Sibley, Iowa — One of the defendants in the case of four people charged with robbery in Osceola County faces a hearing this Thursday, December 22nd.
Court records indicate the four are accused of the armed robbery of an occupied home on Third Avenue in Sibley.
On August 21st, 2016, Osceola County Deputies arrested 35-year-old Jose Manuel Maldonado Castillo and 25-year-old Peter Nazario Alvira, both of Sibley, as well as 55-year-old Pedro Juan Figueroa Rios and 38-year-old Nicomedes Montanez Cruz, both of Sioux City. They were all charged with Robbery of in the 1st Degree, three counts each of Burglary in the 1st Degree, all class B felonies; Going Armed With Intent, a class D felony; and Assault While Participating in a Felony.
Court records indicate that Maldonado Castillo and Nazario Alvira had accepted plea bargains and were to have been sentenced on Friday, December 9th. However, the Osceola County Clerk of Court’s office says that neither entered a plea, and no sentences were issued. Court records say Maldonado Castillo has now advised the court that he wants a new lawyer. Osceola County Attorney Bob Hansen has filed a motion of resistance to Maldonado Castillo’s motion for a new lawyer.
