APPANOOSE AND WAYNE COUNTIES — Appanoose County Sheriff’s Office

Activity report from 01/27/12 to 02/02/12; Civil papers processed, 32; motorist assists, 3; traffic stops, 6; accidents/property damage, 4; OWIs, 3; thefts/burglaries, 7; ambulances requested, 8; controlled burns/fires, 9; animal complaints, 2; traffic complaints, 3; accidents/personal injury, 1; criminal mischief, 1; fraud, 1; harassment, 1; suspicious persons/vehicles, 4; extra patrols requested, 1; welfare checks, 1; liquor law violations, 1; repossessed motor vehicles, 1; debris on roadway, 1; contacts, 180; total miles patrolled, 2,096; inmates booked into jail, 14; jail population, 18.

Jan. 27

6:28 a.m. Toby Keith Underwood, 35, of Moravia, was driving a 1998 Oldsmobile on Highway 5 when he stated he hit a deer. Damage was estimated at $2,000.

7 p.m. Jared Wittmack, 33, of Ankeny, was driving a 2010 Chevrolet north on 331st Avenue. The driver stated he overcorrected on a slick road and struck a tree. The officer reported the driver seemed confused when the officer spoke to him. The driver was encouraged to go to the hospital for a check up. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $5,000. Driver was listed as possibly injured.

Jan. 28

8:40 a.m. Jerry Lee Stanley, 61, of Albia, was charged at 450th Street and Highway 5 with OWI, second offense. He was later released on a promise to appear.

11:08 a.m. Herman Lee Fowler, 81, of Moulton, was driving a 2002 Chevrolet, east on 285th Avenue. The vehicle slid on the ice into the south ditch into the wing wall of a cement box culvert landing in the creek. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $7,000. The driver was listed as possibly injured and was transported to Mercy Hospital by air ambulance.

Jan. 29

5:46 a.m. Theresa Jean Vickroy, 52, of Unionville, Iowa, was charged at 286th Street and Highway J5T with OWI, first offense. She was later released on her own recognizance.

Feb. 1

6:04 p.m. Matthew David Steele, 27, of Exline, was charged in the 100 block of North 13th Street with parole violation.



Wayne County Sheriff’s Office

Jan. 21

The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office arrested Kenneth Allan Thompson, 34, of Leon, on a charge of OWI on East Jackson Street in Corydon. Thompson appeared before the magistrate and was released on his own recognizance.

Jan. 25

The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office arrested Todd Michael Von Stein, 45, of Humeston, on a charge of domestic abuse assault following an incident at a residence on North Fourth Street in Humeston. Von Stein appeared before the  magistrate the following day and was released after posting bond.

Jan. 25

Kolleen Stewart, of Humeston, reported that someone had broken into her apartment on North Front Street. Nothing was reported missing.

Jan. 26

The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office investigated a traffic accident north of Harvard. A 1999 Dodge Grand Caravan driven by Jerry Duane Elston, 66, of Seymour, was southbound on S49 when it struck a horse owned by Levi A. Schlaback, of Corydon, that had run into the roadway. Damage to Elston’s car was estimated at $5,000.