Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater, Monday (Today), reported five arrests took place last week. At around 12:20-a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 7th, 31-year old Jose Stephen Bernal-Miller, of Hartington, NE., was arrested in Orient on a charge of Public Intoxication, after he parked his vehicle on private property, then walked around on the street in the area of South Oak Street and Highway 25. Bernal-Miller told authorities he did not know how he arrived at his current location. He said he’d been drinking with friends and was left behind. The man was brought to the Adair County Jail and released later in the day on a $3,000 cash or surety bond.

At around 3:20-p.m., Wednesday, Greenfield Police arrested 41-year old Jason Dean Hauf, of Greenfield, on an Adair County warrant for Possession of a Controlled Substance, 3rd or subsequent offense. Hauf was released a few hours later, on a $5,000 cash or surety bond.

A little after 11-p.m. August 5th, 41-year old Brandie Sue Whitney, of Creston, was arrested at the Union County Jail, on an Adair County warrant for Violation of Probation. She was released shortly thereafter, on a $1,000 cash or surety bond.

And, at around 3:15-a.m. on Aug. 5th, 29-year old Justin Lee Whipple, of Perry, was arrested for OWI/3rd offense, and Driving While Barred. He was taken into custody following an investigation into a possible motor vehicle accident in the 1300 block of the Stuart Road, in Stuart.

A caller told authorities the vehicle was a 2003 Chevy Monte Carlo SS, and that it belonged to Justin’s father. The same vehicle was found in a driveway to a wind turbine located in the vicinity of the reported accident. Justin Whipple was identified as the driver. He told an Adair County Deputy that he hit a very big deer, and admitted to having taken the vehicle from his father without permission.

Earlier that same evening, Stuart Police took a report of a road rage incident involving a vehicle matching the description of the Monte Carlo. The victim of the incident described the driver and vehicle, which matched Whipple and the car. Whipple’s preliminary breath test showed a BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) of .08.

After he was transported to the Adair County Jail, a second breath sample resulted in a BAC of .219, or more than twice the legal limit. Whipple was being held in the Adair County Jail on a $5,000 cash or surety bond.