Oelwein Police report arrests and traffic accidents

FEB. 17, 12PM ROGER KING (OELWEIN POLICE REPORT)

THE OELWEIN POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS A COUPLE OF WEEKEND ARRESTS.

ON SUNDAY NIGHT, SHORTLY AFTER 11PM, POLICE STOPPED A CAR AT 35TH STREET AND NEON ROAD. 32 YEAR OLD JAMES MULL OF POSTVILLE WAS THEN ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, INTERFERENCE WITH OFFICIAL ACTS, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, AND HAVING AN OPEN CONTAINER OF ALCOHOL IN A VEHICLE.

AT ABOUT 6:45PM SUNDAY, OELWEIN POLICE WERE CALLED TO A DISTURBANCE IN THE 900 BLOCK OF 2ND AVENUE SE. AFTER ARRIVAL, THEY ARRESTED 47 YEAR OLD WILLIAM PERRY OF OELWEIN FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT.

EARLY SUNDAY, AROUND 3:45AM, AFTER PULLING OVER A VEHICLE IN THE 800 BLOCK OF 1ST AVENUE SW, THE DRIVER, 49 YEAR OLD ERIK HARDIN OF OELWEIN, WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY FOR DRIVING WHILE HIS LICENSE IS REVOKED AND FAILURE TO YIELD TO EMERGENCY VEHICLES; HE WAS ALSO GIVEN A WARNING FOR FAILURE TO WEAR HIS SEATBELT.

OELWEIN POLICE RESPONDED TO A COUPLE OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS SUNDAY MORNING. THE FIRST WAS A TWO VEHICLE COLLISION AT THE INTERSECTION OF WEST CHARLES AND SOUTH FREDERICK. AN SUV DRIVEN BY CLAYTON SIEGEL OF OELWEIN, COLLIDED WITH A PICKUP DRIVEN BY RICHARD HELDT OF OELWEIN. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. SEIGEL WAS CHARGED WITH FAILURE TO YIELD ON ENTERING A HIWAY, AND FAILURE TO PROVE SECURITY LIABILITY INSURANCE.

THE OTHER ACCIDENT HAPPENED IN THE 2400 BLOCK OF SOUTH FREDERICK. A VAN DRIVEN BY JOSEPH OHL OF OELWEIN COLLIDED WITH A CAR DRIVEN BY JUDITH APPELMAN OF WEST UNION. NO INJURIES REPORTED.

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