Orange City, Iowa — A man who was arrested on a felony drug charge near Sioux Center has received a deferred judgment.
The Sioux County Sheriff’s Office reports that on April 17th, one of their deputies arrested 43-year-old Omar Bautista Rodriguez of Sioux City. Authorities say Bautista‐Rodriguez was the subject of a joint drug investigation between the Sioux and Lyon County Sheriff’s Offices, and that he was charged with delivery of a controlled substance, a class C felony.
According to court records, Bautista Rodriguez has received a deferred judgment. As conditions of his sentence, he was ordered to keep or obtain full-time employment, complete a drug court program, pay a $300 fee to the Department of Corrections, and abstain from any mood-altering chemical including alcohol. He was also ordered to pay a civil penalty of $1000, the law enforcement initiative surcharge, court costs, and other surcharges, and submit a sample for DNA profiling.
