A Guthrie County Sheriff’s Deputy was injured during a fireworks accident last week. According to a social media post pinned to the Guthrie County Sheriff’s Facebook page, Deputy Jesse Swenson and other family members were leaving an Independence Day party June 30^th, when a spark from a firework that was shot too low, went into his eye.

Swenson was taken to Iowa City and told that he would regain his vision in a couple days, but during another doctor’s visit last Sunday, he was told the eye was worse than they had hoped because no oxygen is going to that eye due to the blood vessels in the eye, getting burned. Whether he’ll be able to see out of that eye again is still unknown.

Family members who have set up a GoFundMe page, say any sort of donations are welcome, as the family has to travel back and forth from Iowa City to Guthrie Center. The funds will be used for extra expenses for the long, healing road ahead.

https://www.gofundme.com/5zeuk-officer-down

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – A trial date has been set for a man accused of killing a sheriff’s deputy in Iowa. The Daily Nonpareil reports Wesley Correa-Carmenaty is scheduled to go to trial in Council Bluffs on Aug. 15th.

Pottawattamie County Attorney Matt Wilber says that the 24-year-old Correa-Carmenaty has not waived his right to a speedy trial and has not requested the trial be moved to Sioux City. Attorney Greg Jones, who represents Correa-Carmenaty, says details could change.

Correa-Carmenaty is charged with murder, attempted murder and other counts. Police say he was being transported to the Council Bluffs jail in May when he attacked Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Deputy Mark Burbridge and Deputy Pat Morgan, grabbed one of their guns and shot them before fleeing. He was recaptured in Omaha. Burbridge was killed during the escape.

Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports a woman was arrested early this (Friday) morning, on drug charges. 54-year old Karen Arlene Green, of Shenandoah, was taken into custody by the Fremont County Sheriff’s K9 Unit, in connection with the illegal sales of a Controlled Substance (Meth). Green was arrested without incident and transported to the Fremont County Law Enforcement Center, where her cash bond was set at $50,000.

Karen Arlene Green

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – An eastern Iowa man has been accused of destroying property at a University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics building. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports 50-year-old Robert A. Dostal of Hiawatha has been charged with second-degree burglary and fourth-degree criminal mischief.

University of Iowa police say in complaints that Dostal entered a secured area at the Pomerantz Family Pavilion Wednesday night and caused about $400 in damage to the building. He is accused of being aggressive.

Dostal remains at the Johnson County Jail as of Friday morning.