INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (AP) — Lawyers for former “Bachelor” star Chris Soules’ have asked a judge to dismiss the charge against him stemming from his rear-end crash that killed a farmer driving a tractor. Defense attorney Robert Montgomery argued Monday that the charge of failing to remain at the scene of a fatal collision should be dismissed because he says Soules complied with Iowa law. He says Soules reported the April crash, identified himself to a 911 dispatcher, provided aid to the 66-year-old farmer, Kenneth Mosher, and waited until emergency responders arrived. He says the law didn’t require Soules to stay longer.

Prosecutor Scott Brown says the law implies that drivers responsible for fatal crashes must remain until an officer can speak with them. He says witnesses stayed longer than Soules, who fled in a truck down a gravel road about 14 minutes after rear-ending Mosher’s tractor. Judge Andrea Dryer says she’ll rule later on Soules’ motion to dismiss the case. The trial is scheduled to begin Jan. 18.

YORK, Neb. (AP) — The sister of a man facing the death penalty for four Omaha killings has been transferred to an Iowa prison to serve her life sentence. A Nebraska Correctional Services Department spokeswoman confirmed Monday that 27-year-old Erica Jenkins had left the Nebraska women’s prison in York and been moved to the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women, in Mitchellville. Spokeswoman Dawn-Renee Smith said Monday the move was made at Jenkins’ request. Smith says the two states have an agreement that the receiving state bears the cost of such transfer prisoners.

Erica Jenkins was convicted of murder in January 2015, accused by authorities of helping her brother, Nikko Jenkins, kill Curtis Bradford in Omaha in 2013. Nikko Jenkins pleaded no contest to murder charges in the Bradford case and three others.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Advocacy groups have filed a federal lawsuit alleging officials representing an Iowa school for juvenile offenders are failing to provide adequate mental health care. The lawsuit was filed Monday in Des Moines by Disability Rights Iowa and the national watchdog organization Children’s Rights. The groups allege the Boys State Training School administers “dangerous” psychotropic medications without adequate oversight and consent.

The lawsuit says school officials are unlawfully using seclusion rooms and full-body restraints, and don’t have enough mental health professionals at the Eldora facility, which is about 60 miles (97 kilometers) north of Des Moines. The Iowa Department of Human Services runs the school. Three department officials are named as defendants.

The agency says it doesn’t comment on pending litigation. But it defended the school when Disability Rights Iowa released a report raising concerns earlier this year.

SCHLESWIG, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a 4-year-old boy has died in a western Iowa farm accident. An incident report from the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office says deputies and medics were dispatched a little after 3:15 p.m. Sunday to a farm about 4 miles northwest of Schleswig. The report says a 911 caller, Cody Segebart, said he’d run a farm wagon over his son.

The boy was pronounced dead at the scene. He’s been identified as Jason Segebart.

Red Oak Police report 19-year old Tyler Austin Sowers, of Red Oak, was arrested today (Monday), on a Montgomery County warrant for Failure to Appear on a previous charge of Public Intoxication. Sowers was taken into custody at around 9:30-a.m. and brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where his cash bond was set at $1,000.

Audubon Police Chief Matt Starmer reports two arrests. On Nov. 16th, 35-year old David Neal Gilbert, of Audubon, was arrested for Domestic Abuse Assault and Child Endangerment.  Gilbert appeared before a magistrate and was released on promise to appear in court.  On Nov. 19th, 26-year old Mackenzie Jacob Belnap, of Audubon, was arrested for Domestic Abuse Assault and Criminal Mischief.  Belnap appeared before a magistrate and was also released on promise to appear.

Two people were arrested on separate OWI charges in Audubon County over the Thanksgiving Holiday, and a Cass County woman was arrested on a drug charge. The Sheriff’s Department reports 23-year old Masie Sheryl Williams, of Atlantic, was arrested at around 6-p.m. Saturday, on a charge of Possession of Meth within 1,000-feet of a public park. Her arrest stems from an investigation into an incident in the 500 block of Pacific Avenue, in Audubon. Williams was seen by the magistrate and released with a preliminary hearing set for Dec. 14th. She was later transported to Cass County where Williams was wanted on an outstanding warrant.

On Nov. 23rd. Audubon County Deputies – with assistance from the Iowa State Patrol — arrested 29-year old Casey Steven Bolick, of Gray.  Bolick was taken into custody for OWI/3rd offense and Open Container, following a traffic stop. He was brought to the Audubon County Jail, posted bond, and was released. He’s scheduled to appear for his preliminary hearing, on Nov. 30th. And, on Saturday, 18-year old Jacob Arnold Soll, of Audubon, was arrested for OWI/1st offense, and stopping on the traveled portion of the roadway. Soll was later released after appearing before a magistrate. His preliminary hearing was set for Dec. 14th.

A man from Creston reported to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, Friday afternoon, that sometime between Nov. 10th and 24th, someone cut the lock on his storage unit in the 300 block of Industrial Parkway, in Creston. Stolen from the shed were tools and other building materials. The loss was estimated at $500.