The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports four arrests occurred between July 13th and 18th. On July 13th, deputies arrested 20-year old Korey Linn Cassady, of Panora, on a Cass County District Court warrant for Probation Violation. Cassady was taken to the Cass County Jail and released the following day on $5,000 bond.

The following day, 55-year old Ronnie Robert Larkin, of Marne, was arrested on a Cass County Sheriff’s Office warrant for Sex Offender Registry Violation. Larkin was taken to the Cass County Jail and released the following day on his own recognizance. On July 15th, Cass County deputies arrested 40-year old Michael Shane Trotter, of Atlantic, on Felony charges of Possession with Intent to Deliver Methamphetamine (B Felony) and Drug Tax Stamp Violation (D Felony). Trotter was taken to the Cass County Jail where he remains held on $30,000 bond.

And, on July 18th, 41-year old Atier Lawes Yak, of Des Moines, was arrested on a District Court warrant for Violation of Probation. Yak was taken to the Cass County Jail where he remains held on $2,000 bond.

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have release the names of two people whose bodies were found in a Burlington apartment. A Burlington Police Department news release identified them as 59-year-old Kevin Shavers, who lived in the apartment, and 33-year-old Marlo Pilkington, who lived in Fort Madison. The release did not describe the nature of their relationship.

Police also didn’t disclose the causes of the deaths, saying toxicology test results have not yet been received. The news release did say the department doesn’t think there is any ongoing risk to the community. Neighbors called police July 17 to report that they’d not seen the man for several days.

(Radio Iowa) — A Carroll man who was arrested during a home invasion in Storm Lake on Sunday morning has now been linked to another incident in June. The Storm Lake Police Department reports they were notified by a clerk at a local convenience store that on June 4, at around 3:50 a.m., a vehicle approached the drive-up window and an occupant in the back seat brandished a handgun. Video camera footage and interviews led authorities to believe the vehicle and its occupants were from the Carroll area. Eighteen-year-old Boumkouth Lol was identified as a person of interest. During the Sunday, July 21 incident, Lol, 21-year-old Rebecca Yalle and a 15-year-old female committed a home invasion, attacking the occupants inside. Lol and a male resident ended up fighting in the apartment complex hallway, eventually crashed through a neighboring door.

During the incident, Lol was found to have been armed with a 9mm handgun, and additional information received following his arrest has led authorities to believe this was the same one used in June. Lol remains in custody at the Buena Vista County jail. In addition to felony assault and burglary, Lol is charged with carrying weapons and assault while displaying a weapon.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A tax preparer has been sentenced to a year and day in prison for preparing fraudulent returns. Prosecutors say 49-year-old Serge Cibuyi was sentenced Tuesday in Cedar Rapids. He’d pleaded guilty to one count of preparing and filing a false tax return.

In his plea agreement Cibuyi admits that, while living in Cedar Rapids, he prepared fraudulent returns by claiming false deductions and credits or by inflating legitimate deductions and credits. Cibuyi paid people to let him use their dependents on other taxpayers’ returns to boost refunds.

Prosecutors say he prepared and filed at least 36 false tax returns with a tax loss to the United States in excess of $100,000.

The Union County Sheriff’s Office says a trailer and an ATV have been reported stolen from area properties. A man from Shannon City reported Tuesday, that sometime since July 20th, someone took a lowboy trailer from a farm field. The trailer, with an estimated value of $1,500, was painted white and has one chrome wheel. And, a man from Creston reported Tuesday, that sometime between 4:30-p.m. and 8-p.m. Tuesday, someone entered his property and took a 2011 Polaris Sportsman ATV with an estimated value of $4,000. The camouflage color ATV has a broke thumb throttle. If you see either of those items, contact the Union County Sheriff’s Office.

ATLANTIC- Beginning in August, patients at Cass County Health System (CCHS) can attend telehealth appointments with Dr. Laura Graeff-Armas through the CCHS Diabetes Center. Dr. Armas is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska.

Dr. Laura Graeff-Armas

For Nebraska Medicine, the primary goal is to ensure that patients have access to specialty endocrine services regardless of their location. Through telehealth appointments, the need for long travel is eliminated by virtually connecting the provider and the patient. The Diabetes Center Director, Aubrey Molgaard, RN, CDE, CHC, will participate in the appointment as well.

Molgaard says “This is a major success for our patients. Dr. Armas is an exceptional physician, and the care that she can provide to our patients is really exciting.” Dr. Armas will provide care for patients managing conditions such as diabetes, thyroid disease, and osteoporosis or metabolic bone disease. She graduated from Creighton School of Medicine in 2001. She completed an Internal Medicine Residency at Creighton University in 2004 and was a Resident Faculty at the Osteoporosis Research Center in 2004-2005. She subsequently completed an Endocrinology and Metabolism Fellowship at Creighton University in 2007.

Dr. Graeff-Armas is board certified in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. She has been a faculty member for the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, at the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center since 2015. She is a member of many professional organizations and is published in peer-reviewed journals.

Appointments with Dr. Armas can be made by calling 712-250-8830.