Spirit Lake, Iowa — One of the two suspects arrested in a carjacking earlier this month in Okoboji has been extradited back to Iowa and is now in the Dickinson County Jail.
Authorities say 27-year-old Vaughn Harris and 40-year-old Jessica Nordrum, both of the Twin Cities area, were wanted in the incident that took place on Monday, October 13th, in the parking lot at Lake Okoboji Resort. (That’s the former Arrowwood Resort that used to be Village East.) A pregnant woman who had been driving the vehicle that was commandeered was seriously injured in the incident. The victim, who’s from Florida, suffered injuries to her leg, arm, and shoulder on the right side of her body.
Harris and Nordrum were taken into custody in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, after leading authorities there on a pursuit later on the same day as the carjacking incident. Both were being held in Minnesota on charges there; however, court documents indicate Nordrum has now been brought back to Iowa. She was booked into the Dickinson County jail over the weekend on charges of robbery in the 1st degree, assault causing serious injury, and theft in the 1st degree.
The robbery charge is a class B felony, the assault charge a class C, and the theft charge is a class D felony. If convicted, Nordrum could face up to 25 years in prison on the Class A charge, 10 years on the class C charge, and five years on the class D charge.
Nordrum is being held on a $100,000 bond. Harris is still pending extradition.
(Courtesy fellow Community First Broadcasting station KUOO in Spirit Lake)
