Police Logs

FORT DODGE

Tuesday

A suspicious person was reported in the 100 block of Avenue D.

A burglary was reported in the 1000 block of Fifth Avenue North.

A vehicle accident was reported in the 100 block of Fourth Avenue Northwest.

A parking complaint was reported in the 1400 block of South 28th Street.

A vehicle accident was reported in the 3400 block of Fifth Avenue South.

A fraud was reported in the 500 block of South 29th Street.

A theft was reported in the 800 block of Avenue C.

Disabled vehicle was reported at 28th Avenue North and 15th Street.

A welfare check was conducted in the 1400 block of Second Avenue South.

A parking complaint was reported at Ninth Street and Central Avenue.

Criminal mischief was reported in the 2900 block of Seventh Avenue South.

A vehicle accident was reported in the 1600 block of Fifth Avenue South.

A theft was reported in the 300 block of Avenue C.

Juvenile problems were reported in the 3000 block of First Avenue South.

A traffic signal problem was reported at First Avenue South and 29th Street.

A fight was reported at 23rd Street and 12th Avenue South.

A welfare check was conducted in the 200 block of Avenue H.

A welfare check was conducted in the 900 block of South 18th Street.

Magistrate Court

WEBSTER COUNTY

Wednesday

Unauthorized use of a credit card under $1,500 — Joshua L. Kelly, 24, 2420 12th Ave. S., two counts, preliminary hearing set for Aug. 12.

Driving while barred — William J Ballard Jr., 44, 2055 Fifth Ave. N., preliminary hearing waived.

Forgery — Caroline R. Sellers, 62, Fort Dodge, preliminary hearing waived, no contact order issued.

Assault on persons in certain occupations, bodily injury — Haven Junkman, 29, 2217 Eighth Ave. N., preliminary hearing set for Aug. 1.

Violation of a no contact order — Haven Junkman, 29, 2217 Eighth Ave. N., continued 180 days.

Assault committed by a person against whom a protective order is issued — Colten J. Andersen, 21, 186 Ave. M West, preliminary hearing set for Aug. 1, no contact order issued.

Assault — Cody A. Hepp, 34, Lehigh, trial set for Aug. 21, no contact order issued.

Simple assault — Nicholas V. Reeck, 25, 2010 N. 25th St., $105 plus surcharge, court costs.

Voluntary absence from custody — Dereck W. Miller, 20, Boone, preliminary hearing set for Aug. 1.

Failure to provide proof of financial liability — Ray C. Taylor, 58, 739 Ave. C, dismissed.

Charges dropped in

shooting case

All charges have been dropped against a man accused of shooting someone in the face last spring because witnesses recanted their statements, court records indicate.

District Court Judge Christopher Polking dismissed the charges against Dontay B. Diekman, 42, of Fort Dodge, in response to a motion filed by the Webster County Attorney’s Office. In the motion, prosecutors wrote that the dismissal was in the interests of justice and that “all witnesses have recanted.”

Diekman had been charged with attempted murder, dominion or control of a firearm by a felon and going armed with intent.

Polking dismissed the charges on July 17. Diekman was released from the Webster County Jail.

He had been accused of shooting a man who was sleeping on the floor of a residence at 1433 Fourth Ave. S. in the early morning hours of March 28. In criminal complaints filed against him, Fort Dodge police detectives wrote that Diekman had been in the residence talking with some other people when he went over to the man sleeping on the floor and fired one round at him.The bullet struck the man’s jaw and exited through his mouth, the detectives wrote. Diekman then left the residence.

The man survived the shooting.

Diekman was arrested in Des Moines on April 11.

Badger man pleads

to child porn charge

BADGER– A Badger man has pleaded guilty to a federal child pornography charge, according to prosecutors.

Kenneth Brown, 60, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of possession of child pornography, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa reported.

According to the Attorney’s Office, Brown admitted to receiving and possessing child pornography between May 2023 and April 3, 2024. Prosecutors said 32 files of child pornoraphy were uploaded to the internet from Brown’s cell phone.

An examination of the phone revealed 27 videos and 28 images of child pornography which included prepubescent children and toddlers. The material included sadistic and masochistic conduct, prosecutors said.

Brown remains in the custody of the U.S. Marshal’s Service, awaiting sentencing.