COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa reports Cass County (Iowa) man was sentenced Tuesday, for conspiring to distribute fentanyl causing serious bodily injury or death. 19-year-old Mason Blaine Loudermilk was sentenced in Council Bluffs US District Court, to 192 months (16-years) in prison. Loudermilk must serve a six-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.

According to court documents, Loudermilk plead guilty to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. The investigation revealed that between August 2020 and May 2022, Loudermilk obtained fentanyl, in pill form, from a source in Omaha, Nebraska. In turn, Loudermilk distributed the pills containing fentanyl in and around Cass County (Iowa) causing several fentanyl overdoses, each overdose requiring medical attention to prevent death.

United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement. Agencies involved in the investigation include the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, Atlantic Police Department, Cass County (Iowa) Sheriff’s Office, Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, Southwest Iowa Narcotics Enforcement Task Force (SWINE), Council Bluffs Police Department, Iowa Division of Intelligence, Iowa State Patrol, Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation Crime Lab, Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Omaha Police Department.

Fentanyl has become the leading cause of drug overdose deaths in the United States. Counterfeit, fentanyl-laced pills often resemble pharmaceutical pill, but contain potentially lethal doses of fentanyl. Visit the Drug Enforcement Administration’s website to learn more about One Pill Can Kill.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Rescue crews and law enforcement responded to the scene of a single-vehicle accident Wednesday evening, south of Atlantic. The page about the SUV accident at 620th (S. Olive St.) and Jasper Road, went out at around 7:13-p.m.  Two people were injured, one suffered from a head laceration. The other arm pain. A helicopter was dispatched out of Des Moines was asked to land at the Cass County Hospital. The vehicle license plate came back as being registered to a 2004 Jeep Liberty.

Atlantic Police, Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies, Atlantic Fire & Rescue along with Cass EMS. Additional information was not immediately available.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Cass County, Wednesday, released information with regard to recent arrests.

On Wednesday, June 21st, deputies arrested 33-year-old Jeffrey Rowland, of Council Bluffs, on a warrant for Violation of Probation.  Rowland was transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held.

On June 18th, Cass County deputies arrested: 44-year-old Daniel Anderson, of Adair, on a valid arrest warrant; and, 32-year-old Charles Masmar, of Waterloo, was arrested for OWI 1st Offense.  Both men were transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held pending release on their own recognizance.

On June 17th, 28-year-old St Raed, of Council Bluffs, for Driving While Barred.  Raed was transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held pending his later release on bond.

On June 15th, 59-year-old Connie Nichols, of Atlantic, was arrested on a warrant for Possession of a Controlled Substance.  Nichols was transported to the Cass County Jail where she was booked and held pending her later release on her own recognizance.

And, on June 13th, 43-year-old Nathan Hobbie, of Shenandoah, was arrested in Cass County for OWI 1st Offense.  Hobbie was transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held pending his later release.

(Rural Carroll County, Iowa) – The Iowa State Patrol, Wednesday evening, released details about a fatal UTV accident that took place Tuesday afternoon, southeast of Carroll. The Patrol reports a 2017 Chevy Express van driven by 60-year-old Paul Heuton, of Carroll, was traveling north on Olympic Avenue at around 2:26-p.m., at the same time a 2022 John Deere Gator UTV operated by 62-year-old Randy Daniel, of Glidden, was traveling east on 230th.

When Daniel failed to stop at the posted stop sign prior to entering the intersection, Heuton took evasive action, but was unable to avoid striking the UTV on its passenger side.

The UTV rolled and entered the northeast ditch, along with the Express van. Randy Daniel was transported  by ambulance to the Carroll County Hospital, where he died from his injuries. He was not wearing a seat belt. Another person was injured, but the Patrol’s report did not indicate that person’s name or age. It’s also not clear which vehicle that person was a passenger in.

Carroll County EMS and Carroll County Sheriff’s Office assisted at the scene.

The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office reports no one was injured during a single vehicle accident on Tuesday afternoon. Deputies responded to the accident on Wagon Road at 2:26 p.m.

After investigation it was determined that a 2007 Buick Lucerne driven by 70-year-old Vernon Arthur Pote of Stuart was southbound on Wagon Road and went off the road onto the west shoulder and lost control. The car went into the cable barrier causing damage to the car and barrier before coming to a stop.

Pote was not injured in the accident and following a field sobriety test was charged with OWI First Offense and Failure to Maintain Control.

Damage to the car was estimated at $1,500 and damage to the cable barrier was estimated at $6,000.