Juvenile Crimes

County injects $2,500 into drug court to sustain program (12/16/09)
Plymouth County's drug court is receiving a $2,500 boost from the county coffers. On Tuesday, the Plymouth County Board of Supervisors approved giving that sum of money to the program to keep it going through June 2010. Drug Court, which brings adults and juveniles facing drug-related charges in front of a panel of their peers for goal-setting, encouragement and enforcement, is low on money...

Juvenile center's client number down, budget tighter (11/13/09)
Plymouth County juveniles charged with serious crimes are sometimes ordered to go to the Youth Emergency Services Center by judges to await their fates. It costs the county $150 per day, per person to house an individual at the detention center, which rents space on the campus of the Cherokee Mental Health Institute...

Local man charged with sexually abusing minor (05/26/09)
A Le Mars man faces a sexual abuse charge for allegedly having sexual contact with a 12 year old. Richard W. Shade, 31, was charged with sexual abuse in the second degree and booked into the Plymouth County Jail on Friday after an investigation by the Department of Human Services and the Plymouth County Sheriff's Office...

Rural Le Mars man arrested for possible sexual abuse (05/07/09)
A 31-year-old rural Le Mars man was arrested Wednesday for possible sexual abuse against a child younger than 12. Patrick Elmer Klein faces two counts of sexual abuse in the second degree, class B felonies. Sexual abuse in the second degree involves sexual abuse in which the victim is under the age of 12...

Drug stings lead to five Le Mars arrests (04/30/09)
A man was arrested early this morning at the former church building he lives in for allegedly selling marijuana. Senglem Eric Wong, 40, of Le Mars was one of five drug arrests in two drug stings that took place Wednesday night and Thursday morning in Le Mars...

Cell phone photos could make teens sex offenders (04/28/09)
A Florida teen faces charges of child pornography. A district attorney in Pennsylvania threatened a group of high schoolers with the same charges. All because of photos on their cell phones. Teens who take or send nude or revealing pictures via cell phones could be in deep water. This practice, dubbed "sexting," isn't just hitting the coasts...

Buying pseudoephedrine? The state knows (04/02/09)
Buying pseudoephedrine? An electronic record of your purchase will be sent to state officials. This is the effect of a new Iowa law, signed by Governor Chet Culver last week. The law calls for a state-wide electronic log system that will record and compile every purchase of pseudoephedrine -- a common decongestant that also happens to be a precursor in producing the illegal drug methamphetamine...

Remsen co-op feeds sheriff's K-9 program (02/25/09)
Sabot, the German shepherd that sniffs out people and drugs for the Plymouth County Sheriff's office is well fed, thanks to Remsen's Farmers Cooperative Company. The co-op has been donating dog food for about three years to the tune of about 40 pounds each month, according to feed department manager Jon Perrizo...

Man arrested at meth lab near Hinton (01/12/09)
Investigators shut down an active meth lab on an abandoned farm site near Hinton and arrested the suspected meth cook last Thursday. Marlo Arthur Petersen, 34, of Onawa, was discovered upstairs in the house on the property at 30894 Kestrel Avenue -- the same house where Plymouth County Sheriff Deputies found a clandestine methamphetamine lab, according to a report from the sheriff's office...

Huitink retires from Iowa appeals court (12/29/08)
Iowa Court of Appeals Judge Terry Huitink has announced that he will retire effective December 31, 2008. Huitink was appointed to the Iowa Court of Appeals in 1994. Prior to joining the court, Huitink served as a district court judge from 1988 to 1994. He also served as a part-time juvenile court referee from 1981 to 1987...

Drug Court graduate shares success story (12/26/08)
Accountability. That's what got him where he is today. Matt Heath graduated from Plymouth County's Drug Court Dec. 10 as one of the first from the program that celebrated it's one year anniversary in October. "This is the best I've felt since I was 14 or 15," the 34-year-old said. "Drugs do bad things to your life."...

Building relationships is at heart of new Asylum director (12/24/08)
Roxanne Rahn knew she wanted to help young people since she was their age. Now, after raising her own children, Roxanne is seeing that dream unfold. Roxanne is the new City Life director at the Asylum Teen Center in Le Mars. Her job: build relationships with teens, help them walk toward success in their own lives, and encourage them along the way...

Le Mars Man charged in drug arrest (11/26/08)
A Le Mars man was arrested Nov. 13 for three drug charges. Angel Jeffrey Hernandez, 28, was charged with conspiracy to deliver cocaine and conspiracy to deliver marijuana, both felonies, and gathering where drugs are used, a serious misdemeanor. Hernandez was arrested by the Plymouth County Sheriff's Department at 11:54 p.m. at 24 Riverview Drive...

Is Le Mars seeing the first signs of gangs? (11/24/08)

Courthouse shuffle begins (11/05/08)
The Plymouth County Supervisors took the first step Tuesday toward rearranging the courthouse to make more room for crowded offices. The main push was to make more room for the cramped Juvenile Court Services. The supervisors approved moving the Veterans Affairs office, currently on the main floor of the courthouse in the northeast corner, to the lower level. There that office will share the space with the Zoning and Sanitation offices, which are only used one day a week...

When mommy is arrested: Police plan for children on the scene (08/18/08)
Patrol cars pull up to a house, looking for an adult suspect. They enter the house to make an arrest. There, on the couch, an eight year old is reading a book. Suddenly, the plan changes. "Kids are so impressionable," said Le Mars Police Chief Stu Dekkenga. "It's a big deal, removing a parent. You don't want to traumatize the child."...

Wanted: Neighborhood block parties for Night Out (07/30/08)
Next Tuesday evening, neighborhoods around the nation will gather around picnic tables to help fight crime. Tuesday, Aug. 5, is set as National Night Out, a night when neighbors can share a meal and show their support for local anti-crime efforts, sending the message to criminals that their neighborhoods are organized and fighting back...

Police tie two to longer string of burglaries (05/01/08)
Police are pinning 11 more burglaries on an 18-year-old already accused of being part of five other break-ins. A new suspect, a 16-year-old, was also tied to five of the burglaries after police interviews. The 18-year-old, Alexx Leo Conyers of Le Mars, faces 12 more felony charges for allegedly breaking in, stealing cash and vandalizing property. Conyers was already booked in the Plymouth County Jail...

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