A New York man is being held in the Adair County Jail on over $1 million bond after Stuart Police responded to an alleged victim of a cross state kidnapping Saturday. Raccoon Valley Radio reports officers were dispatched to a 911 call from a woman at Casey’s General Store. Upon arrival, officers made contact with the caller, Amber Garrison of Smyrna, New York. Garrison informed officers that she was kidnapped from a Pennsylvania truck stop in mid-July. She said that she had been assaulted on several occasions and been forced to remain with the truck driver as he traveled through multiple states. She was transported to the Adair County Hospital for treatment of several injuries. A search warrant was conducted of the semi and after the initial investigation officers arrested James Scott Smith of Mexico, New York. He faces multiple charges.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – An Iowa agency is keeping secret a list of about two dozen former criminal offenders who were improperly granted credentials to work for private security firms. KCCI-TV reports the Iowa Department of Public Safety denied an open records request Friday that sought the identities of those individuals whose security cards were recently revoked. The revocations came after the discovery that the department granted 5,800 private security employees’ credentials to work in Iowa without undergoing mandatory federal criminal background checks.
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A traffic stop in Cedar Rapids Friday night resulted in the arrest of a Tennessee man. KCRG-TV reports officers stopped a vehicle driven by 27-year-old Torrance T. Brown of Chattanooga. Brown was asked several times to get out of his vehicle but refused and continued to refuse after warning they would release a K9 into the vehicle. Brown was eventually apprehended with assistance from the K9, and was arrested on federal warrants for heroin distribution and a local charge of interference with official acts. He was taken to the hospital for treatment of a dog bite and then taken to the Linn County Jail.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – One juvenile was transported to a hospital after a shooting on Monday near Drake University. KCCI-TV reports he was shot in the leg, and is expected to recover. Three suspects were detained and a rifle was recovered.
GRIMES, IA (IRN) – A Grimes man was hospitalized with serious burns after the boat he was working on caught fire yesterday. The fire was contained to the garage.
MASON CITY, IA (IRN) – A man was injured early this morning when he drove into a train in Mason City. KIMT-TV reports he was hospitalized in fair condition. The crash happened shortly before 2:00 a.m.