(Greenfield, Iowa) – The Adair County Engineer’s Office reports the contractor for two box culvert projects have begun work on the second of those projects. As a result, Pinewood Ave. (Adair County Road P-21) is closed roughly 1.5 miles north of Orient to replace a culvert. A detour is in-place (shown in green on the map below). The closure is expected to last roughly 3-4 weeks.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Officials with the Atlantic Police Department report six arrests. On Sunday, 43-year-old Shane Seagler, of Massena, was arrested for: Public Intoxication and Cass County warrants for: 2-counts Controlled Substance Violation; 2-counts gathering where controlled substances are used; 3 counts of Keeping a premises or vehicle for a Controlled Substance Violation; 2 counts of Probation Violation, and on an Adair County warrant for Violation of Probation. Seagler was being held in the Cass County Jail.

On Saturday, 57-year-old David Frazier, of Atlantic, was arrested for Reckless use of Fire or Explosives. He was cited into court, and released. On June 23rd, 30-year-old Gage Mundorf, of Atlantic, was arrested for OWI/2nd offense, and Possession of a Controlled Substance. He was booked into the Cass County Jail. And, 45-year-old Jason Tasto, of Atlantic, was arrested on the 23rd for Public Intoxication.

On the 22nd, 19-year-old Maria Mullenberg, of Atlantic, was arrested for Trespassing. She was cited into court, and released. And, on June 8th, 43-year-old Christel Buskirk, of Atlantic, was arrested for Theft in the 5th (Shoplifting). She was cited and released.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – A pickup truck not placed in “Park” got away from a man and crashed into a fence, Sunday morning, in Red Oak. Authorities say there were no injuries, but the damage amounted to $2,100 altogether. 64-year-old Michael Dean Norris, of Red Oak, was driving the City of Red Oak-owned 1998 Dodge RAM pickup, when he stopped at around 7-a.m. to pick up trash from the Fountain Square Park.

The pickup rolled south in the 500 block of N. 3rd Street, with Norris in pursuit, on foot. The vehicle turned to the west and went down the alley before turning slightly northwest into an empty grass lot, and came to rest against a steel fence owned by Davis Taylor Insurance. The impact caused the fence to be slightly bent-over. There were no citations issued.

(Creston, Iowa) – The Creston Police Department reports two people were arrested over the weekend on separate warrants. Authorities say at around 11:45-p.m. Friday, 33-year-old Cassi Mae Bird, of Des Moines, was arrested on two warrants at a motel on Laurel Street.  First was a Des Moines Police Department warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault. The second warrant was for a Parole Violation. Bird was transported to the Adams County Jail, were she was being held without bond until an initial appearance on the first warrants, and no bond on the second. She was also being held pending extradition to the Polk County Jail.

And, just after 10-a.m. Saturday, 24-year-old Cody Igor Corfits, of West Des Moines, was arrested at the Creston Union County Law Enforcement Center. Corfits was taken into  custody on a Union County Warrant for Violation of Probation, on an original charge of Domestic Abuse 1st offense (a simple misdemeanor). Corfits was transported to the Union County Jail where he was being held on $600 cash or surety bond.

(Greenfield, Iowa) – Court records show a preliminary hearing is scheduled to take place 10:30-a.m. Thursday, in Adair County, for a Nebraska man who faces Felony Class-C charges that include Theft in the 1^st Degree and Burglary in the 2^nd Degree, a Felony Class-D charge of Theft in the 2^nd Degree, and a serious misdemeanor charge of Criminal Mischief in the 4^th Degree. Those charges against 25-year-old Luis David Penaloza-Garcia are associated with a June 9^th rural Adair County residential break-in. His cash or surety bond was listed as $30,000.

Penaloza-Garcia allegedly tried to break-into a residence southwest of Casey, on June 9^th after he allegedly crashed a stolen vehicle he was driving on I-80, near the Adair rest areas. A resident of the home heard suspicious noises, and shot Penaloza-Garcia when he found the man inside his home.

Luis Penaloza Garcia

(Afton, Iowa) – A collision between a pickup truck and an ambulance, Friday night in Union County, but no one was hurt. According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, the accident occurred at around 10:47-p.m. on Highway 34, near Lark Avenue, northwest of Afton. Officials say two Greater Regional Medical Center ambulances were checking on a vehicle in the ditch. Both vehicles had their emergency lights activated. One of the ambulances, a 2021 Dodge Ram-based vehicle, had stopped on the shoulder of the road and was attempting to turn around.

The driver of the 2005 Chevy 2500 pickup, 21-year-old Bradley Wayne Toppin, of Afton, had stopped for the ambulances. When Toppin, and the driver of the ambulance turning around, 40-year-old Dennis Wayne Cheers, of Afton, proceeded at the same time, their vehicles came into contact in the center of the highway. Both vehicles sustained minor damage that totaled $2,000.

Toppin was cited for Failure to Yield to an Emergency Vehicle.