Crime

U.S. District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand this week sentenced a Sheldon woman to nine years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl in Northwest Iowa.

Sydney and Brenan Schneidermann of Little Rock were taken into custody Saturday without incident.

O’Brien County Crime-dusters is offering one thousand dollars to anyone who provides information leading to an arrest and conviction in a rash of thefts from vehicles parked in Primghar.

Two Spencer men were arrested on multiple drug charges on Monday afternoon.

The Cherokee man who plead guilty to a fatal hit and run has received his sentence.

A Sibley man has been charged for stealing a car and for indecent exposure.

The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department believes they have the man who stole a flat-bed pickup truck and led them on a chase that ended in Pocahontas County earlier this month.

a Spencer man was found guilty of federal meth and gun charges. On August 22nd 42-year-old Oscar Navarro -Zepeda of Spencer was convicted by a jury in federal court in Sioux City. Navarro -Zepeda was convicted of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine session of a firearm by a prohibited person possession of a firearm and the furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

Convicted murderer Kyle Ricke was given his sentence Wednesday. Brian Wilson was in the courtroom.

Storm Lake police have charged a man for allegedly assaulting a pedestrian with a machete early Monday morning.