(Greenfield, Iowa) – Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater reports there were six arrests over the past week. On July 18th, at around 1:47-p.m., Police in Adair arrested 49-year-old David Robert Duarte, of Minneapolis, MN, at the Adair County Memorial Hospital. Duarte was taken into custody on an Adair County Felony warrant for the crimes of Criminal Mischief in the 1st degree, and OWI/2nd offense. His cash/surety bond was set at $1,000.

On the Friday, July 21st, 25-year-old Nathaniel Wayne Rogers, of Des Moines, was arrested on eastbound Interstate 80 in Adair County, at mile marker 96. He was arrested at around 1:17-a.m., for Drug Tax Stamp violations, and intent to deliver/false cocaine. Rogers was a passenger in 2020 Toyota Camry, that was pulled-over for speeding. The driver was identified as 24-year-old Nicholas Inrachavongsa, of Des Moines. Upon further investigation, Trooper Tyler Shiels became suspicious of criminal activity, and a K9 was requested to perform an exterior sniff of the vehicle. After the dog picked up the scent of illegal drugs and alerted his handler, a Probable Cause search of the car was conducted. During the search, a glass jar with a leafy green substance believed to be marijuana, was found in the center console. A digital scale was found under the passenger side seat.

When authorities searched Rogers, he was found to be in possession of 11.5 grams of a white powdery substance in two small baggies concealed in his sock. A One-dollar bill was also found in Rogers’ sock, balled up with a white, powdery rock, also believed to be cocaine. He was released from custody Friday night, on a $5,000 c/s bond.  Nicholas Inrachavongsa was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana-1st offense. He was released Friday morning on a $1,000 c/s bond.

Friday night, 29-year-old Michael Anthony McBride, of Wyoming, MI, was arrested by the Iowa State Patrol after the SUV he was driving on I-80 at mile marker 77, was pulled over for speeding. During the traffic stop, Trooper Ehrsam detected a strong odor of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle. He also saw a glass jar containing what appeared to be a marijuana shake, on the front passenger seat. McBride admitted to possessing marijuana. A probable cause search of the vehicle yielded about 1/8 of an ounce of marijuana, approx. 6 grams of cocaine, a loaded .9-mm handgun, and a short-barreled .223-caliber rifle. The handgun came back as stolen out of Mt. Pleasant, MI. An additional records check indicated McBride was a felon prohibited to possess firearms. He was charged with PCS/Marijuana-1st offense; PCS-1st offense; Felon in control of a firearm, and Theft in the 4th Degree. McBride bonded out of the Adair County Jail on July 23rd.

Saturday evening, Police in Adair arrested 43-year-old Caleb A. Root, of Concord, MI, following a traffic stop for speeding 91-mph in a 70-mph zone, on I-80 eastbound at Exit 75. Root handed the Officer a Nebraska ID (The person on the ID was later deemed not to be the same person driving the vehicle). Root admitted to Police that he smoked marijuana the day before, and said that’s what the smell was in the vehicle. A probable cause search was conducted, which resulted in the recovery of a small container of marijuana on the driver’s side floor, a pipe used to smoke wax on the back floorboard, and a small silver container in the driver’s door, containing two white rock-like substances that tested positive for methamphetamine. Also found in the vehicle was an Excedrin bottle that contained 4 orange oval pills described as Amphetamine Dextroamethamphetamine (a Schedule 2 controlled substance). A wallet found in the center console contained an ID the Root’s real information. Root admitted the weed and pills were his, but denied the meth was his. He faces charges of: Providing False Identification Information; Poss. of Drug Paraphernalia; Failure to Affix a Drug Tax Stamp; PCS/Marijuana – 1st offense; PCS/1st offense;and PCS/Methamphetamine. Root was also being held in the Adair County Jail on an outside warrant.

At around 8-p.m. Saturday, 43-year-0ld Mark Ivanko, of Fairview, NJ, was arrested on eastbound I-80 at mile marker 93 in Adair County, for OWI/1st offense; Open Container – Driver/21-years of age, and Speeding 108-mph in a 70-mph zone. He was released the next day on a $1,000 c/s bond. And, early Sunday morning, 44-year-old Ryan James Cook, of Adair, was arrested by Adair Police, following a call about an allegedly drunk male who had caused damage to a vehicle by hitting it with a dolly, and who also allegedly punched holes in an apartment door. Cook was taken into custody for Criminal Mischief in the 3rd and 5th Degrees. He was also wanted on an Adair County warrant for Violation of Probation.