Arrests

Treasurer arrested for taking funds from ambulance program (12/04/09)
A 61-year-old Sioux Rapids woman is being investigated for theft in the second degree in an alleged scheme to take thousands of dollars from the Sioux Rapids Ambulance Service. In mid-October, the Buena Vista County Sheriff's department was alerted to a possible theft from the ambulance program. ...

Armed robbery 'victim' arrested for false report (11/05/09)
A Peterson man was arrested and charged for filing a false report after claiming to have been the victim of an armed robbery in September. Tommy Lynn Hartfield, 38, was arrested on Oct. 31, after an investigation by deputies of the Clay County Sheriff's Office revealed discrepancies in Hartfield's claim...

Registry violation leads to arrest (07/30/09)
A former Spencer man on the Iowa Sex Offender Registry was taken into custody at 9 a.m. Wednesday after deputies say he moved without notifying authorities. Michael James Sellers is on the Iowa Sex Offender Registry after a 2002 Plymouth County conviction of third-degree sexual abuse involving a female age 14-17...

Deputies seize drugs, arrest three (02/27/09)
Three Fostoria men face drug distribution charges after a search by Clay County Deputies turned up marijuana on Wednesday. The search took place just before noon at 16 Highway Avenue Southwest in Fostoria. Deputies said they found several pieces of drug paraphernalia and approximately 1.3 pounds of marijuana...

Pair of Spencer men arrested on drug charges (02/26/09)
Shortly before 1 p.m., Wednesday, a vehicle stop landed Milton Carlton, 35 and John Cole, 36 in the Clay County Jail. At 12:46 p.m., a Clay County deputy made a traffic stop in the 600 block of Grand Ave in Spencer , on a 1995 Ford Mustang, driven by Carlton of Spencer. During a search of Carlton's vehicle, deputies located a quantity of Adderral pills and determined that they were being possessed in violation of the law. Deputies also found items of drug paraphernalia inside the vehicle...

High speeds, drinking lead to arrest (02/10/09)
A 24-year-old Spencer man faces a series of charges following a traffic stop at 9:20 p.m. Wednesday in the 2500 block of U.S. Highway 18. While on a routine patrol, a Clay County Deputy stopped a vehicle driven by Nicholas Elmer Farghum for going 114 mph in a 55 mph zone. The deputy then did a brief investigation after the stop and suspected Farghum of driving while intoxicated...

Citizens Police Academy hosting seventh session (01/21/09)
The Spencer Police Department will be hosting its 7th Citizen Police Academy beginning March 17, and running through May 19. Classes will be held each Tuesday evening starting at 6"30 p.m. and concluding at 8 p.m. Topics that will be covered include, but not limited to: communication center operations, 911, Constitutional Law, search and seizure, laws of arrest, use of force, traffic enforcement, radar, lidar, OWI enforcement, DRE, crime scene processing, criminal investigations, drug investigations, search warrants, juvenile probation, adult corrections, jail field trips and ride alongs.. ...

Sex offender registry violations lead to arrests (11/15/08)
Clay County Deputies have filed a series of charges in recent weeks regarding violations to Iowa's Sex Offender Registry law. Deputies charged 24-year-old Dana Igou of Spencer with failure to comply as a sex offender, which is a Class D felony. He was held in jail to appear before a magistrate on a $5,000 bond...

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