On 1/13/2019 at 2110 hrs, the Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office served an arrest warrant on Esther E Poeppe, age 23 of Emmetsburg, in which she was charged for Contempt of Court on an original charge of Public Intoxication 3rd or subsequent offense. Poeppe was located by the Buena Vista County Sheriff’s Office, transferred to the Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office and booked into the Palo Alto County Jail until her initial appearance before a magistrate judge.
A criminal charge is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.