Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
• Traffic
Abdelfatah Gamal Hamed, Fridley, Minn., Speeding.
Nicole D. Flatowicz, Omaha, Neb., Speeding.
Linda Rochelle Atilee, Houston, Texas, Permitting Unauthorized Driver.
Luz Alienid Figueroa Castillo, Headland, Ala., Speeding.
Jerome Michael Hirschfeld, St. Cloud, Minn., Speeding.
Cauy William Garrett, Yarmouth, Minor in Possession, Alcohol.
Kayden Davis Ludington, Osceola, Minor in Possession, Alcohol.
Carter Alvin Ploen, Kingsley, Minor in Possession, Alcohol.
Kyler Lee Mabe, Wichita, Kan., Speeding.
Tyler Kohl Halland, Storden, Minn., Speeding.
Amber Maxine Johnson, Paullina, Speeding.
Jesus Alberto Ferro, Sioux Rapids, No Proof of Insurance.
Obsa Ahmed Muru, Dayton, Minn., Speeding.
Matthew James Dorr, Ashton, Seatbelt Violation.
Cael Jason Noteboom, Ashton, Seatbelt Violation.
Brandon Lee Garvick, New London, Minn., Speeding.
Mia K. Schultz, Sioux Falls, S.D., Failure to Yield.
Eloy Harold Page Vasquez, San Antonio, Texas, Speeding; Failure to Use Child Safety Device.
Geronimo Chilel Lucas, Worthington, Minn., Registration Violation; No Proof of Insurance.
Nolan Lee Waterman, Treynor, Seatbelt Violation.
Esdras Ely Henriquez Mejia, Willmar, Minn., No Proof of Insurance.
Edgar A. Garcia Escobedo, Hull, Safety Regulations Violation; No Valid Driver’s License; Registration Violation.
Timothy George Williams, Green Castle, Mo., Speeding.
Argeni Bernal Piza, Sheldon, No Valid Driver’s License.
Ana Delia Matuz Artola, Sheldon, Failure to Yield to Emergency Vehicle.
Isaac James Visser, Sanborn, Speeding.
James L. McDonald, Sheldon, Speeding.
Tracey Lynne Atherton, St. Louis, Mo., Speeding.
Scott Randal Leniger, Everly, Failure to Yield.
Meredith Diane Hunt, Sutherland, Speeding.
Marlin Brent Van Voorst, Hull, Speeding.
Ramora Rae Hartman, St. Louis Park, Minn., Speeding.
Alayna Grace Nathaly Brazil, Jordan, Minn., Minor in Possession, Alcohol.
• OWI
Aaron Michael Sweet, Estherville.
Colt Tharon Johns, Spencer.
Jessica Lynn Gehrke, Hartley.
Jill Michelle McCann, Spencer.
• Non-traffic
Jewell Lara Flores, Sheldon, Aggravated Crime.
Hiram Wilson Meadows, Sheldon, Felony.
John Wayne Rassel, Sioux City, Simple Misdemeanor.
Devyn Mae Benack, Sanborn, Serious Crime.
• Births
Selena Rose Parada.
Peyton Leigh Hengeveld.
Carver Luka Allen Ellis
• Marriage
Mauricio Candelario Cazares and Rocio Crux Xolo.
• Charged with possession of meth
Michele Pattison, 49, of Sutherland, was arrested on Oct. 25 and charged with Possession of Methamphetamine (third or subsequent offense), a class D felony.
Pattison was booked into the O’Brien County jail and released on Oct. 28 after posting bond. She has waived a preliminary hearing and no future court dates have been set.
• Faces burglary charges
Jesse Whittaker, 46, of Palmersville, Tenn., was arrested by the O’Brien County Sheriff’s Office on Oct. 26 on a warrant. According to the report, Whittaker allegedly entered a building to which he had no right or privilege to enter on a farm east of Granville in January of 2021. He is accused of taking several air wrenches, tools and a chainsaw.
Whittaker was charged with Burlgary-3rd degree, a class D felony, and Theft-3rd degree, a misdemeanor. He was released after posting bond. A court date was set for Nov. 12.
• Accused of child endangerment
Carmelo Burgos Berrocal, 34, of Sheldon, was arrested on a warrant by the Sheldon Police Department on Oct. 31. He is accused of abusing a child in August.
Burgos Berrocal was charged with two counts of Child Endangerment Causing Bodily Injury, a class D felony. He was held in the O’Brien County jail in lieu of bond. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 11.
• Five injured in accident near May City
Five persons were taken to area hospitals following an accident near May City at 7:05 a.m. on Oct. 29.
According to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, Darwin Van Maasdam, 74, of Ocheyedan, was southbound on Tyler Avenue, northwest of May City. He was driving approximately 35 mph due to heavy fog when he saw a vehicle driven by Jaqueline Barrios Cuadros, 43, of Ocheyedan, going north in the southbound lane. Van Maasdam could not get his 2013 Peterbilt out of the way and struck the 2018 Toyota driven by Barrios Cuadros, which had just pulled out from a driveway.
Two occupants of the Toyota were transported to Osceola Community Hospital by the Sibley Ambulance and three others were transported to Sanford Sheldon Hospital by the Ocheyedan Ambulance. Damage estimates were $10,000 for the Toyota and $3,000 for the Peterbilt. Barrios Cuadros was cited for traveling the wrong way on a highway.
Fire departments from Ocheyedan and May City also assisted at the scene.
• Home in Sanborn heavily damaged by fire
The Sanborn Fire Department responded to a call of a house on fire near the corner of Walker Street and Western Avenue in Sanborn, at 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 28.
The south side of the house was on fire when firemen arrived, with the wind blowing flames through the house. Fire departments from Hartley and Sheldon were also called.
According to the report, the fire is believed to have started at the corner of the house on the back deck, where the occupant had been smoking. No one was injured, even though the person living there was asleep when the fire started and there were no smoke alarms.
Damage to the home was extensive.
• Vehicles end up in ditch
The O’Brien County Sheriff’s Office investigated a two-vehicle accident that occurred at 12:17 p.m. on Oct. 7.
The report stated that Scott Randal Leniger, 59, of Everly, was westbound on 310th Street in a 2000 Ford F250 that was pulling a propane tank. A 2015 Ford F250 driven by Chad Thomas LeClair, 55, of Hartley, was southbound on Warbler Avenue and ran into the side of the Leniger vehicle in the intersection. Both vehicles ended up in the southwest ditch.
According to the report, three of the four entrances into the intersection were uncontrolled, and corn obstructed both drivers’ vision. However, if Leniger had slowed almost to a stop, he would have seen LeClair approaching. At an uncontrolled intersection, the vehicle on the left should yield, but Leniger did not.
Leniger was transported to Spencer Hospital by Primghar Ambulance and LeClair was transported there by Hartley Ambulance. Both had minor/non-incapacitating injuries. Damage to both pickups was estimated at $10,000.
Leniger was cited for Failure to Yield to Vehicle on Right.
