Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
• Traffic
Abdikarim Ahmed Muhumed, South Sioux City, Neb., Speeding.
Kyle Delfort Begay, Gamerco, N.M., Open Container; Speeding.
Isaac Norton, Sanborn, Minor with Tobacco.
Jennifer Marie Perez Vazquez, Sheldon, Speeding.
Amed Jose Castro-Chavez, Estherville, Speeding.
Sheila Nadine Ross, Estherville, No Proof of Insurance.
Logan Jeffrey Abbott, Sanborn, Speeding.
Loran Matthew Stanbery, Primghar, Registration Violation; Seatbelt Violation.
Oscar Morales Gonzalez, Grand Island, Neb., No Valid Driver’s License.
Donavan Sheriff, Sheldon, Speeding.
Francis Woodrow, Sioux Falls, S.D., Speeding.
Jayla Anne Pritts, Sheldon, Minor with Tobacco.
Cory John Millhoupt, Hudsonville, Mich., Speeding.
Barry William Stark, Hospers, Unsafe Backing.
Daniel Dean Hoogendoorn, Sheldon, Speeding.
Larry Roorda, Paullina, Seatbelt Violation.
Henri Alan Overfelt, Bellevue, Neb., Speeding.
Magali Gonzalez, Sheldon, No Proof of Insurance.
Matthew Lee Reisma, Hospers, Dark Windows.
Seni Bahari Sadi, Sioux Falls, S.D., Speeding.
Savanah Kathryn Jensen, Hartley, Speeding.
Patricia A. Van Buren, Omaha, Neb., Failure to Change Lanes Approaching Emergency Vehicle.
Jonathan D. Overfelt, Hubbard, Neb., Axle Weight Violation; 2 counts.
Lynne Marie Kerin, Edina, Minn., Speeding.
Gavin William Smith, Omaha, Neb., Speeding.
Cassandra Marie Thompson, Sioux City, Speeding.
Harlie Ann Tesch, Granville, No Valid Driver’s License; Failure to Obey Traffic Control Device.
Heather Nicole Hesebeck, Sheldon, Failure to Use Child Restraint Device.
Robin Leann Schmidt, Sheldon, Speeding.
Erica Ann Wassenaar, Sheldon, Failure to Use Child Restraint Device.
Cristian David Perez Moraga, Sheldon, No Valid Driver’s License.
Abner Erick Montenegro Herrara, Sheldon, No Valid Driver’s License.
Jelvis Noel Mejia Espinal, Granville, No Valid Driver’s License.
Brock Randy Riedemann, Primghar, Following Too Close.
Tyron Curtis Berkenpas, Hartley, Speeding.
Loren Matthew Stanbery, Primghar, Driving While Suspended.
Julia Ann Rust, Sheldon, Illegal Passing of School Bus.
• OWI
Jacqueline Samantha McAndrews, Sheldon.
• Non-traffic
Stacie Hurlburt, Sheldon, Aggravated Crime.
Mark Jay Steiner, Jr., Sutherland, Felony.
Nathan R. Schuknecht, Sheldon, Felony.
Jennifer Renae Kirchner, Brewster, Wis., Simple Misdemeanor.
Duanenisha Labrenda Jackson, Sheldon, Serious Crime.
Louis DeVontae Jones, Spirit Lake, Serious Crime.
• Probate
Luella M. Behrens, Deceased; Helen Benson, Executor.
• Births
Nora Anna Marie Ponte, 6/7/22.
Cash David Wylder Ham, 6/9/22.
• Marriages
Jeremy Ray Hash and Lauren Lynae Bennier.
Breanna Renay Watters and Collin Lee Seivert.
• Arrested on felony theft charges
Two persons have been arrested and are accused of passing bogus checks on multiple occasions at a Sheldon business.
Rhys Nehman, 29, and Rebecca Updike, 30, allegedly passed four checks totaling over $2,700 at the Bomgaars store in Sheldon on a business account which neither was authorized to use. The incidents date back to last December.
Nehman and Updike, who are listed on the O’Brien County Sheriff’s Office arrest log as having a Hartley address, were charged with Theft-2nd degree, a Class D felony. They were arrested by the Hartley Police Department on June 8.
• Drug arrest occurs in Royal
A Royal resident was arrested on drug charges following the execution of a search warrant at 305 Meadow Street.
According to the report, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, the Iowa State Patrol and the Iowa Great Lakes Drug Task Force conducted the search on June 15 as part of an ongoing investigation. Officers found methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia in the Royal residence.
Steinbeck was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance-Methamphetamine with Intent to Deliver, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and a drug tax stamp violation. He was booked into the Clay County jail on a $50,000 bond.
• Rear-ends vehicle at intersection
Two vehicles collided at the intersection of 350th Street and Nettle Avenue at 7:45 a.m. on June 14.
The O’Brien County Sheriff’s Office reported that Connor Jon Kruse, 17, of Sheldon, was southbound on Nettle Avenue and slowed to turn onto 350th Street. As Kruse yielded to a northbound semi, Anthony James Courtney, 16, of Archer, did not see that Kruse had slowed and indicated a left turn. His 2006 Ford Taurus then rear-ended Kruse’s 2013 Ford Focus.
Courtney stated his chest hurt but refused an ambulance for treatment. Kruse was not injured. Damage estimates were $10,000 for the Focus and $8,000 for the Taurus.
• HPD report for May
The Hartley Police Department reported a total of 110 calls in May. Officers were called out seven times while off-duty for a total of 7.5 hours.
The most calls/incidents were traffic complaints (17), assisting other agencies (16) and public contact (10). Other calls included animal complaints (6), theft (5), domestic/family incidents, police checks and warrant arrests (4), traffic accidents, suspicious person/vehicles and parking complaints (3), motorist assist/unlocking, civil complaints, criminal mischief, alarms and welfare checks (2), and fraud, no-contact order violation, burglary, 911 hang up, suicidal/mental health and abandoned vehicle (1).
The department also served 19 grass notices and completed training to carry Narcan in patrol cars to administer during opioid overdose situations.
