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News of record: June 10, 2025

Magistrate Court WEBSTER COUNTY Monday Failure to appear for sentencing — Saul B. Jones, 36, Lehigh, further proceedings to be scheduled. Third-degree theft — Saul B. Jones, 36, Lehigh, preliminary hearing set for June 19, no contact order issued. Failure to appear for pre-trial conference — Georgia G. Hoan, 27, 701 S. 15th St., further proceedings to be scheduled; Rickey R. Richmond Jr., 36, 308 S. Eighth St., further proceedings to be scheduled. Child endangerment, serious injury — Mason Mitchell Dorn Machovec, 28, 1338 Third Ave. N.W., preliminary hearing set for ...

News of Record: June 7, 2025

Magistrate Court WEBSTER COUNTY Friday Failure to appear for plea/sentencing — Keith A. Bork, 50, 218 K St., further proceedings to be scheduled. Driving while barred — Jessie J. Sanders, 23, Churdan, preliminary hearing waived. Steven B. Roe, 62, 1928 Second Ave. S., preliminary hearing waived. Wendi E. Butler, 31, 1722 Fourth Ave. S., preliminary hearing waived. Possession of drug paraphernalia — Steven B. Roe, 62, 1928 Second Ave. S., continued 180 days. Abuse of a corpse — Makayla S. McNeeley, 29, 190 Ave. M West, preliminary hearing waived. Accessory after the ...

News of Record: June 6, 2025

Police Logs FORT DODGE Wednesday A fight was reported at Second Street Northwest and Amvets Drive. A suspicious person was reported in the 10 block of Second Street Northwest. A suspicious person was reported in the 700 block of Exposition Drive. A noise violation was reported in the 1500 block of Crestview height. A welfare check was conducted at Third Avenue Northwest and U.S. Highway 169. A parking complaint was reported at North Eighth Street and Wraywood drive. Criminal mischief was reported in the 3000 block of First Avenue South. A custody issue was reported in ...

News of Record: June 5, 2025

Man sent to federal prison for child porn HUMBOLDT — A Humboldt man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa. Paul W. Flett, 44, was sentenced on Tuesday to 15 years in federal prison by U.S. District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand in Sioux City. Flett had pleaded guilty on Jan. 23 to one count of sexual exploitation of a child, federal prosecutors reported. According to the prosecutors, evidence in the case showed that Flett sent links and images of child pornography to underage ...

News of Record: June 4, 2025

FD man sentenced on fentanyl charge A Fort Dodge man is heading to federal prison for selling fentanyl, including a sale to someone who later died of an overdose. Alexander Sebastian, 30, was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute fentanyl, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa. He pleaded guilty to the charge on Jan. 31 and was sentenced on Friday, federal prosecutors reported. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, between December 2020 and February 2024, Sebastian was part of a conspiracy to distribute ...

News of record: June 3, 2025

WEBSTER COUNTY Monday Violation of parole — Ryan J. Whitver, 32, 1424 Seventh Ave. S., transferred to Parole Board. Second-degree burglary — Ryan J. Whitver, 32, 1424 Seventh Ave. S., preliminary hearing set for June 12, no contact order issued. Dominion or control of a firearm by a felon — Ryan J. Whitver, 32, 1424 Seventh Ave. S., preliminary hearing set for June 12. Eluding, speed 25 mph over the limit, second or subsequent offense — Ryan J. Whitver, 32, 1424 Seventh Ave. S., preliminary hearing set for June 12. Driving while barred — Ryan J. Whitver, 32, 1424 ...