(Atlantic, Iowa) –  The Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce says an annual Atlantic tradition will have you finding even more people buzzing around the entire town, shopping, and dining, on Friday, July 21st and Saturday, July 22nd.

Participating Atlantic businesses will offer great summer deals that are worth checking out during this year’s Discount Dayz event. Previously known as Crazy Daze, Discount Daze offers a wide variety of products for everyone from local businesses and continues to strengthen our community.

Chamber Programs Director Kelsey Beschorner says “In the past, Crazy Daze has primarily been focused on retail-based businesses. We wanted to be more inclusive to businesses of all forms, so we decided to change the name. Businesses will still offer the same great deals, consumers will have the opportunity to experience savings beyond typical retail.”

Similar to previous years, one lucky shopper will get the chance to win $250 in AtlantiCash. Shoppers are encouraged to post their shopping or dining selfies on Facebook during the Friday and Saturday of Discount Dayz, using the hashtags #MyAtlanticIA and #LoveLocal on the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce’s page. Be ready to tune in to Facebook Live, as the winner will be announced Monday morning on July 24th through the Chamber’s Facebook Page.

Beschorner says “This is a great way to thank and reward people for shopping local. It gives them that extra nudge to spend the day in Atlantic.”  For more information on Discount Dayz deals, participating locations, and other Chamber events, visit www.atlanticiowa.com or contact the Chamber office at 712.243.3017.

Discount Dayz is sponsored by First Whitney Bank & Trust.

(Greenfield, Iowa) – Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater reports a total of seven people were arrested over the past week, with three individuals having been released with a citation. On Saturday, 33-year-old Jason Edward Sparks, of Greenfield, was arrested by deputies, for Driving While License Denied or Revoked. He was released with a citation. Saturday evening, Adair Police arrested 20-year-old Travon Deandre Timms, of Adair, for Harassment in the 1st Degree. Timms was released that same night on a $2,000 cash or surety bond (C/S).

At around 1-a.m., Saturday, Adair Police arrested 20-year-old Nathan King Marion, of Adair, for Assault with Bodily Injury r Mental Illness. He was released later that day on a $1,000 C/S bond. Friday night, Deputies in Adair County arrested 26-year-old Alexis Bermea, of Sullivan City, TX, for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. She was cited and released. On July 5th, Adair County Deputies arrested 45-year-old Jeremy Lee Rice, of Stuart, on an Adair County warrant for Violation of Probation. Rice was released July 7th on a $2,000 (C/S) bond.

On July 3rd, Deputies arrested 26-year-old Hollie Mae Perrin, of Fontanelle, for OWI/2nd Offense. Perrin was cited and later released. And,  44-year-old Tiffany Rene Holland, of Portland, OR, was arrested by Police in Stuart, for Possession of a Controlled Substance/2nd offense – marijuana, and Poss. of Paraphernalia. She was released July 5th on a $2,300 (C/S) bond.

(Greenfield, Iowa) – Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater reports two men from Texas are being held in the Adair County Jail on $100,000 each, following their arrest early Friday morning in the 200 block of S. 1st Street, in Greenfield. 31-year-old James Dionte Hood, of College Station, TX, was being held on a $32,000 cash-only bond under a felony Nebraska warrant for Burglary, along with Adair County charges that include Burglary in the 3rd Degree, Possession of Burglary Tools, and Ongoing Criminal Conduct. Those charges carry an additional $100,000 cash-only bond. 31-year-old Daron Bernard Livingston, of Houston, TX, was arrested for Burglary in the 3rd Degree, Possession of Burglary Tools, Ongoing Criminal Conduct and Interference with Official Acts. His cash-only bond was set at $100,000.

The Sheriff says law enforcement officers were conducting physical surveillance of a Texas plated vehicle in the Greenfield area on July 7th. Officers later identified the driver of the car as James Hood. During the surveillance, officers saw an (at the time) unknown male passenger in the area of Nucara Pharmacy. Hood then parked the car in the Union State Bank parking lot, in Greenfield, and stayed inside the vehicle. The other subject – subsequently identified as Daron Livingston – was seen on the west side of the pharmacy for an extended period of time, during which he allegedly cut a hole into the west wall of the pharmacy and made entry.

As one group of officers approached the pharmacy, another group of officers approached Hood, while he was still inside the vehicle. They knew Hood had an outstanding warrant out of Nebraska for the burglary of a pharmacy in that State which occurred on June 3, 2023. The same technique (cutting a hole in the wall) was used in that robbery, as well. A large amount of narcotics and money were stolen in the Nebraska burglary.

Hood was taken into custody on the warrant. Authorities noted he was wearing an ankle monitor bracelet for being on probation through the Texas Department of Corrections on a drug-related conviction. As the group of officers approached the pharmacy in Greenfield, Livingston eluded officers on foot through the emergency exit in the back door on the south side of the building. The key holder was contacted and met officers at the front of the building. Once inside, officers found a bag containing several burglary tools that assisted with gaining access to the building. It appeared the Livingston left the pharmacy before any drugs were taken.

Authorities say Hood aided and abetted in the burglary with Livingston. They said also, that on July 6th, Special Agent in Charge, Mike Mittan, with the DNE (Dept. of Narcotics Enforcement) and other agents were made aware that Hood was in the Red Oak area, allegedly casing out the Medicap Pharmacy. The same vehicle he was driving was seen in the area for about an hour, but when a Red Oak Police vehicle approached, Hood’s vehicle took off. After Hood’s vehicle was observed in Villisca, near the Stoner’s honeyman drug store. The vehicle then drove south toward Missouri. Officers discontinued surveillance when the vehicle left Iowa.

Special Agent Mittan said Hood is allegedly doing the burglaries on a continuing basis, for financial gain.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA — A Red Oak man was sentenced last week for Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance and Attempted Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance. 45-year-old Donald Eugene Reed was sentenced Thursday to 212 months (17.7-years) in prison following his plea of guilty to both counts. Reed must serve a 10-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.

According to court documents, Iowa Department of Narcotics Enforcement (DNE) completed several controlled buys from Reed in September 2022, purchasing methamphetamine and marijuana. The United States Postal Inspectors intercepted a package addressed to Reed’s home in Red Oak, containing four pounds of methamphetamine. DNE also learned that approximately 15 other similar packages had been previously delivered to Reed.

United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement. The Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement investigated the case.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – A Nebraska man was sentenced Thursday, July 6, 2023, to 180 months (15-years) in federal prison for charges of possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, carrying a firearm during and relation to a drug trafficking crime, prohibited person in possession of a firearm, and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, on August 6, 2021, a Council Bluffs Police officer found 37-year-old Kyle G. Ashmore in a car in a motel parking lot, at around 3:30-am. The officer saw a baggie of marijuana in plain view. During the search of the vehicle, the officer found a loaded .40 caliber Smith and Wesson handgun, a box of ammunition, LSD, fentanyl, cocaine, buprenorphine, psilocyn, and drug paraphernalia.

Following a two-day trial in November 2022, a jury found Ashmore guilty of the drug charges. Following a two-day trial in February 2023, a jury found Ashmore guilty of the gun charges. Ashmore must serve a five-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.

United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement. The Council Bluffs Police Department, the Southwest Iowa Narcotics Enforcement Task Force, and the Department of Narcotics Enforcement investigated the case.

(Council Bluffs, Iowa) – A man from Nebraska was sentenced last Thursday (7/6/23) in Council Bluffs U-S District Court, for interstate domestic violence – causing travel of a victim. The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa said today (Monday), 28-year-old Ruben Toledo, Jr., of Omaha, was sentenced to 60 months (5-years) in prison following his guilty plea. According to court documents, on October 23, 2021, Toledo assaulted his then girlfriend at a bar in downtown Omaha then forced her into his car and drove from Omaha, Nebraska to Council Bluffs, Iowa and continued the assault. After his prison sentence, Toledo must serve a three-year term of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.

When he committed this crime, Toledo was on supervised release for a 2015 federal conviction for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. The Court also revoked Toledo’s supervised release and sentenced him to 18 months’ imprisonment, to be served consecutively to the 60-month sentence.

The case was investigated by Council Bluffs Police Department, the Omaha Police Department, the Glenwood Police Department, Mills County Sheriff’s Office, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE), or the Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence at 1-800-770-1650. Additional resources for victims and survivors of domestic violence can be found on the Resources page of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence website at https://ncadv.org/resources.