Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties

03/28/24: Crime, Courts, Accidents & Incidents

• Traffic

Jeremy Todd Maresch, Belle Plaine, Minn., Speeding,

Phillip Dale Keffer, Jr., Sheldon, Speeding; Minor in Possession, Tobacco.

Tre Martinson, Hartley, Speeding.

Zachary K. Hollowell, Hartley, Windshield and Window Requirements.

William Dale Sallee, Jr., Brashear, Texas, Speeding.

Gloria Sue Schueder, Calumet, Failure to Obey Stop Sign.

Jason Robert Williams, Emmetsburg, No Valid Driver’s License.

Allen Richard Hughes, Merrill, Parking Violation.

Ricardo Hernandez Ortiz, Sioux City, Speeding.

Andrew Thomas Larson, Rushmore, Minn., Seatbelt Violation.

Berenice Ignacio Martinez, Sheldon, No Valid Driver’s License.

Kevin Robert Essington, Hawarden, Seatbelt Violation.

Christopher Leonard Acosta Esqueda, Bakersfield, Calif., Speeding.

Lorenzia D. Henderson, Hartley, Speeding.

Nicole Christina White, Ankeny, Speeding.

Brent Allen LaCour, Lake Park, Fishing/Hunting License Violation.

Gage Joseph Haan, Sheldon, Speeding.

Jacie Belle Leibfried, Plymouth, Minn., Speeding.

Harlan Michael Oban, North Sioux City, S.D., Speeding.

Logan James Sullivan, Madelia, Minn., Use of Electronic Device.

Austin Lee Meier, Bingham Lake, Minn., Driving While Suspended.

Jenna K. Johnson, Hartley, Illegal Passing School Bus.

• OWI

Arturo Jose Zarza, Pineville, N.C.

• Non-traffic

Alejandro Bonilla, Sheldon, Aggravated Crime; Serious Crime.

Michael P. Monaghan, Remsen, Aggravated Crime.

Jace Dreyvon Jahner-Tuttle, Sheldon, Serious Crime.

Leo Francis Kelley, III, Sheldon, Serious Crime.

Rory Carl Persson, Sanborn, Serious Crime.

Lena N. Gray, Owenton, Ky., Serious Crime.

• Probates

Marion J. Roghair, Deceased; Shirley Roghair, Executor.

William F. Van Surksum, Deceased; Nancy Foster, Bradley J. Van Surksum, Michael G. Van Surksum and William Van Surksum, Executors.

Esther Vanden Hull, Deceased; Carol DeBoer and Jerry Lynn Vanden Hull, Executors.

LaVonne DeGroot, Deceased; Brent DeGroot, Trustee.

• Dissolution

Amber Joy Dole and Shawn Michael Dole.

• Birth

Rhett Rory Lorch, 3/14/24.

• Drug charges filed after traffic stop

Two persons were arrested following a traffic stop in the 1000 mile of Highway 18, at 3 a.m. on March 24. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office reported that the deputy smelled marijuana during the stop. A search resulted in the arrest of Jakari Sanders, 20, of Spencer, and Samantha Dowd, 36, of Sheldon.

Both were charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance-Marijuana. Dowd was also charged with Possession of Contraband in a Correctional Facility after jailers found a marijuana pipe. Sara Collins, of Hartley, the driver of the vehicle, was charged with Driving Under Suspension and Failure to File S.R. Insurance.