Lights and Sirens

Inwood, Iowa — A report of gun shots fired in Inwood on Saturday night, August 29, 2015 turned into an arrest of the caller on several charges.

Lyon County Deputies report that about 9:40 PM, their dispatch received a 911 call of gun shots being fired on South Main Street in Inwood.

While the deputies were en route to the call, they also received reports from people inside their homes of a person yelling and cursing outside. Upon arrival at the scene the deputies located 27-year-old Adam Murphy of George. It was determined that Murphy’s report of gun shots was false.

Murphy was subsequently arrested and was charged with false reporting, a serious misdemeanor; and falsely claiming an emergency, possession of drug paraphernalia, public intoxication, and disorderly conduct, which are all simple misdemeanors.

Murphy was transported to the Lyon County Jail in Rock Rapids, where at last report he remained in custody.

Orange City, Iowa — The Sioux County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a vehicle and a potential thief in two separate cases.

In the first case, officials say the took a report on Thursday afternoon, August 20th of a burglary that occurred on Fourth Street in Hull.

Deputies believe the perpetrator or perpetrators entered an unlocked vehicle parked on the street and stole $500 from a wallet and removed the license plate renewal sticker from the rear license plate on a vehicle that was parked on a driveway.

They believe the crime likely occurred on Thursday, August 20 between 12:00 AM and 7:00 AM.

Anyone with information about this crime is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Office.

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In the second case, officials are searching for a vehicle that was the cause of an accident.

On Saturday afternoon, August 22, they report that 22-year-old Moises Ramos of Sioux Center was driving a 2005 Mitsubishi Galant eastbound on 390th Street, two miles west of Sioux Center, when he reported that he swerved to avoid a white, make and model unknown pickup traveling westbound in the eastbound lane. Ramos lost control of his vehicle, which entered the south ditch and struck a ditch embankment.

No injuries were reported.

The Mitsubishi did sustain about a thousand dollars in damage, but what happened to the white pickup is unknown.

Anyone with information about the white pickup involved this accident is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Office.

Ramos was cited for driving a motor vehicle without a valid driver’s license.

Hull, Iowa — A Hudson, SD woman was taken to a hospital after an accident on Wednesday, August 19 near Hull.

The Sioux County Sheriff’s Office reports that just before 11 AM, 25-year-old Jessica Davelaar of Hudson, SD was driving a 2011 Hyundai Sonata westbound on 320th Street, two miles west of Hull at the Perkins Corner. They report that 54-year-old Bruce Westra of Hull was driving a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado pickup northbound on Highway 75.

The report says Davelaar stopped for the stop sign at Highway 75 and drove into the intersection where her car was struck by the Westra pickup.

The Hull Ambulance crew transported Davelaar to the Sioux Center Hospital.

The Hyundai sustained about $12,000 in damages. The Chevy pickup sustained an estimated $10,000 in damages.

The deputy cited Davelaar on a charge of failing to yield from a stop sign and Westra on a charge of failing to use a seatbelt.

The Sheriff’s Office says the Hull Fire Department and Hull Ambulance crew assisted on the scene.