Emmetsburg, Iowa (RI) — Officers and emergency responders from eight northern Iowa agencies were involved in the arrest of a Plymouth County man who’s accused of removing an ankle monitor.
The Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were notified that 46-year-old Jamie Lee Wiersma of Merrill was staying in a house about 90 miles away in Ruthven. Officers from the Emmetsburg Police Department and the sheriff’s departments in Palo Alto, Emmet, Kossuth, and Hancock Counties were joined by staff from three emergency management agencies in the areas in arresting Wiersma last Thursday.
In June, Weirsma was arrested in the small Osceola County community of May City for violating a no-contact order. He’s now charged with Interference with Official Acts related to his arrest in Ruthven. Wiersma was wanted on previous charges of Escape from Custody and a parole violation that an Osceola County official says are related to the removal of his ankle monitor.
Court records show Wiersma will have a preliminary hearing in Osceola County on Friday, October 31st.
