One person was killed and two others injured in a motorcycle accident in reported in Fremont County Saturday night.

The Iowa State Patrol reports that two Harley Davidson motorcycles were traveling on Bluff Road in Fremont County between 242nd Avenue and 190th Street when several deer entered the roadway, causing both motorcycles to take evasive action.

One of the motorcycles sustained a wheel malfunction on the sidecar causing it to lose control.  The driver and side car occupant were ejected while the second motorcycle was laid down on its side, ejecting the lone occupant.

The driver of the first motorcycle, 38 year old Andy Lee Wiese of Silver City was pronounced dead at the scene.  The passenger, 70 year old Janelle Lois Wiese of Corning suffered injuries and was taken from the scene by helicopter to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.  The driver of the second motorcycle, 44 year old Adam Ryan Wiese of Denison was also injured and transported by helicopter to the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

The Red Oak Police Department is asking for the public’s help after a rash of overnight vandalism.

Police report vandals either slashed tires on vehicles or spray painted obscenities on other people’s property.  Thirty individuals were affected by these perpetrators, resulting in several thousand dollars worth of damage, and these individuals need to be held accountable.

We ask for the public’s assistance; if you or someone you know was out and about and witnessed something suspicious, we’d like to speak with you. If you have a camera on your property, it may have some valuable information that we would like to look at.

Please contact the Red Oak Police Department at 712-623-6500.

Deputies in Montgomery County were called Friday at about 6:30 pm to the 1700 block of 205th Street in Red Oak.  The caller said a man was sleeping in the driver’s seat of a vehicle parked on the roadway.  When they arrived, deputies found a silver Chevy Cruze parked on the road and woke the driver, 40 year old Miguel Cruz of San Pablo, Mexico.  After a brief investigation, Cruz was taken to the Montgomery County Jail with a breathe alcohol level of .202.  Cruz was booked on OWI-first offense and held on $1,000 bond.

Red Oak Police report that at about 3:30 Sunday morning, they arrested 21 year old J’lyssa Rose Kidder of Red Oak for domestic assault, first offense.  Kidder was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held without bond.

Union County Sheriff’s officials say one person was taken to the hospital after a single vehicle rollover accident.  Sunday morning, just after 8:30 am, 63 year old Virgina Alice Aguilar of Creston was westbound on 185th Street in her Honda SUV when she was distracted by a bug inside the vehicle.  Her SUV veered off the road and the passenger side tires went into a steep ditch and the vehicle rolled over.  Aguilar was trapped inside the vehicle.  She was taken to a local hospital after complaining of pain.  The vehicle sustained approximately $20,000 in damage.

DES MOINES- The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has completed its review of the fatal shooting of Matthew Briggs by two police officers from Council Bluffs and Omaha that occurred on July 8, 2023. In a report issued today, the office concluded that the actions of the officers, who shot Briggs only after he aimed a shotgun at them from a vehicle he had carjacked, were “legally justified” and that “no criminal charges are warranted.”

The Attorney General’s conclusion was based on a review and investigation by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. The investigation found that on July 8, Briggs was identified as a suspect in a murder committed that day in Omaha involving both a handgun and shotgun. The Omaha Police Department conducted a search of the scene but did not locate the suspect. As the search concluded, a carjacking involving a handgun and shotgun was reported in nearby Bellevue, Nebraska, and police determined that the carjacking suspect was Briggs.

Omaha and Bellevue police pursued Briggs from Nebraska into Mills and Pottawattamie Counties. The pursuit ultimately lasted more than 20 minutes, during which Briggs evaded an attempt to stop his stolen car with tire-deflation devices. Finally, a Council Bluffs police officer brought Briggs’s stolen car to a halt by using his cruiser to perform a pursuit intervention technique. Law enforcement officers attempted to end the situation peacefully, but Briggs aimed his shotgun at the officers, who then opened fire.

The report is issued under the Attorney General’s independent authority under Iowa Code section 13.12 to investigate or prosecute conduct of law enforcement that results in death.

A copy of the report is available here.