(Creston, Iowa) – The owner of a vehicle in Creston reported to Police Friday afternoon, that their vehicle had sustained damage while the owner was out of town. Authorities say the 2015 Chevy Equinox was legally parked in a parking lot at 105 W. Adams Street (Iowa Focus). When the owner returned, she found her vehicle had been struck on the rear left side. The damage was estimated at $1,500.

(Boone, Iowa) – An off-duty Boone Police Officer has died in a traffic accident. The Boone Police Department said on a social media post Officer Mario Gonzalez died in a crash that took place Saturday.

Gonzalez had served as a full-time officer from August 2016 to October of 2019. He has served as a part-time officer since then, and a member of the Iowa Army National Guard.

A memorial fund for the husband, and father of two small children, will be established on Monday through Vision Bank. All funds will go directly to the wife of Mario Gonzalez to use as needed.

Boone Police Officer Mario Gonzalez

(Creston, Iowa) – Two people in a Pontiac Grand Prix were injured when the vehicle they were in crashed into a house early this (Sunday) morning, in Creston. (In an update to our earlier report), the Iowa State Patrol says the car, driven by 34-year-old Matthew Ryan Cross, of Creston, was traveling southbound on Lincoln Street at around 2:05-a.m., at an excessive rate of speed.

When the vehicle crossed Mills Street, it went out of control, passed though a yard, and into a house at 926 Mills Street, before coming to rest on its top. Cross, and his passenger, 25-year-old Shawn M. Wesbrook, of Litchfield, IL., were trapped in the vehicle for a time. Neither was wearing a seat belt.

Cross was transported by Mercy  One helicopter to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, Wesbrook was transported to the Greater Regional Hospital in Creston by Union County EMS. While charges are pending completion of an investigation into the crash, authorities said alcohol appears to be a contributing factor.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest at around 9:10-p.m. Saturday, of 37-year-old Cory Rose Smith, of Elliott.  Smith was taken into custody on two Pottawattamie County warrants for failure to appear on original charges of Driving While Barred. Smith was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $2,000 bond. And, a Cass County woman was arrested once again in Montgomery County.

Red Oak Police report 65-year-old Marcia Elaine Lehman, of Griswold, was arrested at around 6:45-p.m., Saturday, for Violation of a Protection Order. Her cash bond was set at $300. Lehman was also arrested last Monday in Red Oak, on a warrant for Harassment in the 3rd Degree, and in June, on the same charge.

(Creston, Iowa) – Two people were trapped for a time when a vehicle struck a house in Creston early this (Sunday) morning. The accident happened at around 2:25-a.m., at 926 W. Mills Street.

Additional details on injuries, etc. are currently not available.

Waterloo, Iowa —The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation today (Saturday) identified the man who was shot and killed by police Tuesday in Waterloo, as 42-year-old Brent Lee Boggess. Officials also identified the officer involved in the shooting as Ken Schaaf.

The shooting happened after a short vehicle chase, Tuesday. Police said the chase began when Boggess was spotted driving recklessly and tried to hit an officer’s patrol car. The chase ensued, and several other officers converged to stop his car.

Boggess refused to get out of the car and instead rammed a patrol car, police said. Schaaf then fatally shot him. Schaaf is on leave pending completion of the investigation, per department policy.