Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers reports an arrest has been made in connection with a stabbing incident that occurred during the early morning hours of Saturday, October 21st at 11th & Chestnut Streets, in Clarinda. The Chief says that at around 10:30-p.m., Monday, Clarinda Police Officers arrested 40-year old Jasen Lee Bebout, of Bedford, on arrest warrants for felony willful injury and assault while participating in a felony. Bebout was arrested in the 800 block of W. Tarkio St. after a short foot pursuit.

Jason Lee Bebout

He was being held in the Page County Jail on $10,000 cash only bond. Authorities say Bebout allegedly stabbed 39-year old Monty Casteel Jr., of Clarinda, multiple times during an altercation. Police reports have been submitted to the offices of Page County Attorney Carl M. Sonksen for review regarding the filing of formal charges.

A Union County man was arrested Monday morning in Adams County, on a Theft charge. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office says 22-year old Dakota Dean Rosch, of Creston, was arrested when he went to return an item he allegedly stole. Authorities say at around 10:45-a.m. Monday, Rosch backed his pickup up to another pickup in a corn field, and loaded a John Deere tool box worth $4,000 into his truck. The owner of the tool box saw Rosch leaving the field. A call was placed to Rosch, who agreed to meet the owner in Prescott to return the tool box. He was taken into custody after doing so.

Rosch was being held in the Adams County Jail on a $5,000 bond.

Creston Police, Monday afternoon, arrested 28-year old Caleb Fredrickson, of Lorimor. Fredrickson was taken into custody at around 2:18-p.m., on a Union County warrant for Violation of Probation, on an original – Possession of a Controlled Substance – charge. Fredrickson was being held in the Union County Jail on a $50,000 bond.

One person was transported by ambulance to the hospital Monday afternoon, following a collision between an SUV and a van, in Creston. Creston Police say the driver of the SUV, 43-year old Jennifer Lynette Byrd, of Diagonal, was transported to the Greater Regional Medical Center (GRMC) in Creston, to be checked for injuries, after she complained of pain following the collision. Byrd was traveling west in the far right lane of Highway 34 just before 1-p.m., at the same time a 2016 Chrysler Town and Country van driven by 88-year old Ruby Marjorie Stephens, of Shannon City, was traveling south on Cherry Street. Stephens stopped at the posted intersection, looked, but did not see Byrd’s approaching 2015 Chevy Equinox.

As Stephens started across the intersection, Byrd did not have time to stop and avoid the collision. The SUV hit the van broadside, causing a total of $9,000 damage. Authorities say Stephens was at fault for failure to yield the right of way, but no citations were issued.