(Greenfield, Iowa) – The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports a Bridgewater woman was arrested January 16th in Adair, on two Adair County warrants. 57-year-old Michelle Renee Evans was taken into custody at a restaurant in Adair, on a warrant pertaining to an Order Revoking her pre-trial release that was filed on August 26, 2022, and, a warrant filed July 8, 2022, charging her with Failure to have a Pre-Sentence Investigation (PSI) interview. The warrants are connected with six counts of Animal Neglect with Serious Injury or Death, filed in Adair County on March 24, 2021. According to court records, Evans’ sentencing hearing is set for Feb. 3rd at 10-a.m. She remains in the Adair County Jail on a $20,000 cash-only bond.

Sheriff Jeff Vandewater reports also, 59-year-old Todd Lavern Lauridsen, of Ames, was arrested Jan. 15th in Stuart, following an investigation into an occupied vehicle on the side of the road at Adair/Madison Avenue, with its lights off. Lauridsen – who was in the passenger seat – told the Stuart Police officer a friend who was driving, was picked-up by another friend. Together they went to retrieve a trailer to haul the broken down Honda Accord.

A check of Lauridsen’s ID revealed his driver’s license was revoked. The officer noticed a clear plastic zip-style baggie with a torn half, laying on the driver’s seat. The baggie appeared to continue residue consistent with methamphetamine, according to the officer’s report. The officer ordered Lauridsen out of the vehicle, and a substance believed to be meth fell from the passenger seat and onto the floorboard. The substance tested positive for meth. A probable cause search of the vehicle was conducted, resulting in the discovery of a glass pipe under the passenger seat. The trunk contained a black box with another glass pipe, along with paraphernalia. Lauridsen’s wallet contained $448, $300 of which was in 100-dollar bills. Lauridsen was arrested for Possession of less than 5 grams of meth, and possession of paraphernalia. He was released from the Adair County Jail Jan. 17th, on a $10,000 cash or surety bond.

And, 41-year-old Stormy Allen, of Greenfield, was being held in the Adair County Jail after being arrested on the 15th. She served a her court-ordered sentence and was released on Jan. 19th.