Perry Couple Arrested for Child Endangerment
We now have more information on the child endangerment case against a Perry couple.
Perry Police Chief Eric Vaughn tells Raccoon Valley Radio officers went to Anthony Arbuckle’s home on August 27th to serve an arrest warrant for non payment of child support. When officers entered the home so that Arbuckle could retrieve some personal items they found the home in “complete disarray”. Vaughn says there were piles of trash, rotten food, animal feces and urine, and cockroaches throughout the home.
They then discovered there were two children sleeping in the filth on the floor of the living room and two more kids were found in other areas of the home, along with their mother – Lorene Arbuckle. Further investigation shows that most of the food available to the children was rotten and the kids were not supplied with adequate clothing.
Anthony was taken into custody on the child support warrant. Due to the condition of the home creating an “environment that posed a risk to the children’s physical, mental and/or emotional safety” the kids were taken into temporary custody of the Department of Human Services.
Warrants were later issued for both Anthony and Lorene Arbuckle, charging each with four aggravated misdemeanor counts of Child Endangerment. Both suspects were taken into custody on October 16th by the Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office and later turned over to the Perry Police Department and brought to the Dallas County jail.
As we previously reported, this is not Anthony’s first run in with the law, he is a registered sex offender as the result of a 2001 conviction of third degree sexual abuse. He has since been charged several times for violating his sex offender registry, including living too close to a school and he has also been convicted of animal neglect. Both suspects have waived their preliminary hearings, been released on their own recognizance and have arraignments set for December 3rd.
Raccoon Valley Radio will continue to bring you more information as it becomes official.
More Positive Unemployment News for the Raccoon River Valley
Two counties in our primary coverage area saw a drop in the percentage of residents without a job last month, while the third remained steady.
According to Iowa Workforce Development, Greene County saw the biggest change in unemployment as the rate dropped from 3.4 percent in August to 2.8 percent in September. Guthrie County saw a two-tenths of a percent decrease to 2.8 percent as well and Dallas County remains steady at 2.6 percent.
This time last year, all three counties were experiencing higher unemployment rates with Dallas County’s at 3.2, Greene’s at 3.5 and Guthrie’s at 3.8.
Dallas County to Send Inmates to Story County
Dallas County will now be sending their overflow inmates to Story County after a memorandum of understanding was approved by the Board of Supervisors.
Sheriff Chad Leonard says they began looking at Story County as an option after Polk County increased the amount they charge to $90 per inmate, per day.
The agreement with Story County comes at a cost of $55 per inmate, per day.
According to Leonard, as of Monday there were 85 Dallas County inmates being housed in other jails.
Rental Housing with Supportive Services Coming to Perry
A new rental housing option may soon be coming to Perry but this one is about more than just having a roof over your head.
The City Council approved a preliminary plat of survey request for the Casalina Chateau Plat at their meeting Monday. This comes after Capax Infinity Housing has expressed interest in building three affordable housing duplexes near Pattee Park and the elementary school.
City Administrator Sven Peterson says it’s a very interesting project.
“Mostly before this project they’ve done rental assistance and supportive services for residents but this is their first go at a physical building and being landlords. This one is really great because post placement in their housing, they offer supportive services to their residents. So they’ll be helping them register for school, find transportation and other resources within the community. So it will be great to have that follow up assistance with the families in that housing.”
Peterson says Capax is hoping to get started this fall but it may be spring before they are able to break ground on the project.
Free Community Shred Event Saturday in Perry
The Perry Public Library and Raccoon Valley Bank are partnering together to provide the community an opportunity to get rid of unneeded documents this weekend.
A confidential shred event will take place at the library Saturday from 10am until 12pm.
“You can actually see it being shredded by a camera that they have on the inside, so it’s kind of interesting that they do it right there so you can be assured that all your information is kept confidential.”
That’s Library Director Mary Murphy who says Info Dogs Security will be there to shred up to two boxes of personal information per person.
If you’d like more information, call the library at 465-3569.