In an update to our earlier reports, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office today (Friday), said Deputies responded at around 3:32-a.m. to a two-vehicle accident on eastbound Interstate 80, near mile marker 72. Four subjects were transported to Cass County Memorial Hospital for treatment.  Two of the subjects were later transferred to CHI/Bergen Mercy in Omaha.  The accident is still under investigation.

The Sheriff’s Office reports also, there were three people arrested from June 25th through July 6th. On Tuesday (July 6) Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 42-year-old Monty Wayne Casteel, of Atlantic, on a Cass County warrant for failure to appear.  Casteel was taken to the Cass County Jail where he later plead guilty and was released. On July 3rd, Deputies arrested 23-year-old Levi Branson Glover, of Lewis, for OWI 1st offense.  Glover was transported to Cass County Jail and was later released on his own recognizance.

And, on June 25th, Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 46-year-old Brad James Smith, of Perry, on a Cass County warrant for failure to appear. Smith remains held on bond in the Cass County Jail.

Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers, Friday (today, 7/9), released information with regard to a high speed pursuit that took place July 1st. On that date, officers from the Clarinda Police Department and deputies with the Page County Sheriff’s Department were involved in the chase, which began when a Clarinda Police Officer attempted to stop a black Dodge Charger for failure to display registration plates.

The chase started on N. 12th Street and continued through northeast Page County and into northwest Taylor County. The driver of the Charger – later identified as 46-year-old Jeremy Leslie Williams, of Clarinda – failed to stop, initiating the pursuit. Williams lost control of the car near 200th & Able Avenue in Taylor County, and fled on foot. A search of the area was conducted but Williams could not be found.

Clarinda Police arrested Williams on Thursday, July 8th, on a Page County arrest warrant for eluding law enforcement officers and driving a motor vehicle while under license revocation. Williams was arrested without incident in Clarinda, and was being held at the Page County Jail on $3,000 bail. Clarinda Police Officers were assisted by the Page County Sheriff’s Department and the Taylor County Sheriff’s Department and Page County Emergency Management with the pursuit.

Reports have been forwarded to Page County Attorney’s Office for formal charging decisions.

An Iowa State Patrol Trooper came upon an accident this (Friday) morning on Interstate 80 westbound at mile marker 72, temporarily blocked in the right/outside lane. The incident took place at around 7:15-a.m.  According to dispatch reports, a semi-tractor trailer apparently rear-ended another semi during heavy rain. Traffic was at a standstill for a brief time. No injuries have been reported.