The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports two recent arrests and one minor injury accident. Authorities say last Sunday (May 23), 29-year-old Samuel Daniel Martinez-Alvarado, of Atlantic,was arrested on a Cass County warrant for failure to appear. Martinez-Alvarado was transported to the Cass County Jail, and later posted bond. On May 22nd, Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 28-year-old Alexandria Aquailia Knapp, of Exira, on a charge of OWI 1st offense. Knapp was transported to Cass County Jail and later released on her own recognizance.
On Monday, May 24th, at around 3:50-p.m., Cass County Deputies responded to an accident in the 59000 block of Highway 83, near Marne. Authorities says Donald Albert Ward, of Lewis, was traveling westbound, driving a 2007 Ford F150, when he looked down to reach for a cell phone. When Ward failed to negotiate a curve, his pickup entered the north ditch and rolled over before coming to rest. Ward suffered minor injuries. He refused medical attention.