The United States Drug Enforcement Administration is holding its next Drug Take Back Day across the nation on Saturday. Locally, the event will be from 4-6 p.m.
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The Fort Dodge Police Department is investigating two incidents of shots fired that occurred overnight Tuesday into Wednesday.
At approximately 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, law enforcement received a report of shots fired in the area of Second Avenue North and 22nd Street. Information provided indicated that a vehicle had fled the area after several shots were fired.
According to a release from the FDPD, when officers arrived, they located evidence of shots being fired in the parking lot of 115 N. 22nd St., the Clark Convenience Store. No injuries were reported and no one was located on the scene when officers arrived.
Alonzo Mayfield
A Des Moines man accused of robbing the Vincent City Hall in 2019 has pleaded not guilty in Webster County District Court.
Alonzo C. Mayfield, 52, is charged with second-degree robbery and third-degree kidnapping after law enforcement say he entered the Vincent City Hall building, 104 Arthur St., on May 7, 2019, and robbed it, stealing $167 and locking the city clerk in the walk-in safe before fleeing. Both charges are Class C forcible felonies.
Mayfield pleaded not guilty to both counts on April 1.
According to the criminal complaint, around 3:30 p.m. on May 7, 2019, Mayfield entered the Vincent City Hall and told the city clerk inside, Sarah Geisinger, that “it was a robbery” and demanded money. The Vincent City Hall was formerly a bank.
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Drug task force arrests two Madisonville residents
HENDERSON, Ky. A drug task force charged two Madisonville residents following an investigation that began in Webster County.
Andrew Panda Classen, 35, and Nicole A. Causey, 34, were both arrested March 31 and charged with first-degree trafficking a controlled substance.
Classen was additionally charged with first-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, carrying a concealed deadly weapon and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Causey was also charged with failure to a wear seat belt.
Members of the Pennyrile Narcotics Task Force in conjunction with the Providence Police Department, Clay Police Department and the Webster County Sheriff s Office initiated the investigation with an undercover drug buy at the Dollar Store on Kentucky 109 in Clay.