The Creston Police Department reports six people were arrested over the past few days. At around 1:45-a.m. today (Monday), 32-year-old Gilberto Pantoja, of Lenox, was arrested for Public Intoxication. He was later released on a $300 bond.  At around 7:20-p.m. Saturday, 33-year-old Cody Wilson, of Thorton, CO., was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, on an Adams County warrant for Harassment in the 3rd Degree. He was also later released on a $300 bond.

Saturday afternoon, 42-year-old Brady Richert, of Creston, was arrested in Creston for OWI/2nd offense. He was later released on $2,000 bond. 29-year-old Lucas Perrigo, of Thayer, was arrested Saturday, for Assault with Injury. He was later released on $1,000 bond. Friday afternoon, 35-year-old Skylar Rufenacht, and 33-year-old Samantha Meek, both of Creston, were arrested for Violation of a Protection Order. They were later released on $300 bond, each.

And, a Creston man reported to Police on April 5th, that mailboxes were vandalized in the 900 block of Cottonwood Street. Officers at the scene discovered three mailboxes and a post that had been damaged. The loss was estimated at $150.

Red Oak Police say no injuries were reported following a collision Sunday at the intersection of N. 8th and E. Reed Streets. Authorities say a 2007 Pontiac G6 driven by 17-year-old Courtney Lynn Hoswell, of Red Oak, was traveling east on Reed Street (going the wrong way on a one-way street). When she attempted to cross N. 8th Street, her vehicle was struck by a 2018 Chevy Equinox driven by 24-year-old Candis Ann Tiepelman, of Lenox, that was traveling northbound on 8th.

Damage to the vehicles amounted to $4,000. Red Oak Police cited Hoswell for Failure to Yield upon entering a through street.

The Red Oak Police Department reports officers arrested two women on drug and other charges late Sunday night. Authorities say 28-year-old Ray Jean Mae Steele, and 28-year-old Alina M. McFarland, both of Red Oak, were arrested a little after 11-p.m., for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Gathering where marijuana is used. Steele faces an additional charge for four counts of Child Endangerment. Her bond was set at $2,000. Bond for McFarland was set at $1,000.

A traffic stop at around 9:50-p.m. Sunday, in Red Oak, resulted in the arrest of 42-year-old Devlin Jay Phillips, of Council Bluffs, for Driving Under Suspension. His bond was set at $491.25. And, at around 6:30-p.m. Sunday, 62-year-old Scott Wade Barry, of Red Oak, was arrested for OWI/1st offense. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $1,000 bond.

(Radio Iowa) –  On Sunday, hundreds lined the highway into Independence as the hearse carrying the body of 51-year-old Iowa State Patrol Sergeant Jim Smith passed by. Smith was shot to death late Friday night during a stand-off with a Grundy Center man. Iowa Public Safety Commissioner Stephen Bayens says Smith died a hero.

“He was shot and killed, attempting to arrest a barricaded subject. He sacrificed himself protecting others.” Smith, a 27-year veteran of the patrol, was the leader of a regional tactical unit and had entered the Grundy Center home of Michael Lang with a team on Friday night when he was shot to death. After another gun fight three hours later, Lang was taken into custody. Authorities say he’s in critical condition at the University of Iowa Hospitals after surgery for multiple gunshot wounds. The public safety commissioner paid tribute to Sergeant Smith during a news conference on Saturday.

“Sergeant Jim Smith was a guardian of justice,” Bayens said. “…I’m going to keep saying his name until his sacrifice is seared upon the hearts of anyone that can hear my voice.” Smith is survived by a wife and two children. Smith, who has been stationed at the patrol’s Oelwein office since 1996, is the first trooper to be shot to death while on duty since 1936. The man charged with murdering Smith Friday night was known to authorities, according to the Division of Criminal Investigation.

The Des Moines Register reports Lang had recently been cited for trespassing at a Grundy Center bar where he had been banned due to belligerent behavior. Court records show he was charged with third offense drunk driving in 2009, a felony. Lang unsuccessfully ran for sheriff as a Democrat in 2020. Authorities say Lang’s father went to his son’s house early in the stand-off and told officers his son had several guns inside, including a shotgun.