Police officers in Clarinda investigated a property damage accident Friday evening. Officials say 16-year old Tanner Clayton Marriott, of Clarinda, was driving a 2004 Dodge Ram pickup through the Hy-Vee parking lot at around 6:10-p.m., when the vehicle was hit by a car that was backing out of a parking stall. Damage to the pickup was estimated at $500. Damage to the 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse, driven by 27-year old Timothy Mark Hudson, of Clarinda, was estimated at $2,000. Neither driver was injured. No citations were issued.

And, this past Wednesday (June 27^th ) ,Kody James Sump reported to Police in Clarinda, that golf and fishing equipment had been stolen from his truck sometime between June 13^th & 14^th,  while the truck was parked at the Clarinda Country Club or the Inda-Clar Recreation Parlor. The property was valued at $700. There are no suspects at this time and the incident remains under investigation.

Police in Clarinda are investigating an incident of vandalism perpetrated on an SUV owned by the Clarinda School District. Chief Keith Brothers said Sunday, that officers were called to the Central Office parking lot on East Nodaway Street, Saturday, to investigate a broken door glass on a 1997 Chevy Suburban. The damage was estimated at $250. Officials have no suspects at this time.

Brothers reports also, the arrest early Sunday morning, of 29-year old Edward Dawayne Mayes, of Clarinda. Mays was taken into custody at around 1-a.m., on a charge of Operating a Motor Vehicle While Intoxicated (OWI), 1^st offense. Mayes was being held in the Page County Jail on $1,000 bond, pending an appearance before the Magistrate.

Also arrested Sunday morning, was 23-year old Joseph Cody Foster, of Shambaugh. Foster was arrested after officers in Clarinda attempted to speak with him about an incident of harassment. Police Chief Keith Brothers says officers responded to the Clarinda Regional Health Center just after 9-a.m., Sunday, following a report an employee at the facility was being harassed.

Officers located Foster in the area of the Health Center, operating a 2000 Ford Taurus. When officers attempted to stop the vehicle, Foster failed to stop and a pursuit ensued. Foster proceeded south on U.S. Hwy. 71 to 511 West Street, Shambaugh where he surrendered to officers.

Foster was taken into custody and charged with going armed with intent, carrying dangerous weapons, eluding a law enforcement vehicle, harassment in the first degree, driving with a suspended license and some additional traffic infractions. The man was taken to the Page County Jail where he was held without bail, pending an initial appearance before a Page County Magistrate. The Clarinda Police Department was assisted in covering the incident by the Page County Sheriff’s Department. The incident remains under investigation and is being submitted to the Page County Attorney’s Office for review and the filing of formal charges.

Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County arrested a Villisca woman Saturday night, on an OWI charge. 42-year old Stacy S. Shepherd was arrested at around 9:35-p.m. following a traffic stop on 4th Street in Villisca. Officials say the woman was pulled over for a driving infraction. During questioning, it was determined Shepherd was allegedly intoxicated. She was brought to the Montgomery County Jail, booked -in and later released, after posting bond.

DENISON, Iowa (AP) – Authorities have identified the body found near railroad tracks in western Iowa last month as a Pennsylvania man.  But investigators are still waiting on more test results to help determine the cause of 44-year-old Jonathan Elwell’s death. Crawford County Sheriff Jim Steinkuehler says the Shillington, Penn., man’s body was found by two railroad workers near Highway 30 between Vail and Westside on June 19th. Elwell’s rented vehicle had been found in Crawford County on April 20th with his bicycle in the trunk.  Officials say foul play is not suspected in Elwell’s death, but family members have said they don’t know why he was in Iowa.