DUBUQUE, Iowa (Telegraph Herald) — A man whose DNA linked him to Dubuque sexual assaults reported years ago has been given 40 years in prison. Martel Fountain Sr. was sentenced earlier this week. He’d pleaded guilty. Court documents say Fountain assaulted three women in 2011 after forcing his way into their homes. The documents say another was raped in 2014 after Fountain forced her into her garage. A DNA sample taken from Fountain in March 2018 after his arrest in a federal drug case linked him to the four Dubuque assaults. DNA information from those four cases had been filed in an FBI database.

(Updated 4/2 at 8:30-a.m.) – Officials with the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office report an inmate at the Pott. County Jail, 46-year old William Chirod Lewis, of Council Bluffs, was served with a warrant Monday for Theft in the 5th Degree. Bond on the charge was set at $300. Lewis was presented with the warrant and then returned to the custody of Corrections staff.

There were also several prisoners transferred this week from the Douglas County, Nebraska Jail to the Pott. County Jail, in order to address warrants in Pottawattamie County. Those transferred include:

• 33-year old Jonathan Joseph Regan, of Omaha, who was wanted on warrants for Theft in the 2nd Degree & Violation of Probation. Bond was set at $5,000 on the Theft charge.
• 43-year old Joseph Ray Castillo, and 25-year old Jhanako Yazonte Lewis, both of Omaha, were wanted on Pott. County warrants for Violation of Probation.
• 19-year old Edmundo Galvez, of Carter Lake, who was being held in the Pott. County Jail on $11,000 bond for the charges of False Imprisonment and Kidnapping in the 3rd Degree.
• 51-year old William Joseph Nunez, of Omaha, who was wanted in Pott. County for Domestic Abuse/Simple Assault, and Theft in the 1st Degree. His bond was set at $10,000.
• 35-year old Marco Jerome Burns, of Omaha, was transported to the Pott. County Jail Wednesday, under a warrant for Violation of Probation.
• 38-year old Raymond Dean Younce, Jr. was brought to the Pott. County Jail to address a warrant for Felony, Escape from Custody.
• 34-year old Michael Anthony Martinez was wanted for Theft in the 3rd Degree.
• 37-year old Jermaine Maurice Tucker was wanted for Felony, Escape from Custody.
• And, 30-year old Andrew David Lippert, of Council Bluffs, was transported from the Douglas County, NE., jail to the Pott. County Jail, under a warrant for Violation of Probation. He remained in the jail on a HOLD for a Residential Corrections Facility (RCF).

Officials with the Creston Police Department said today (Thursday), 18-year old Autumn St. Onge, of Diagonal, was arrested late Wednesday morning at the Creston Walmart, for Theft in the 5th Degree. St. Onge was cited and then released from the scene on Promise to Appear in court.

And, a Creston woman reported to Police Wednesday morning, that sometime between 10:20-p.m. Tuesday and 10:30-a.m. Wednesday, someone entered her home in the 300 block of E. Clark Street, and took a 50-inch TV, along with a class ring. The loss was estimated at $300.

MAPLETON, Iowa (Sioux City Journal) — A 17-year-old boy accused of killing a 16-year-old in western Iowa is seeking prosecution as a juvenile. Monona County court records say the boy’s attorney filed a motion Wednesday to transfer the case to juvenile court. The boy is charged with first-degree murder in the January shooting death of Joseph Hopkins in Mapleton. The Associated Press generally doesn’t name juveniles charged with crimes. A hearing on the request is scheduled for June 1.

Police in Red Oak arrested a man on an assault charge early this (Thursday) morning. 46-year old James Reed Mitroff, II, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 2:55-a.m. in the 900 block of E. Washington Street in Red Oak, for Domestic Abuse Assault/1st offense. He was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail.