IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – The trucker found shot to death inside his semi at a rest stop early Wednesday has been identified as 60-year-old Ernest D. Kummer of Monroe, Iowa. Authorities say Kummer was shot and killed by 43-year-old Mariana Lesnic at the westbound Interstate 80 rest area near Victor.

Kummer was an employee of Fridley, Minnesota-based Copeland Trucking, where he had worked since 2010. A company official said it wouldn’t comment on the “horrific event” at the request of Kummer’s family.

Iowa County Sheriff Rob Rotter said Thursday his office and the Division of Criminal Investigation are continuing to search for answers in the case, including a possible motive. Lesnic has been charged with first-degree murder and is being held at the Iowa County jail in Marengo on a $1 million cash-only bond.

In today’s (Thursday’s) Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s report, authorities noted 18-year old Dustin Joshua Pursell, of Council Bluffs, turned himself-in to the Sheriff’s Office. A records check confirmed Pursell was wanted on a Pott. County warrant for Sexual Abuse in the 2nd Degree/Forcible rape. He was taken into custody and transported from the Sheriff’s Office to the Pott. County Jail.

An Oakland man was arrested Wednesday night, after he allegedly took $260 in cash from another Oakland man. 31-year old Corey Andrew Stephens, of Oakland, faces a charge of Theft in the 4th Degree.

And, a call to Pott. County dispatch Wednesday night about a vehicle parked off Interstate 29 with a possibly intoxicated driver inside. A deputy responded and upon further investigation, arrested the driver, 20-year old Tanner Robin Reed, of Plattesmouth, NE, for OWI/2nd offense.

Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers reports a Hamburg man was arrested on a drug charge following a traffic stop at around 4:30-p.m., Wednesday. 23-year old Joseph William Michael Haughton, was taken into custody after he was found to be in possession of a controlled substance believed to be marijuana.

He was initially pulled over for failure to wear a seat belt while operating a motor vehicle. Haughton was arrested without incident and transferred to the custody of the Page County Jail where he was held on $1,000 bond.

Investigative reports have been forwarded to the Page County Attorney for review and consideration of the filing of formal charges.

A search warrant executed Wednesday evening at a residence in Shambaugh, resulted in the arrest of 28-year old Joseph Cody Foster, of Shambaugh. Sheriff Lyle Palmer says the Page County warrant was for Probation violation and Theft in the 2nd degree.

Joseph Cody Foster

During the arrest, Foster was found to be in Possession of Methamphetamine.  He was transported to the Page County Jail where he was unable to post the $7,000 bond.  Foster was being held in the Page County Jail pending further court proceedings.