Appanoose County

Sheriff’s Office

Activity report: 08/17/09 to 08/18/09. civil papers processed, 5; animal complaint, 1; burglary/theft, 2; harassment/disturbance, 1; trespassing, 1; committal, 1; contacts, 23; total miles patrolled, 306; inmates booked into jail, 2; jail population, 20.

Aug. 13

6:06 p.m. Justin Raymond Jacob, 28, of Ottumwa, was charged with driving without a license, failure to maintain control and failure to report an accident when the 2003 Chrysler 300 M four-door passenger car he was driving west in the 100 block of E. Union Street left the roadway and ran over a county street sign then struck a tree head on. Damage to the 300 M was estimated at $4,500. Damage to the sign was estimated at $100. Appanoose County Sheriff's Officer Keith Glosser in his accident report writes that witnesses at the scene stated Jacob exited the car to find the woman who owned the vehicle yelling at him for wrecking her car. Jacob tried to flee the area in his vehicle, but the unnamed woman wouldn't allow him to, so she drove him in his car to Drakesville before law enforcement arrived. Glosser writes he has been unable to contact Jacob.

Aug. 14

9:45 a.m. Derrick Eugene Duffey, 26, of Centerville, was charged at the Law Center with failure to appear.

1:05 p.m. Russell Thomas Clark, 26, of Mystic, was charged in the 1100 block of W. Van Buren with second degree robbery.