GLENWOOD, Iowa (AP) — The first of six former Glenwood State Resource Center workers charged with mistreating facility residents has been convicted of abusing a severely autistic man. The Des Moines Register reports that 24-year-old Kayla Stevenson was convicted Tuesday in Mills County District Court of wanton neglect of a resident. She faces up to two years in prison when she’s sentenced. A video shown at her trial showed Stevenson hitting the 19-year-old resident in the head twice with the heavy end of a butter knife as he’s held down by another worker. Her attorney argued the incident amounted only to “taps” on the head that caused no injury.

Earlier this year, 13 workers at the center quit or were fired over abuse allegations. An Iowa Department of Human Services investigation that found several clients were physically abused or subjected to verbal abuse or neglect. The center provides services for those with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

Sheriff’s officials in Pottawattamie County report a man from Henderson was arrested Monday evening following a traffic stop near Carson. 35-year old Jacob Lee Roberson was initially pulled over for having an expired registration, but showed signs of impairment. He was taken into custody for OWI/1st offense, and on a warrant for Contempt of Court. .

Creston Police report one arrest took place Tuesday. 27-year old Spencer Leitzel, of Creston, was arrested at around 3:30-p.m., for Driving While Suspended. He was subsequently released from custody on a $300 bond.

MAYSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Officials in eastern Iowa say a driver is dead in a late-night crash that sent a Ferrari plowing into a Maysville home and sparking an explosion and fire that destroyed the home. The Quad-City Times reports that the crash happened around 11 p.m. Tuesday. Scott County Sheriff’s officials say the driver died in the crash. One person was in the home at the time of the crash, but was able to escape unharmed.

Investigators say skid marks leading from Maysville Road through a ditch and into the home mark the path of the runaway car. Parts of the vehicle littered the front and back yards, including tires and the rear hood. When firefighters arrived, the house was fully engulfed in flames. The cause of the crash is under investigation.