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FD brothers held on $2M bond each

A pair of Fort Dodge brothers accused of fatally shooting a Fort Dodge man last Christmas had their initial appearances in Webster County Magistrate Court Wednesday, days after being apprehended in Minnesota.

Lakendrick Antwon Mosley, 31, is charged with first-degree murder, and his younger half-brother Darwin Laquell Green, 27, is charged with aiding and abetting first-degree murder. Both charges are Class A felonies.

In the early morning hours of Christmas Day, 46-year-old Montreail Dungy was found shot to death in his car in the 1000 block of 10th Avenue Southwest. Months of investigations, search warrants and witness interviews led the Fort Dodge Police Department to obtain arrest warrants for Mosley and Green last week.

The manhunt for the men ended over the weekend in Fillmore County, Minnesota, southwest of Rochester. On Tuesday, the men waived extradition in Minnesota and were returned to Webster County for their initial appearances on Wednesday morning.

During the hearing, the Nevada (Story County) Public Defender’s Office was assigned to represent Green, and the Mason City Public Defender’s Office was assigned to represent Mosley.

First Assistant Webster County Attorney Ryan Baldridge asked Magistrate Judge Sarah Livingston to hold each of the men on $2 million cash-only bonds.

“It is apparent that the defendant and co-defendant had individuals assist them as they fled the state,” Baldridge said. “We don’t know what assets those people assisting them have.”

Baldridge also noted that at the time Mosley and Green left Iowa, they knew they had outstanding warrants for these charges and knew they were fleeing justice.

Livingston granted Baldridge’s request.

Preliminary hearings for the defendants are scheduled for April 7.

Charging documents filed Wednesday in Webster County District Court give new insight into Dungy’s homicide.

According to the document, Dungy was sitting in his vehicle in the 1000 block of 10th Avenue Southwest when he was shot multiple times in the head and chest “at near point-blank range.” Interviews with eyewitnesses revealed that the shooting happened approximately 3 a.m. on Dec. 25, but witnesses did not realize Dungy was inside his vehicle and had been struck by gunfire until approximately 24 minutes later, at which time a call was made to 911.

Approximately 30 search warrants were executed during the course of this investigation, as well as multiple county attorney subpoenas and review of hundreds of gigabytes of forensic cell phone and social media data.

According to the document, video surveillance, clothing descriptions and “at least two eyewitness accounts” lead investigators to believe Mosley shot Dungy and that Green aided him by driving him to and from the site of the shooting.

Video surveillance from a downtown bar as well as surveillance cameras operated by the city of Fort Dodge show Mosley and Green coming and going from the bar throughout the evening of Dec. 24. Additionally, cell phone data shows the two men were together shortly prior to and shortly after Dungy’s death, and within blocks of the location Dungy was shot. Witnesses also told law enforcement that about 15 minutes prior to the shooting, at a location about four blocks from where Dungy was found, Mosley was provided a firearm that is consistent with the spent rounds recovered from Dungy’s body and the crime scene.

Both first-degree murder and aiding and abetting are Class A felonies that carry a mandatory life sentence in prison without the possibility of parole.

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