Iowa police chief arrested, faces multiple charges

(ABC 6 Information) – The police chief of Kingsley, Iowa was arrested on Wednesday following an investigation by the Iowa Division of Prison Investigation (DCI).

In keeping with the Iowa Division of Public Security (DPS), a request was made by the Hinton Police Division to the Iowa DCI to analyze doable crimes that concerned the Kingsley police chief, 54-year-old, James Dunn.

Courtroom paperwork state that Dunn was in a relationship with a lady till Nov. 2022. In January, he allegedly discovered she was in a brand new relationship.

In early February, Dunn found the place the individual she was seeing lived, and used that data to acquire legislation enforcement information concerning her, her new boyfriend, and the boyfriend’s roommate, in line with courtroom data.

Then, on Feb. 3 the lady requested Dunn to not contact her, her mates, or her household. Dunn allegedly ignored this request and taped a letter to the entrance door of her boyfriend’s residence. The paperwork additionally state that he despatched a follow-up letter to her boyfriend’s roommate going into element about issues the couple had been doing. The girl requested Dunn as soon as once more to not contact her, her mates, or household on Feb. 7.

Courtroom paperwork state that on Feb. 12, Dunn contacted the lady’s mom, telling her that he was cheated on and that the brand new man had a legal historical past and was on probation.

The girl then turned terrified of Dunn and feared for her security. In keeping with the lady, resulting from his job in legislation enforcement, Dunn was normally armed, even off responsibility.

DPS mentioned Dunn was arrested by DCI at his residence on Wednesday and was transported to the Plymouth County Jail with out incident.

Dunn is being charged with three counts of falsely acquiring legal intelligence, one rely of non-felonious misconduct in workplace, and one rely of stalking.

Kingsley is in Plymouth County, and has a inhabitants of round 1,400 individuals on the time of the 2020 U.S. Census. It’s roughly 26 miles northeast of Sioux Metropolis.