Fremont County Sheriff’s report for 11/16/23
November 16th, 2023 by Ric Hanson
(Sidney, Iowa) – Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope, today (Thursday), reports multiple arrests took place in his County a little over the past week.
• On Nov. 8th, deputies arrested 63-year-old Timothy Mark Garnder, of Hamburg, for Harassment 3rd Degree. He was released on bond.
• The following day (Nov. 9th), deputies made a traffic stop in connection with a felony theft that occurred in Nebraska. The passenger, 38-year-old Santo Montenegro Sardina, of St Joseph, Missouri, fled the vehicle on foot near the 6-mile marker on Interstate 29. The Mills County Drone team and a Glenwood Police K9 and the Iowa State Patrol, assisted in tracking Sardina, who was concealed in a field. He was then taken into custody.
The vehicle’s driver, 27-year-old Jean Lesyan Mirball-Scull, of Lenexa, Kansas, was initially placed under arrest at the scene. However, he was able to escape from a Fremont County Patrol car and fled the scene on foot, while handcuffed. Mirball-Scull was unable to be located that evening. The next day (Nov. 10), the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by Atchison County Sheriff’s Office in Missouri about a male, wearing handcuffs, walking along the railroad tracks near Phelps City, Missouri.
The Fremont County K9 Unit was called to assist and located Mirball-Scull walking south of Langdon, Missouri. He again fled into a field, but was apprehended after a foot pursuit by a Fremont County Deputy. The suspect was arrested without further incident by the Missouri State Patrol and Atchison County Sheriff’s Office. And, on Nov. 11th, Mirball-Scull was transported to Iowa on a felony warrant. Montenegro-Sardina was being held in the Fremont County Jail on charges of Theft 2nd Degree and Interference with Official Acts. He was being held on a $10,000 cash bond as well as several out of state warrants.
Mirball-Scull was being held on charges that include Interference with official acts, Theft 5th Degree, Theft 2nd Degree, and Escape from Custody. He was being held on a $20,000 cash bond and several out of state warrants.
• Separately, Fremont County deputies, on Nov. 10th: Arrested 52-year-old Carmen Maria Florez, of Pacific Junction, for OWI 1st Offense. She was released on bond; 29-year-old Donald Wayne Riggins, of Sidney, who was previously arrested and held in the Fremont County Jail, was charged with two counts of Indecent Exposure, and Simple Assault. His bond is now set at $22,000 cash and $3,000 cash/surety; 26-year-old Alexander Page McGinnis, of Council Bluffs, was arrested Nov. 10th at the Otoe County, NE., Jail, on a Fremont County Warrant. McGinnis was wanted in connection to an incident that took place April 1st (2023), when Fremont County Deputies attempted to stop him on Interstate 29.
McGinnis fled deputies, driving southbound in the northbound lanes of Interstate 29, and then attempting to ram vehicles on Highway 2 before entering Nebraska. He was apprehended hiding in an apartment building by a Fremont County K9, Otoe County Sheriff’s Office and the Nebraska City Police Department. The vehicle was found to be stolen. McGinnis was charged with Theft 2nd Degree, Felony Eluding, and Driving while Revoked. He is being held on $5,000 bond.
• On Nov. 11th, Fremont County deputies arrested: 18-year-old Alivia Jaylynn Self, of Nebraska City, NE, on two counts of Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor. She was released on bond; 19-year-old Casey Nicole Smith,, also of Nebraska City, was arrested for Possession of Alcohol Underage. She was cited and released; That same day, deputies arrested Anthony Dumler on a Shenandoah Police Department warrant for Assault with Bodily Injury. He was released on time served; and, 33-year-old Rafael Pedrof Gregorio, of Sidney, was arrested Nov. 11th, for OWI 3rd or subsequent offense, and Providing False Identification Information to Law Enforcement. He was released on bond.
• And finally, on Nov. 14th, Fremont County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 38-year-old Megan Lynn Rasmussen, of Randolph, Iowa, for Violation of Probation. She was released on bond.