(Greenfield, Iowa) – Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater reports five arrests occurred during the past week. On April 23rd, 49-year-old Matthew James Malloy, Sr., of Des Moines, was arrested following a traffic stop for speeding on Highway 25 in Adair County. When an Iowa State Patrol Trooper spoke with Malloy during an investigation that immediately followed the traffic stop, Malloy acknowledged he was speeding, and furthermore, that he did not have a driver’s license. He said also, his license was suspended. A records check confirmed Malloy was barred for being an Habitual Offender, with three license withdrawals in effect. The earliest his license would be reinstated, in April, 2026. He was charged with driving while barred and transported to the Adair County Jail in Greenfield. Malloy was released a few days later on a $2,000 bond.

On April 25th,19-year-old  Xachariah Mickale Hinson, of Greenfield, who was in the Adair County Jail, was charged with a Violation of a No Contact Order, by means of phone calls and text messages. He being held on a previous charge of Criminal Mischief in the 4th Degree, for allegedly breaking a woman’s apartment windows, plus a Stalking charge. Hinson remains in the jail until his sentence is served.

Also on April 25th, an Adair County Sheriff’s Deputy arrested 33-year-old Seth Michael Thompson, of Earlham, in Greenfield, on charges of Driving While Barred. He was also cited for Operating a vehicle without Registration, and Failure to provide proof of Insurance. He was released the following day on a $2,000 bond. On April 26th, 29-year-old Bryce Austin Garrels, of Statford, Iowa, was arrested in Webster County, on an Adair County warrant for Violation of Probation. He remains held in the Adair County Jail without bond.

And, on Friday, April 28th, Police in Adair arrested 66-year-old Harold David Hytrek, Jr., of Madrid, for OWI/2nd offense, Eluding, Interference with Officials Acts, and Carrying a Weapon While Intoxicated. He was taken into custody following reports just before 6-p.m., of an erratic driver in a RAM pickup traveling westbound Interstate 80. He refused to yield to a marked squad car, and was boxed-in by two police vehicles, but Hytrek managed to get around the first blockade and take-off. The second time he was boxed-in, about a mile later, a DNR Officer held Hytrek at gunpoint, but he continued to resist orders to surrender, and cooperate. He was eventually transported to the Adair County Jail and released Saturday on a $1,500 bond.