports:

On February 15, 2023, at approximately 2230 hrs, Fremont County Sheriff’s Deputies attempted to stop a white 1995 Ford Truck for speeding west of Riverton.  The vehicle failed to yield, and a short pursuit was initiated.

The driver, Blake Tobin, age 34 of Sidney, was arrested without incident.

Tobin was placed under arrest for:

Eluding (OWI), a Class D Felony
Operating While Intoxicated 1st Offense, a Serious Misdemeanor
Possession of Controlled Substance, (Marijuana), a Serious Misdemeanor

Upon being booked into the Fremont County Jail, Tobin was found to be concealing a controlled substance on his person and subsequently charged with:

Possession of Contraband in a correctional facility, a Class D Felony

Tobin is being held on $12,000 cash bond.  Other charges are pending.

 
          Blake Tobin

 Fremont County Sheriff’s Office
 Sidney, Iowa
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 Disclaimer: A criminal charge is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until 
 and unless proven guilty.

  Fremont County Sheriff
  Press Release
  February 10, 2023

Sheriff Kevin Aistrope Reports:

The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office is announcing the arrest of two individuals in connection with an arson that occurred in Anderson, Iowa in June of 2020.

On June 22, 2020, fire departments and investigators were called to 306^th Avenue in Anderson for a report of two separate buildings on fire.  The investigation determined that two separate structures were independently set on fire, and one of the structures was occupied at the time the fire was set.  The occupant was able to escape the fire without injury.

 On 02/10/2023, the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office arrested Charles Ray Welch, age 56 of Anderson, Iowa and Tyler Ward, age 32 of Riverton, Iowa after an ongoing investigation.  Both were arrested at their residences without incident.

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Welch was placed under arrest for:

 Solicitation to Commit a Felony, A Class D Felony
Arson 1st Degree, a Class B Felony
Arson 2nd Degree, a Class C Felony
Welch is being held at the Fremont County Jail on $55,000 cash only bond .

 

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Ward was placed under arrest for:

Arson 1st Degree, a Class B Felony
Arson 2nd Degree, a Class C Felony
Ward is being held at the Fremont County Jail on $50,000 cash only bond
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The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Iowa Fire Marshall’s Office with the investigation at the scene.

 Sheriff Kevin Aistrope 
 Fremont County Sheriff’s Office
 Sidney, Iowa

 Disclaimer: A criminal charge is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until 
 and unless proven guilty.

  Fremont County Sheriff
  Press Release
  December 21, 2022

Sheriff Kevin Aistrope Reports:

On December 8, 2022, the Tabor Police Department received a report of a stolen vehicle from a residence in Tabor.  Deputies with the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office and Mills County Sheriff’s Office made contact with the suspect JEFFREY DALE HANKINS, age 40 of Malvern, Iowa at a residence in Mills County.

It is alleged that HANKINS, who was on probation, fled from deputies on foot, resulting in two Fremont County deputies receiving minor injuries.  A warrant was issued in that case.

On 12/14/2022, it is alleged that HANKINS made a false report to 911, resulting in additional warrants being issued.

On 12/20/2022, at approximately 2110hrs, deputies with the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office made a traffic stop near the intersection of Elm Street and Main Street in Tabor. HANKINS fled from the vehicle and after a short foot pursuit was apprehended by deputies.

The driver of the vehicle, RONNIE HANKINS, age 66 of Tabor, was arrested for:

• Accessory After the Fact, an Aggravated Misdemeanor
• Possession of Methamphetamine, a Serious Misdemeanor

RONNIE HANKINS is being held on $3,000 cash/surety bond.

JEFFREY DALE HANKINS is being held on:

• Interference with Official Acts, a Simple Misdemeanor
• False Reporting, a Serious Misdemeanor
• Harassment 3rd Degree, a Simple Misdemeanor
• Theft 2nd Degree, a Class D Felony
• Violation of Probation

JEFFREY DALE HANKINS is being held on $11,300 bond.  More charges are pending.

    
          R Hankins                           J Hankins

 Fremont County Sheriff’s Office
 Sidney, Iowa
.
 Disclaimer: A criminal charge is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until 
 and unless proven guilty.

  Fremont County Sheriff
  Press Release
  December 11, 2022

Sheriff Kevin Aistrope Reports the following arrest during the week of December 5, 2022:

On December 9, 2022, deputies with the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office arrested Nathaniel Fengel, age 37 of Riverton, Iowa, on an active Fremont County warrant.

On 09/29/2022, the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office took a report of suspected harassment. 

A search warrant was conducted in early October and as a result of the investigation, Fengel was arrested for 7 counts of Harassment in the 1st Degree, Aggravated Misdemeanors.

It is alleged that Fengel disseminated photographs or film of another person in a state of nudity without their consent.

FENGEL was released after posting $10,000 cash bond.

            Fengel
 
 Sheriff Kevin Aistrope
 Fremont County Sheriff’s Office
 Sidney, Iowa

 Disclaimer: A criminal charge is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until 
 and unless proven guilty.

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On December 5, 2022, the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a stolen 2021 Dodge Ram Rebel that was taken from inside a farm building near Bartlett, Iowa.  The vehicle was valued at over $58,000.

On 12/06/2022, the vehicle was located near Modale, Iowa, after being involved in a motor vehicle accident.  Authorities advised the driver fled the scene prior to law enforcement arrival.  The vehicle was a total loss.

On 12/08/2022, the Omaha Police Department arrested SHERRY YOUNG, age 45 of Shenandoah, Iowa on an active Fremont County warrant on this case.

On 12/10/2022, YOUNG was transported to the Fremont County Jail.

YOUNG is being charged with Burglary 2nd Degree and Theft 1st Degree.  She is being held on $20,000 cash bond.  More charges are pending in the case.


           Young
 Sheriff Kevin Aistrope
 Fremont County Sheriff’s Office
 Sidney, Iowa
.
 Disclaimer: A criminal charge is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until 
 and unless proven guilty.

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  Fremont County Sheriff
  Press Release
  December 5, 2022 

  

 Sheriff Kevin Aistrope Reports:

Name:              Eric Ambler
Home Town:    Coralville, Iowa
Age:                 37    
Arrest Date:     11/014/22
Charge             Failure to Appear
Bond:               Released on Time Served

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Name:              Shantelle Buttry
Home Town:     Hollywood, South Carolina
Age:                  28
Arrest Date:      11/14/22
Charge              Interference with Officials Acts, Assault
Bond:                Released on Time Served

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Name:              Edward Bailey
Home Town:     Hamburg, Iowa
Age:                  63
Arrest Date:      11/15/2002
Charge              Fugitive from Justice
Bond:                Released to other Agency

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Name:               Brian Barrett
Home Town:      Sidney, Iowa
Age:                  41
Arrest Date:      11/15/22
Charge             Leaving the Scene of an Injury Accident
Bond:               Released on Bond

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Name:              Sara Cramer
Home Town:     Omaha, NE
Age:                  45
Arrest Date:      11/15/22
Charge             Possession of a Controlled Substance
Bond:               Released on Bond

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Name:              Amber Fichter-Harris
Home Town:    Shenandoah, Iowa
Age:                 28
Arrest Date:     11/16/22
Charge            Unlawful Possession of Prescription Drugs, Possession of a controlled substance,
                        possession of drug paraphernalia
Bond:               Released on Bond

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Name:              Michael Doe
Home Town:    Columbus, Ohio
Age:                 32
Arrest Date:     11/15/22
Charge             Domestic Abuse w/ Bodily Injury
Bond:               Released on Bond

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Name:              Billy Foster
Home Town:     Clarinda, Iowa
Age:                  47
Arrest Date:      11/17/1986
Charge              Possession with Intent to Distribute, more than 5 grams of Meth, Theft 1st Degree
Bond:                Held on $60,000 bond

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Name:               Robert Fender
Home Town:      Council Bluffs, Iowa
Age:                  55
Arrest Date:      11/18/22
Charge             Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd Offense, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Bond:               Held on $5,000 Bond

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Name:              Tia Campbell
Home Town:     Omaha, Nebraska
Age:                  25
Arrest Date:      11/23/22
Charge             OWI 1st Offense
Bond:               Released on Bond

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Name:              Robert Dingess
Home Town:     Portland, Oregon
Age:                  37
Arrest Date:      11/23/22
Charge             Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Bond:               Released on Bond

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Name:              Louisa Homan
Home Town:    Hamburg, Iowa
Age:                 40
Arrest Date:     11/23/22
Charge            False Reporting to 911
Bond:              Released on own Recognizance

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Name:              Zachery Decker
Home Town:     Dickinson, North Dakota   
Age:                 33
Arrest Date:     11/26/22
Charge            Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Bond:              Released on Bond

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Name:             Mallory Lawrence
Home Town:    Tabor, Iowa
Age:                 36
Arrest Date:     11/27/22
Charge            OWI 1st Offense
Bond:              Released on Bond

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Name:              Mark Gosch
Home Town:     Nebraska City, Nebraska
Age:                 55
Arrest Date:     11/29/22
Charge            Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Bond:              Released on bond

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Name:             Megan Rasmussen
Home Town:    Randolph, Iowa
Age:                 37
Arrest Date:     12/01/22
Charge            OWI 1st Offense, Driving Under Suspension
Bond:               Released on bond

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Name:               Danielle Denny
Home Town:      Omaha, Nebraska
Age:                  41
Arrest Date:      12/02/22
Charge             Theft 5th, Failure to Appear
Bond:               Booked and Released

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Name:              Steven Wentland Jr.
Home Town:     Riverton, Iowa
Age:                  34
Arrest Date:      12/02/22
Charge             Domestic Abuse 3rd Offense, Contempt of Court, Simple Assault
Bond:               Released on Bond

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Name:              Lyndsey Cottrell
Home Town:     Des Moines, Iowa
Age:                  35
Arrest Date:      12/02/22
Charge              Violation of Probation
Bond:                Held on $20,000 bond

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Name:               Larry Joseph West
Home Town:      Randolph, Iowa
Age:                  31
Arrest Date:      12/02/22
Charge             Violation of a Court Order
Bond:               Held on $1000 bond

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Name:             Derrick Miller
Home Town:    Nebraska City, Nebraska
Age:                 33
Arrest Date:     12/04/22
Charge             OWI 1st Offense
Bond:               Released on Bond

 Sheriff Kevin Aistrope
 Fremont County Sheriff’s Office
 Sidney, Iowa

 Disclaimer: A criminal charge is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until 
 and unless proven guilty

 

 Fremont County Sheriff
 Press Release
 November 24, 2022
 

High Five Rural Traffic Safety Project to Begin

 

        Unfortunately, because of the higher-than-normal car fatalities in the last couple years. Our lower percentage of seatbelt usage in the county that has been studied by state surveys in Fremont County. Fremont County has been asked to participate in the High Five Project to lower the number of major accidents and increase the percentage of seatbelt usage. This will be done through special projects involving the state patrol and deputies with a focus on seatbelt enforcement. The cost of not wearing or wearing improper is $175.50.

 

DES MOINES, IOWA – In 2021,72% of fatal crashes in Iowa occurred on secondary rural roads.  Approximately 79% of Iowa’s total roadways are considered secondary in nature.  Due to these alarming statistics rural safety has become a major concern.

 

Beginning December 1, 2022, a new initiative identified as “High Five Rural Traffic Safety Project” will be launched to focus on traffic safety on Iowa’s rural roadways.  After reviewing 5 years of crash data and looking at counties with low seat belt compliance rates, the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau along with a multi-disciplinary team of traffic safety professionals selected five rural counties to participate in this project.

 

The counties participating in the project include Appanoose, Fremont, Humboldt, Keokuk and Mitchell.  The High Five project will involve a three-tier approach to include enforcement, engineering, and education with the ultimate goal to build a safer community.  Through enforcement, media, and community outreach, participating agencies will work to educate drivers on the benefits of complying with traffic laws with an emphasis on Iowa’s seat belt law.  From an engineering aspect, the focus will be to identify low cost safety improvements throughout the county. 

 

In the first 9 months on Iowa Road way there has been 255 fatalities.  This number may not seem high to you but, everyone is tragic and 255 is still too many.   In addition to fatalities, it is also important to recognize the number of serious injuries sustained in traffic crashes.   Law enforcement and county engineers within the High Five counties are conscientious safety advocates who understand rural roads are unique because they are shared by a variety of vehicle types from passenger vehicles to large machinery and other farm implements traveling at slower speeds.  The road surface types and speeds also vary.

 

Enforcement efforts on roadways with higher volumes are common but with Iowa’s percentage of rural fatalities above the national average the need to have a special program focusing coordinated efforts on rural safety has become apparent. 

 

The High Five project will begin December 1, 2022 and will conclude on September 30, 2023.

 

For specific information in regard to the High Five Rural Traffic Safety Project please contact Amanda Woods, Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau, 515/725-6124, Woods@dps.state.ia.us

 Sheriff Kevin Aistrope
 Fremont County Sheriff’s Office
 Sidney, Iowa

 Disclaimer: A criminal charge is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until 
 and unless proven guilty.

 Fremont County Sheriff
 Press Release
 November 21, 2022

On November 21, 2022, deputies with the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office, arrested Jeffrey Brent Vanhouten, age 40 of Tabor for:

• 2 counts of Burglary 3rd Degree, Class D Felonies
• 1 count of Ongoing Criminal Conduct, a Class B Felony
• 1 count of Theft 5th Degree, a Simple Misdemeanor

It is alleged that on 10/15/2022, Vanhouten, who operates a floral company, was contracted to deliver flowers to a wedding in Omaha, Nebraska by a couple from Tabor.  Vanhouten then returned to the couple’s residence in Tabor and was observed on camera entering the home without permission during their wedding.

It is also alleged that Vanhouten entered a 2nd Fremont County home in October and was found inside the residence by the owner.

Deputies also allege that on Saturday 11/12/2022, Vanhouten entered the Fremont-Mills School in Tabor, where he entered several areas of the school without permission, caused damage to various items, and Vanhouten was then observed leaving the school with unknown items.

Vanhouten is being held at the Fremont County Jail on $32,000 cash or surety bond.

The investigation is ongoing at this time.  Anyone with similar incidents with Vanhouten is urged to contact the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office.

        Vanhouten

 Sheriff Kevin Aistrope 
 Fremont County Sheriff’s Office
 Sidney, Iowa
.
 Disclaimer: A criminal charge is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until 
 and unless proven guilty.

 Fremont County Sheriff
 Press Release
 November 12, 2022

On 11/12/2022, 1300 hrs., Fremont County deputies were called to the area of 275th Street and Bluff Road near Hamburg for suspicious vehicle parked in the roadway.

Deputes made contact with Elizabeth Craft, age 28 of Watson, Missouri.  Craft had numerous felony warrants for her arrest out of the State of Kansas.

Craft is being held without bond, pending extradition to Kansas.

 
               Craft

 Sheriff Kevin Aistrope
 Fremont County Sheriff’s Office
 Sidney, Iowa
.
 Disclaimer: A criminal charge is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until 
 and unless proven guilty.

Sheriff Kevin Aistrope Reports:  

Name:               Clifford Good
Home Town:       Council Bluffs, Iowa
Age:                  54    
Arrest Date:       11/01/22
Charge              Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Driving Under Suspension,
                         Possession of a Controlled Substance
Bond:                Released on $1,866.25 bond

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Name:               Kayla Dunmeyer
Home Town:       Hollywood, South Carolina
Age:                  22
Arrest Date:       11/02/22
Charge              Possession of a Controlled Substance
Bond:                Released on $1,000 surety bond
Assisted by:      Released on $1000 bond    

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Name:               Joshua Lowe
Home Town:       Thurman, Iowa
Age:                  29
Arrest Date:       11/02/2022
Charge              OWI 1^st Offense
Bond:                Released on $1000 bond

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Name:               Cody Swigart
Home Town:       Nebraska City, Nebraska
Age:                  26
Arrest Date:       11/02/22
Charge              Warrant for Violation of Probation
Bond:                Guilty plea, released on time served

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Name:               Jacob Beer
Home Town:       Council Bluffs, Iowa
Age:                  38
Arrest Date:       11/03/22
Charge              Violation of Probation
Bond:                Held on $10,000 surety bond

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Name:               Patrick Raven
Home Town:       Nebraska City, Nebraska
Age:                  39
Arrest Date:       11/03/22
Charge              Violation of a No Contact Order (10 Counts)
Bond:                Held on $1,500 surety bond

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Name:               Tyler Bolejack
Home Town:       Tabor, Iowa
Age:                  37
Arrest Date:       11/08/22
Charge              Operating While Intoxicated 1st Offense, Driving Under Suspension
Bond:                Released on Own Recognizance

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Name:               Seth Propp
Home Town:       Sidney, Iowa
Age:                  36
Arrest Date:       11/04/1986
Charge              Operating While Intoxicated 2^nd Offense,
Bond:                Released on $2000 bond

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Name:               Raymond Patterson
Home Town:       Omaha, Nebraska
Age:                  23
Arrest Date:       11/11/22
Charge              Providing False Information (2 counts), Fugitive from Justice
Bond:                Held without bond.

On 11/11/2022, at approximately 1318 hrs., Deputies with the Fremont County K9 Unit stopped a vehicle for speeding near the 3-mile marker of Interstate 29.

The driver, later identified as Raymond A’mahd Patterson, age 23 of Omaha, Nebraska, provided a false name to deputies.  Patterson was placed under arrest, and then provided a second false name to both deputies and jail staff.  Patterson was found to have an active warrant for his arrest in Nebraska.

Patterson was charged with two counts of Providing False Information to Law Enforcement, (simple misdemeanors) and Fugitive from Justice.  Patterson is being held without bond pending Iowa charges and extradition to the State of Nebraska.

The Iowa DOT Motor Vehicle Enforcement assisted the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office with the call.

          Patterson

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Name:               Briana Lloyd
Home Town:       Randolph, Iowa
Age:                  26
Arrest Date:       11/11/22
Charge              Page County Warrant
Bond:                Held for other agency

Sheriff Kevin Aistrope
Fremont County Sheriff’s Office
Sidney, Iowa

 Disclaimer: A criminal charge is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until 
 and unless proven guilty.