Police Logs

FORT DODGE

Wednesday

Harassment was reported in the 3100 block of North 15th Street.

A burglary was reported in the 3000 block of Fifth Avenue South.

A burglary was reported in the 2000 block of Second Avenue South.

A parking complaint was reported in the 400 block of Avenue F.

A disabled vehicle was reported at First Avenue South and 31st Street.

A fight was reported in the 1400 block of First Avenue South.

A welfare check was conducted in the 2700 block of Second Avenue North.

A disabled vehicle was reported at Second Avenue North and 27th Street.

A parking complaint was reported in the 1500 block of South 21st Street.

A suspicious person was reported at 17th Street and Fifth Avenue South.

An assault was reported in the 900 block of Central Avenue.

Harassment was reported in the 500 block of Avenue E.

Harassment was reported in the 1400 block of Seventh Avenue South.

An assault was reported in the 900 block of South 18th Street.

An assault was reported in the 700 block of South 18th Street.

A civil dispute was reported at A Street and Avenue B

Harassment was reported in the 1400 block of Seventh Avenue South.

A fight was reported in the 1400 block of First Avenue North.

Magistrate Court

WEBSTER COUNTY

Thursday

Violation of probation — Robert William Eugene Kramer Jr., 27, 823 S. 16th St., further proceedings to be scheduled.

Failure to appear for arraignment — Joseph A. Bergman, 46, 320 N. 19th St., further proceedings to be scheduled.

Second degree theft — James D. Geopfert, 36, 433 Third St. N.W., preliminary hearing set for May 9, no contact order issued.

Second degree sexual abuse — Christopher J. Novencido, 44, Fort Dodge, preliminary hearing set for May 9, no contact order issued.

Incest — Christopher J. Novencido, 44, Fort Dodge, preliminary hearing set for May 9, no contact order issued.

Operating while under the influence, first offense — Dorlan E. Olson, 18, Webster City, preliminary hearing waived.

Compulsory education violation, first offense — Jessica Morales, 624 Third Ave. N., trial set for June 11. Justin Bittner, 627 N. 22nd St., 10 days in jail (suspended) $60.

Third degree harassment — Richard Charles Copelan Francis, 39, 422 N. 14th St., trial set for May 29, no contact order issued.

Assault — Gary G. Beekman, 62, 908 S. 32nd St., trial set for May 29.

Violation of a no contact order — Gary G. Beekman, 62, 908 S. 32nd St., trial set for May 29.

Man charged with additional sex crimes

A man being held in the Webster County Jail on multiple sex offenses has been charged with two more similar crimes.

Court records show prosecutors filed one additional charge of second degree sexual abuse and one additional charge of incest against Christopher J. Novencido. 44, of Fort Dodge.

In criminal complaints filed against him, Fort Dodge police allege that he sexually abused a child in July 2021.

He made his initial appearance in Webster County Magistrate Court Thursday morning on those charges.

A preliminary hearing was scheduled for May 9. An order prohibiting him from having any contact with the child was also issued.

In early April, he was arrested by Fort Dodge police and charged with nine counts of second degree sexual abuse, nine counts of incest and two counts of invasion of privacy.

Novencido pleaded not guilty to those charges, and is scheduled to go on trial June 17.

He also faces two counts of tampering with a witness, because investigators say he made phone calls from the jail in which he suggested that the individual police described as the victim of the incidents could drop the charges.