On August 26, 2024, at approximately 11:33p.m. Des Moines County Deputies stopped a vehicle for a registration violation at Harrison Ave. and Whittier St. During the traffic stop a Des Moines County K-9 unit conducted an open-air sniff around the vehicle. The K-9 alerted the odor of narcotics and a subsequent search of the vehicle was conducted.
Deputies located a nicotine vaping device in a backpack that had been between the legs of a back seat passenger. The back seat passenger advised he was 18 years of age but refused to identify himself to law enforcement. He was then placed under arrest for interference with official acts. He was placed into handcuffs and a search of his person was conducted. Deputies located a handgun in his waistband. He was then transported to the Des Moines County Correctional Center where he was charged with interference with official acts while armed with a firearm, a D felony.
The subject was eventually identified as O’Marree Darnell Wyldon, age 18, of North Liberty, IA. Deputies discovered Wyldon also had an arrest warrant out of Iowa City, IA for failure to appear for case management conference reference assault causing bodily injury or mental illness and assault on persons in certain occupations.