(Leon, Iowa) – UPDATE by Iowa DCI:  On Saturday, November 26, 2022 at 4:28-p.m., the Decatur County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of a burnt vehicle with a deceased subject, nearby, in a field 3-to 4-miles east of Leon IA. The Decatur County Sheriff’s Office requested additional assistance from Iowa DCI, State Patrol and DNR. Neither the vehicle or the victim could be immediately identified. The Decatur County Sheriff’s Office has contacted surrounding area agencies inquiring about any missing person reports.

This case remains under investigation and is pending autopsy results. Law enforcement does not suspect any nefarious activity at this time. Further information will be released as it becomes available.

(Sioux City, Iowa) – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa reports a man from northwest Iowa, 46-year-old Justin Haubrich, of Milford, was sentenced to 108 months in federal prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine.

Haubrich pled guilty June 28, 2022, in federal court in Sioux City. Evidence at the plea and sentencing hearings showed that from May 2018 through January 2019, Haubrich was involved in a conspiracy that distributed at least 2500 grams of methamphetamine. Haubrich was supplied methamphetamine from sources in Denison and Council Bluffs for further distribution in Northwest Iowa. During a traffic stop in January 2019, Haubrich was found in possession of a .45 caliber handgun and was known to keep and store firearms during his drug trafficking activities.

Haubrich was sentenced to 108 months’ imprisonment and must serve a term of three years supervised release following imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. Haubrich remains in custody of the United States Marshal until he can be transported to a federal system.

(Henry County, Iowa) – Two people died and three others were hurt, during a single vehicle rollover accident Saturday afternoon southeast of New London, in southeast Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2014 Chrysler Town & Country van was traveling west on Highway 34 at around 4:10-p.m., when for reasons unknown, the vehicle went off the road to the south, at mile marker 246 (Racine Avenue).

The vehicle crossed the east lanes of traffic and entered the south ditch, where it struck a parked truck, and then rolled onto its side and came to rest. Two of passengers, 50-year-old Sherry L. Reid, of Stockport, Iowa, and 73-year-old Judith M. Ellis, of Ollie, Iowa, died in the crash. The driver, 48-year-old Sean M. Reid, of Stockton, and two other passengers, 55-year-old Carol R. Johnson, of Fairfield, and 48-year-old Tammi L. Ellis, of Ollie, were injured.

Sean Reid and Carol Johnson were transported by helicopter to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Tammi Ellis went by Henry County Ambulance to the SE Iowa Regional Medical Center, in West Burlington.

(Glenwood, Iowa) – Three people were injured during a single-vehicle rollover accident early this (Saturday) morning, in Mills County. The Iowa State Patrol says the crash happened on I29 northbound at around 4:30-a.m., when the driver of a 2003 Ford SUV, 28-year-old Iri Mendez Degante, of Omaha, fell asleep at the wheel near mile marker 32.

The SUV entered the east ditch. Degante over-corrected, sending the vehicle onto the traveled portion of the road. It slid across the road and into the median before rolling over several times and coming to rest on its top.

Degante, and his passengers: 23-year-old Valero Degante-Cruz, and 22-year-old Juan Degante-Cruz, both of Omaha, were injured. They were not wearing seat belts. Iri DeGante and Juan Degante-Cruz, were transported by Silver City Rescue to Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs. Valero Degante-Cruz was transported by LifeNet to the Med Center in Omaha.

Mills and Fremont County Sheriff’s Deputies assisted at the scene.

(Anita, Iowa) – A 53-year-old man from Las Vegas, Nevada died early this (Saturday) morning, during a crash north of Anita, on Interstate 80. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a 2020 Volvo semi was traveling east in the westbound lanes of the Interstate, when the vehicle struck the bridge pillar at Exit 70. The accident happened at around 12:30-a.m.

The unidentified driver who was wearing a seatbelt, died at the scene.

The Patrol was assisted at the crash site, by the Cass County Sheriff’s Office, and Cass EMS.