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Newell Man Facing 13 Counts

Newell Man Facing 13 Counts

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Storm Lake, IA (northwestiowanow.com) — Buena Vista County authorities have filed thirteen counts against a Newell man for four, separate incidents allegedly occurring all the way back to October of 2024.

39-year-old Matthew Sievers is scheduled in court today.

He was charged with Second Degree Burglary, Assault While Participating in a Felony, assault While displaying a Dangerous Weapon, and Domestic Abuse Assault Display or Use of a Weapon in the original incident.

He has also been charged with Domestic Abuse Assault Causing Injury or Mental Illness in an incident from February of this year.

And has now been charged with Domestic Abuse Assault with Intent to Inflict Serious Injury and multiple violations of a no-contact order from an incident on October 18th.

In one of the incidents Sievers is accused of assaulting one person during a burglary and threatening another at the scene by displaying a firearm.

 

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