SECOND UPDATE:
Rock Rapids, Iowa — Another person has been arrested on a warrant in connection with a March incident in Inwood. Lyon County authorities tell us 18-year-old Nevaeh Shieldsbortolussi of Sioux Falls faces the exact same charges as the others.
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UPDATE (April 16):
Rock Rapids, Iowa — Two more people have been arrested on warrants in connection with a March incident we told you about earlier this week. Suspects, 42-year-old Nicholas Peterson of Beresford and 44-year-old Jeremy Gaffin of Worthing are charged with the exact same charges as 30-year-old Bernard Wiley III of Canton. Both were also booked into the Lyon County Jail in Rock Rapids. At last report, Peterson remained in jail, but Gaffin was released the next day. Both had $10,000 bonds.
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Original story from April 14, 2025:
Inwood, Iowa — A Canton, SD man has been arrested on a warrant for burglary-related charges after an incident in Inwood.
According to a criminal complaint filed with the Lyon County Clerk of Court’s Office by the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, 30-year-old Bernard Wiley III of Canton is accused of entering a home in which he did not belong and assaulting a victim. He was arrested on Friday.
In his statement, the deputy says Wiley and others went to the victim’s home on the morning of March 15th and entered the home without permission. He says Wiley assaulted the victim while the victim was in the victim’s car, by prodding him in the face and body with baseball bats and by punching him in the head with their hands, saying he owed them money. The deputy says the alleged assailants took the victim’s wallet and caused damage to the vehicle the victim was in by breaking a window with a baseball bat and breaking a door handle. The victim was able to drive away and contacted law enforcement. The alleged assailants were stopped in South Dakota. Officers there arrested the subjects, and during their investigation, the victim’s wallet was recovered, along with the broken door handle of the victim’s vehicle, according to the deputy.
Wiley was charged with second-degree burglary, a class C felony. If convicted, he could face up to ten years in prison. He also faces misdemeanor charges of criminal mischief and assault while displaying a dangerous weapon.
He faces a preliminary hearing on the charges on April 22nd.
At last report, Wiley remained in the Lyon County Jail in Rock Rapids in lieu of a $10,000 bond.
