Government : Vinton Police Department Log for November 2015

Vinton Police Department Log for November 2015

All Charges are subject to review by The Benton County Attorney’s Office. An arrest or criminal charge is merely an accusation and the Defendant is presumed innocent and unless proven guilty. Intrastate Warrants are issued by Law Enforcement Agencies for crimes happening in their jurisdictions.

Adult Arrests

November 7: Allen Michael Franks, 23, Cedar Rapids

Charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. (Simple Misdemeanor)

Barbara Frances Colucci 69, Vinton Charged with Reckless Use of Fire. (Serious Misdemeanor)

November 8: David Lee Armstrong, 30, Cedar Rapids, Charged with Driving Under Suspension. (Simple Misdemeanor)

November 14: Justin Micahel Purcell, 19, Marion, Charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance. (Serious Misdemeanor)

November 18: Laura Lea Hootman, 50, Vinton, Charged with Driving Under Suspension. (Simple Misdemeanor)

November 22: Kathy Ann Johnson, 37, Vinton, Arrested on an Intrastate Warrant for Fail to Appear, original charge of Fraud - Insufficient Funds Checks.

November 25: David Alan Robert Johnson, 21, Vinton. Arrested on an Intrastate Warrant for Violation of No Contact Order.

Shawn Maurice Jones, 29, Vinton, Charged with Interference with Official Acts. (Simple Misdemeanor)

November 26: Brian Lloyd Burgess, 26, Vinton. Charged with an Aggravated Assault. (Aggravated Misdemeanor)

Jeffrey Thomas Spencer, 46, Mount Auburn. Public Intoxication. (Simple Misdemeanor)

November 28: Shannon Joy Kite, 45, Vinton. Charged with O.W.I. 1st Offense. (Serious Misdemeanor)

November 29: Misty Marie Meister, 36, Vinton, Charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance. Serious Misdemeanor)

Charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. (Simple Misdemeanor)

November 30: Michael James McBurney, 42, Center Point. Charged with Driving Under Suspension. (Simple Misdemeanor)

Charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance. Serious Misdemeanor)

Charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. (Simple Misdemeanor)

Seventeen Citations were issued in November which were for Speeding, No Insurance, Operation without Registration, Stop Sign or Signal, and Fail to Maintain Control.

Thirty-Six Written Warnings for traffic offenses were issued in November and they were for Speeding, No Insurance, Headlights, and various Equipment Violations.

Six reported motor vehicle accidents for the month of November.

For the month of November, 242- complaints/calls for service were handled by the Vinton Police Department.

**Retraction from October stats, Steven Spencer 34 of Vinton should not have been listed in the Adult Arrests, the arrest was from the previous month. The Vinton Police Department extends our apologies for this misprint** Chief Ted W. Paxton.