DES MOINES COUNTY, IA (IRN) – The Des Moines County Sheriff’s office is investigating an incident that left one woman dead. KCRG-TV reports deputies and a Mediapolis fire crew responded to a car on fire in a field and found the dead woman next to the flaming vehicle. Deputies also found 57-year-old Bradley Wischmeier on scene and he admitted to driving the vehicle in the field when it got stuck and caught fire.

URBANDALE, IA (IRN) – Police arrested an Urbandale mother Monday after an autopsy showed her six-month-old son died of an overdose of liquid Benadryl. KCCI-TV reports 33-year-old Latyia Johnston has been charged in connection with the child’s death. The amount of Benadryl she gave the boy was eight times the dose recommended for a child his size.

WAUKON, IA (IRN) – A Waukon man has been charged with second degree murder in the fatal shooting of his roommate, who was also his stepfather. KCRG-TV reports 32-year-old John Quanrude reported an accidental shooting at a trailer court. Officers found 60-year-old Dean Russell lying face down on the floor with a gunshot wound to the chest. Quanrude told police he had fired a “warning shot” and then fired a second shot that hit Russell.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A vehicle went through the front of a Cedar Rapids business Tuesday. KGAN-TV reports police and firefighters were called to the Orange Leaf after a Toyota Rav4 crashed through the glass entrance. No one was hurt.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A snake in the bathtub has one couple in Des Moines wanting out of the lease they have at their apartment building. WHO-TV reports when the couple moved in January 1, they didn’t see any problems, but since then brown water is coming through the walls, mold is becoming an issue, and they have started seeing mice and rats. The snake was the last straw. The landlord says it was only a “garden snake.”