(Greenfield, Iowa) – The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports five arrests occurred over the past week. At around 3:20-a.m. Saturday (July 27), 36-year-old Larry Dwight Yeager, of Anita, was arrested by Stuart Police, following a traffic stop on the Interstate 80 westbound ramp to S. Division Street North. Following an investigation, Yeager was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana – 1st offense, and Possession of drug paraphernalia (marijuana pipe and THC vape). He was transported to the Adair County Jail and released soon afterward on a citation.

Friday afternoon, 20-year-old Ryan James H. Cook, II, of Anita, was arrested on an Adair County warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault-Injury or Mental Illness/1st offense. He was released on a $1,000 cash or surety bond.  Friday morning, Adair County Deputies arrested 53-year-old Robert Charles Hughes, of Greenfield, on an Adair County warrant for two-counts of Sex Offender – Area/Activity Violation – each a 1st offense. Hughes was later released on a $2,000 C/S bond.

Last Wednesday (July 24), 48-year-old Tommy Dwayne Watters, of Lorimor, was detained in Adair County, following a traffic stop. Watters was subsequently charged with Driving While Barred. He was also issued written warnings for Improper rear lamps and Failure to Provide Proof of Financial Liability. Watters was issued a citation and released at the scene of the traffic stop.

And, on July 21st, an Iowa Department of Natural Resources officer arrested 63-year-old Steven Leroy Sweny, of Elk Horn, NE, following an investigation into a reported motorist that was pulled over on I-80 eastbound at mile marker 77 in Adair County. State Radio Dispatch had taken several reports of a 2011 Toyota Corolla that was swerving all over the road and almost hitting the guard rails and other vehicles. The DNR officer located the vehicle described and spoke with Sweny, who displayed signs of impairment. Testing at the Adair County Law Enforcement Center indicated his level of intoxication to be .172%, or slightly more than twice the legal limit.

Sweny was charged with OWI/1st offense. He was released later that night on a $1,000 C/S bond.