DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Police say a man pulled out his concealed weapon to calm down two people who were fighting over a toddler outside a fast-food restaurant in Des Moines. The Des Moines Register reports that the incident occurred around 1:20 p.m. Sunday. The child’s mother and father had met at the restaurant but their dispute got physical when the mother left with her son in her arms. Police say the father ran up behind her outside and pinned her against some glass.

Police say a man walking into the restaurant pulled his pistol, pointed it at the ground and talked the couple down. The man described himself as a good Samaritan who was concerned that an assault was taking place. He has a permit for a concealed weapon.

Police in Creston report the arrest Monday afternoon of a man from Lorimor. 37-year old Cortney Darwin Lynam was taken into custody at around 4:30-p.m. on a charge of 2nd offense Public Intoxication. Lynam was being held in the Union County Jail on $1,000 bond.

A traffic stop early this (Tuesday) morning in Red Oak resulted in the arrest of a woman from Villisca. 21-year old Amanda Lee Smith was pulled over at around 2:30-a.m. in the 1800 block of Broadway, in Red Oak, and taken into custody for OWI-drug related/1st Offense.

The woman was being held at the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center on $1,000 cash bond.

An incident in Red Oak Monday night lead to the arrest of a man on a burglary charge. Red Oak Police say Luke Daniel Rinehart, of Red Oak, was taken into custody on a felony 3rd Degree burglary charge. Rinehart was arrested at around 6-p.m. at 301 1st Avenue, after he allegedly barged into the home at, according to police, and attempted to inflict bodily injury on a male resident inside the residence.

Rinehart was being held at the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center on $5,000 bond.