Des Moines County Sheriff’s Deputies stopped a vehicle for a failing to stop at a stop sign at S. 8th St. and Maple St. in Burlington at about 9:14pm last night (5/1/26). The driver of the vehicle was identified as Roger Bernard Steffensmeier, age 58, of Burlington, IA.
According to a Sheriff’s Department press release, Deputies discovered he had multiple bags of methamphetamine in his pocket. Deputies seized the methamphetamine and it weighed approximately 24 grams. Deputies did not locate a drug tax stamp affixed to the bags. Steffensmeier was placed under arrest for failure to obey a stop sign and yield right of way, possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, and failure to affix a drug tax stamp. He was transported to the Des Moines County Correctional Center.
A CRIMINAL CHARGE IS MERELY AN ACCUSATION AND THE DEFENDANT IS PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL AND UNLESS PROVEN GUILTY.