Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
• Traffic
Mohammad Farhad Afzali, Omaha, Neb., Speeding.
Amanda Lory Leikvold, Sheldon, No Valid Driver’s License.
Jacob Wayne Foote, Boyden, Speeding.
Dalton Joseph Swanson, Hartley, Speeding.
Eric Anthony Durband, Sheldon, No Proof of Insurance.
Parish Maurice Walters, Bridgeville, Del., Speeding.
Kyran Lee Schuknecht, Sanborn, Trespass.
David Beau Freese, Lyons, Neb., Speeding.
Nolan Lee Fisher, Ashton, No Valid Driver’s License; Speeding; No Proof of Insurance.
Derek Aaron Rice, Primghar, Dark Windows.
Bryce Malachi Ortega, Sanborn, Seatbelt Violation.
Branden Michael King, Carl Junction, Mo., Speeding.
Joshua Dean Whitcanack, Sheldon, No Proof of Insurance.
Kaci R. Richter, Hartley, Violation of Restricted License; Turning Violation.
Adum Abdalla Agar, Sioux Falls, S.D., Speeding.
Lanette Helen Dykstra, Sheldon, Child Restraint Violation.
Thomas L. Iverson, Atkinson, Neb., Hours of Service Violation.
Benjamin Parodi, Alton, Speeding.
Wesley R. Burton, New Salem, Ill., Speeding.
Noah Joseph Robinson, Sheldon, Driving Wrong Way.
Matthew Robert Van Wychen, De Pere, Wis., Safety Regulations Violation.
Amanda Joy Ruden, Orange City, Speeding.
Jay Thomas Wagner, Sheldon, Speeding.
Tanner Reed Popkes, Sheldon, Registration Violation.
Sarah Rae Jansma, Paullina, Speeding.
Sarah Nicole Crispen, Des Moines, Speeding.
Veronica Ramos Lopez, Sioux Center, Driving While Suspended.
Crystal R. Dolphin, Hartley, Passing School Bus.
• Non-traffic
Santana Paul Serr, Orange City, Aggravated Crime.
Victoria Ruth Samaniego, Hartley, Simple Misdemeanor.
Samuel Henry Seivert, Royal, Serious Crime.
Richard Buckley, Sheldon, Serious Crime.
• Probate
Harold M. Russell, deceased; Laura S. Sievers, Executor.
• Dissolution
Ashley Kay Lambirth and Nathan Willis Silberstein.
• Births
Bennett Andrew Cooper, 3/8/22.
Addison Grace Hofmeyer, 3/1/22.
Alessia James Wynstra, 3/8/22.
Henry Steve Ramos Chavez, 3/19/22.
Kaisaiah Abraham Nereo, 2/28/22.
• Marriage
Matthew Dean Henning and Tori Danielle Fjeld.
Joseph Dylan Feekes and Megan Ann Wilson.
• Incident in rural Paullina leads to arrest
Jeremiah Jason Kahoe, 42, of Bondurant, was arrested following an incident at a rural Paullina residence on March 21.
Reports state Kahoe went to the home of a person whom he had earlier been accused of assaulting. He allegedly kicked in the door to the victim’s residence as she attempted to hold it shut. After gaining entrance, Kahoe was reported to have thrown a glass picture at the victim, who retreated to the bedroom. Kahoe pushed his way into the bedroom before fleeing the residence.
The victim was reported to have suffered minor injuries.
Kahoe was charged with Burglary-3rd Degree, a class D felony; Domestic Abuse Assault-2nd Offense, an aggravated misdemeanor; Criminal Mischief-5th Degree and Violation of a No Contact or Protective Order, both simple misdemeanors.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Friday, April 1 in O’Brien County Magistrate Court. No trial date has been set.
• Sentenced to another term for drug trafficking
Dustin Joe Martinez, 33, of Sutherland, faces a second prison term following sentencing in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa on March 17.
According to the United States Attorney’s Office, Martinez pled guilty on Oct. 21, 2021, to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. He had previously been convicted of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a school and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine on June 3, 2016. Martinez was on federal supervised release for that offense beginning on Jan. 16, 2016.
Plea and sentencing hearings related to the latest allegation showed that from 2019 and through March 2021, Martinez and others distributed methamphetamine. In March of 2020 and again in March of 2021, Martinez was found in possession of approximately one ounce of methamphetamine which he intended to distribute.
Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand sentenced Martinez to 87 months’ imprisonment. He must serve a term of five years of supervised release following his prison term. Martinez was also sentenced to a consecutive term of 24 months’ imprisonment for violations of his previously imposed federal supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
Martinez remains in custody of the United States Marshal until he can be transported to a federal prison.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Shawn S. Wehde and was investigated by Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, Spencer Police Department, O’Brien County Sheriff’s Office and the Iowa DCI Laboratory.
• Cited following accident
The O’Brien County Sheriff’s Office reported that Jesse Joe Vander Bush, 23, of Hartley, lost control of his 2002 Saturn L300 while driving eastbound in the 6800 mile of 460th Street, on March 24 at 9 p.m.
The road traverses downhill and it was damp due to an earlier rainfall. Vander Bush stated to authorities that as he approached a sharp left-hand curve he saw a deer in the roadway and swerved his vehicle. It went into the south ditch, struck a mailbox and came to rest wedged in some trees in a grove area.
Vander Bush was not injured. Damage to the Saturn was listed at $1,500 while damage to the mailbox owned by Stephen Maier, of Sutherland, totaled $200. Vander Bush was cited for Failure to Provide Proof of Financial Liability-Accident and Failure to Maintain Control.
