(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports one arrest and a property damage accident. Authorities say at around 7:17-p.m. Thursday, Deputies conducted a traffic stop in Red Oak, and upon further investigation, arrested 35-year-old Samantha Josephine Wheatley, of Shenandoah, for Driving While Suspended. Wheatley was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on bond amounting to $491.25.

And, at around 8:40-a.m. Thursday, Deputies in Montgomery County received a report of a two-car, property damage accident that had occurred in at 122 W. High Street, in Villisca, where a 2019 Hyundai Kona was legally parked on the street. The vehicle had been struck by a 2002 Ford F-150 pickup, driven by 39-year-old James R. Gilvin, of Villisca. Authorities say Gilvin was traveling west of High Street and attempting to secure a pet in the passenger compartment of the vehicle. His distraction resulted in the pickup hitting the car on the left rear side.

The Kona sustained $6,000 in damage, while damage to the pickup was estimated at $3,500. There were no injuries and no citations issued.