The Atlantic Police Department says no serious injuries were reported following two recent, separate accidents. One collision happened Nov. 17th at 3rd and Olive Streets, when a vehicle driven by Ernesto Estrado, of Charles City, rear-ended a vehicle driven by Richard Clausen, of Adair. Clausen complained of neck pain, but refused to be transported to the hospital. Damage from the collision amounted to $6,500. Estrado was cited for No Valid Driver’s License and Failure to Stop in an Assured Clear Distance.

And, on Nov. 18th, a vehicle driven by Dan Christensen, of Atlantic, failed to stop in time, and ran into the back of a vehicle driven by Susannah Odette, of Atlantic. The accident happened at the intersection of Highway 6 and Hospital Drive. No injuries were reported. Damage from the accident amounted to $8,000. Christensen was cited for Driving While Suspended, Failure to Provide Proof of Insurance, Failure to have a Valid Registration, and Failure to Stop in an Assured Clear Distance.

Atlantic Police Chief Dave Erickson, today (Monday), released a report on numerous recent arrests. Last Thursday, 35-year old Tracy Porter, of Wiota, was arrested on a Cass County warrant for Failure to Appear, and 18-year old Spenser Denison, of Atlantic, was arrested for OWI and Possession of Alcohol under the age of 21. On Nov. 22nd, 50-year old Mark Marshall, of Atlantic, was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Also arrested on that day was 34-year old Stephanie Cooley, of Guthrie Center, who was taken into custody on Cass County warrants for Failure to Appear, and Theft in the 5th Degree.

On Nov. 21st, 33-year old Holli Polchow, of Atlantic, was arrested for Interference with Official Acts. And, 31-year old Craig Barrier, of Atlantic, was arrested on a Pottawattamie County warrant for Probation Violation. On Nov. 18th, 31-year old Justin Kubicki, of Tonganoxie, KS, was arrested for OWI and Providing False Information to Law Enforcement. And, on Nov. 17th, 54-year old James Henson, of Anderson, IN., was arrested by Atlantic Police for Public Intoxication.

Each of the subjects mentioned (above) were booked into the Cass County Jail.

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (AP) — Lawyers for former “Bachelor” star Chris Soules’ have asked a judge to dismiss the charge against him stemming from his rear-end crash that killed a farmer driving a tractor. Defense attorney Robert Montgomery argued Monday that the charge of failing to remain at the scene of a fatal collision should be dismissed because he says Soules complied with Iowa law. He says Soules reported the April crash, identified himself to a 911 dispatcher, provided aid to the 66-year-old farmer, Kenneth Mosher, and waited until emergency responders arrived. He says the law didn’t require Soules to stay longer.

Prosecutor Scott Brown says the law implies that drivers responsible for fatal crashes must remain until an officer can speak with them. He says witnesses stayed longer than Soules, who fled in a truck down a gravel road about 14 minutes after rear-ending Mosher’s tractor. Judge Andrea Dryer says she’ll rule later on Soules’ motion to dismiss the case. The trial is scheduled to begin Jan. 18.

YORK, Neb. (AP) — The sister of a man facing the death penalty for four Omaha killings has been transferred to an Iowa prison to serve her life sentence. A Nebraska Correctional Services Department spokeswoman confirmed Monday that 27-year-old Erica Jenkins had left the Nebraska women’s prison in York and been moved to the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women, in Mitchellville. Spokeswoman Dawn-Renee Smith said Monday the move was made at Jenkins’ request. Smith says the two states have an agreement that the receiving state bears the cost of such transfer prisoners.

Erica Jenkins was convicted of murder in January 2015, accused by authorities of helping her brother, Nikko Jenkins, kill Curtis Bradford in Omaha in 2013. Nikko Jenkins pleaded no contest to murder charges in the Bradford case and three others.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Advocacy groups have filed a federal lawsuit alleging officials representing an Iowa school for juvenile offenders are failing to provide adequate mental health care. The lawsuit was filed Monday in Des Moines by Disability Rights Iowa and the national watchdog organization Children’s Rights. The groups allege the Boys State Training School administers “dangerous” psychotropic medications without adequate oversight and consent.

The lawsuit says school officials are unlawfully using seclusion rooms and full-body restraints, and don’t have enough mental health professionals at the Eldora facility, which is about 60 miles (97 kilometers) north of Des Moines. The Iowa Department of Human Services runs the school. Three department officials are named as defendants.

The agency says it doesn’t comment on pending litigation. But it defended the school when Disability Rights Iowa released a report raising concerns earlier this year.

SCHLESWIG, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a 4-year-old boy has died in a western Iowa farm accident. An incident report from the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office says deputies and medics were dispatched a little after 3:15 p.m. Sunday to a farm about 4 miles northwest of Schleswig. The report says a 911 caller, Cody Segebart, said he’d run a farm wagon over his son.

The boy was pronounced dead at the scene. He’s been identified as Jason Segebart.

Red Oak Police report 19-year old Tyler Austin Sowers, of Red Oak, was arrested today (Monday), on a Montgomery County warrant for Failure to Appear on a previous charge of Public Intoxication. Sowers was taken into custody at around 9:30-a.m. and brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where his cash bond was set at $1,000.