Police in Red Oak report a traffic stop Monday evening resulted in alcohol-related citations being issued to a man from Red Oak. 35-year old Timothy Orville Welch was pulled over in the 1900 block of 200th Street at around 6-p.m., Monday. During the stop, authorities determined Welch allegedly had an open container of alcohol in the vehicle, and a suspended driver’s license.

Welch was cited for being in possession of an open container while driving, and for driving while suspended. He was released on those citations.

A traffic stop early this (Wednesday) morning in Montgomery County has resulted in the arrest of a woman on drug charges. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office says a vehicle driven by 29-year old Nicole M. Snyder, of Elliott was pulled over on Highway 48 at around 12:40-a.m., for having an insufficient number of headlamps. During the stop, it was discovered Snyder was Driving While Barred. After she was arrested for the offense,  small amounts of marijuana and methamphetamine were located. Snyder was also determined to have unlawfully been in possession of prescription medication, and several items of drug paraphernalia.

She was booked into the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center on a felony charge of Possession of Marijuana with the Intent to Deliver, and varying degrees of misdemeanor charges associated with the other offenses. Snyder was being held in the jail on $5,000 bond.

An investigation into the execution-style shooting of several dogs May 12th in Fremont County, has led to the arrest of two people, charged with animal abuse. The Fremont County Sheriff’s Department reports their office received a call at around 1-a.m. May 12th, with regard to the shooting of several dogs that had allegedly been chasing livestock. During their investigation, deputies learned the dogs did not chase the livestock, and over the next several days, learned the animals had been shot execution-style. Each of the dogs suffered from a single gunshot wound.

Deputies were able to determine 65-year old Orrie Covert, Jr., and 30-year old Amber Sharp, both of Tabor, were responsible for the shooting of four dogs. Evidence was gathered, and a search warrant carried out at a residence on Tuesday (May 21st) resulted in the confiscation of numerous illegal wild game animals. Covert, Jr. and Sharp were arrested on four counts each of animal abuse. They were being held in the Fremont County Jail on $8,000 bond, each.

Numerous charges are still pending as a result of the search warrant, and through the Iowa DNR. The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by officers with the Sidney and Tabor Police Departments, and Iowa Department of Natural Resouces.