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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say a 5-month-old boy is being treated for a fractured skull and his parents are facing charges in Sioux City. Court records say 25-year-old Kara Jackson and Aaron Tucker were arrested Wednesday and are charged with felony child endangerment. The records say Tucker will turn 24 on Saturday.
A criminal complaint says the tiny boy was taken to a Sioux City hospital on Feb. 26. The complaint says his parents accused each other of dropping the child on different occasions. The state has taken custody of the baby.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say the Sioux City parents of a 5-month-old boy have been arrested and charged after the baby suffered a skull fracture. The Sioux City Journal reports 23-year-old Aaron Bernard Tucker and 25-year-old Kara Danielle Jackson are both charged with felony child endangerment.
According to a criminal complaint, the baby was admitted to a Sioux City hospital’s emergency room last Thursday and was diagnosed with a fractured skull on his head’s right side. Both Tucker and Jackson accused the other of dropping the child on separate occasions. The child has been taken into custody by Child Protective Services.
JERRY L. LAURITSEN, 75, of Audubon, died Wed., March 4th, at Creighton University Medical Center, in Omaha. Funeral services for JERRY LAURITSEN will be held 10:30-a.m. Sat., March 7th, at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation is at 5-p.m. Friday (3/6).
Burial will be in the Arlington Heights Cemetery in Audubon.
JERRY LAURITSEN is survived by:
His wife – Sandi Lauritzen, of Audubon.
His brothers – Rich (Jan) Lauritsen, of Audubon, & Kent “Butch” Sorensen & wife Teresa, of Lockbourne, OH.
His sisters – Judy Hill, of Exira; PAtty Lauritsen, of Kimballton; Cheryl (Jerry) Wahlert, of Exira; Sally (Roger) Williams, of Spirit Lake; and Mary (Delbert) Christensen, of Audubon.
His brothers-and sisters-in-law, other relatives, and friends.
Red Oak Police arrested a local teen Thursday evening for Providing False Information to Police, a simple misdemeanor. 17-year old Jason Lee Sarabia, Jr., of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 7-p.m. He was cited into Juvenile Court and released to his parents.
Two Montgomery County men were arrested on drug charges Thursday night after deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at 210 East Market Street, in Red Oak. Authorities say 35-year old Travis Lynn Sickels and 33-year old Ryan Michael McDougall, both of Red Oak, were taken into custody at around 9:35-p.m.
Officials say Sickles was faces felony charges that include: 4 counts of Delivery of Methamphetamine/3rd offense, and Possession of Meth/3rd offense. He also faces misdemeanor charges of Possession of Marijuana/3rd offense, and Possession of drug paraphernalia. In addition, Sickles was wanted on a warrant out of Cass County for Failure to serve a jail sentence. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $50,000 cash bond.
McDougall was arrested for Possession of Marijuana and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. His bond was set at $1,000. Deputies were assisted at the scene by officers with the Red Oak P-D and Montgomery County K9 Unit.
Two people were injured during an accident Thursday afternoon about two-miles north of the intersection of Highways 34 and 71, in Montgomery County. The Sheriff’s Department says the driver of a 1999 Chrysler Town and Country mini-van, 29-year old Amanda L. Johnson, of Shenandoah, was transported by helicopter to the University of Nebraska Medical Center, following the crash. A passenger in the vehicle, 4-year old Havyn E. Johnson, received treatment at the scene for minor injuries. Neither of the occupants were using a seat belt.
Officials say the van was northbound on Highway 71 just before 4-p.m., when for reasons unknown, it crossed the centerline and left the road across the west shoulder before entering a ditch. The van traveled for about 400-feet in the ditch until it hit a depression in the ditch, the impact of which caused the van to become airborne for about 25-feet. It crashed into the ground, hitting a rise in the terrain, resulting in the left front wheel to be shoved back about 9-inches from its original position.
The van continued to travel for about 335-feet before coming to rest in a field to the west of Highway 71. Authorities say while Johnson may have suffered from a medical condition that caused her to lose control of the van, the accident remains under investigation.
Sheriff’s deputies were assisted at the scene by the Iowa State Patrol, Villisca Fire and Rescue, Red Oak Rescue, and Grant Fire.