WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have arrested a man accused of fleeing after his vehicle injured his girlfriend’s 11-year-old daughter near their Waterloo home.
Black Hawk County Court records say 52-year-old James Smith is charged with leaving the scene of an injury accident, child endangerment causing serious injury, and other crimes. The records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment for him.

Police say the girl was injured April 18 when Smith drove out of the home’s driveway. The girl’s mother, 32-year-old Anita Nelson, told officers she didn’t know who struck the girl and denied Smith was involved. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that prosecutors have charged her with making a false report.

Authorities in Pottawattamie County are investigating an accident that claimed the life of a Nebraska man. Officials say at around 7:50-p.m. Thursday, Pottawattamie County deputies were dispatched to County Road L-34 and Whippoorwill Road for a motor vehicle accident involving a motorcycle and a truck pulling a livestock trailer. Deputies arrived at approximately 8:03 PM. Upon arrival of Neola Fire and Rescue, the driver of the motorcycle was determined to be deceased. A preliminary investigation indicates that 19-yearold Joseph Jensen, of Neola, was southbound on County Road L-34 in a 2012 Dodge Ram truck and making a left turn on to Whippoorwill Road. The truck was pulling an empty livestock trailer.

26-year old Adam Blake, of Omaha, NE was southbound on County Road L-34 behind Jensen’s truck and trailer. Blake’s 2006 Suzuki motorcycle struck the rear of the livestock trailer, resulting in fatal injuries.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A third person has been charged in the slaying of a man at his Davenport home. Court records say 21-year-old Dmarithe Culbreath is charged with conspiracy, robbery and first-degree murder. He’s already serving prison time on an unrelated charge. It’s unclear whether he has an attorney for the new case. He’s accused in the shooting death of 20-year-old Brady Tumlinson during a robbery in September. A woman there also was injured.

Police say Culbreath and four others were involved. One of them, Nakita Wiseman Jr., has pleaded guilty to burglary and robbery and has agreed to testify against the others. Another of them, Tristin Antonio Joseph Alderman, is awaiting trial. The two others have not been named.

The Creston Police Department reports two separate arrests took place, Thursday. At around 1:45-p.m., Luke Allen Mullen, of Orient, was arrested in Adair County, on a Union County warrant for Violation of a Protection Order, and Domestic Abuse Assault. Mullen was being held in the Union County Jail on a $1,000 bond. And, at around 10-a.m. Thursday, 35-year old Kristina Marie Clarke, of Fontanelle, was arrested in Creston on a Union County warrant for Violation of Probation. Clarke was being held in the Adams County Jail, on $1,000 bond.

Creston Police said also, a resident of the 1500 block of N. Lincoln Street, reported someone damaged the satellite dish outside her residence. The loss was estimated at $1.00.

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ANAMOSA, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say 22 inmates were involved in a prison fight at an eastern Iowa prison. The Iowa Corrections Department says the fighting began around 7:45 a.m. Thursday in the main yard at the Anamosa State Penitentiary in Anamosa. Several prison staffers soon responded and took control of the situation, which lasted little more than a minute.

The department says none of the staffers was injured, and no inmates reported serious injuries. The prison has further restricted inmate movement.