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The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office reports 19-year old Tucker Flynn, of Creston, was arrested Sunday, in the 1000 block of Highway 25, in Taylor County. Flynn was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He is being held at the Taylor County Jail on $1,300 bond. A 16-year-old was also charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, following the same traffic stop. The juvenile was released to the custody of a parent and referred to Juvenile Court.
(7-a.m. News) — Police in Creston report four recent arrests. Saturday morning, 32-year old Jeffrey Drake, of Creston, was arrested for Driving While Suspended. He was later released from the Union County Jail on a $300 bond. And, at around 1:55-a.m., Saturday, 25-year old Ernesto Escamilla, of Creston, was arrested for OWI/1st offense. He was later released on $1,000 bond.
Friday afternoon, Creston Police arrested 19-year old Joel Blazek, of Creston. He was taken into custody on a Union County warrant for Failure to Appear on a Theft in the 5th Degree, charge. Blazek was later released on a $300 bond. And, 18-year old Jeremiah Whitney, of Creston, was arrested at his home on a Union County warrant for two counts of Forgery. He remains in the Union County Jail on a $10,000 bond.
A man from Creston reported to authorities Friday night, that sometime during the day, Friday, someone damaged the windshield of his vehicle, as it was parked near his home in the 500 block of N. Chestnut Street. The damage was estimated at $300.
The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A Davenport man has pleaded guilty to trying to hire someone to kill his ex-wife’s boyfriend. Scott County District Court records say 43-year-old John Cooper entered the plea Friday. His sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 19.
Prosecutors say Cooper had violated terms of a drug crime probation and been ordered in September to complete probation programming at the Residential Correctional Facility in Davenport. The court records say a cellphone confiscated from him there in November contained a message asking a former resident at the facility to kill another former resident who was in a relationship with Cooper’s ex-wife.
Rainfall early this morning in Atlantic added .4″ (four-tenths) of an inch to the 2.2-inches of rain we received here Sunday, at KJAN. Our total 24-hour rainfall was 2.6-inches.
MARION, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a two people were not injured when their plane went down in a cornfield in eastern Iowa’s Linn County. Deputies were sent to the area Saturday afternoon after receiving a report that the plane was down about a mile east of Iowa Highway 13, and around a mile south of the Marion Airport. They couldn’t find the plane.
A drone was used to spot the aircraft Sunday. Authorities say pilot Bonnie Roth and student pilot Steph Draher were not hurt. The incident is being investigated.
The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office has charged an additional suspect in an ongoing narcotics distribution investigation. 36-year old Miguel Angel Lopez, formerly of Lenox, was arrested by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Sunday.. He was wanted on an active Taylor County Warrant for Controlled Substance Violation – Delivery of a Controlled Substance, a Class C Felony. Lopez is being held without bond pending an appearance before the Magistrate.
Sheriff’s officials report also, 29-year old Luke Samo, of Diagonal, was arrested Saturday, following an investigation into an incident that occurred Friday, in the 200 block of Broadway, in Clearfield. Samo was charged with Domestic Abuse Assault- by Strangulation. He was being held at the Taylor County Jail without bond, pending an initial appearance with the magistrate.