On 5/4/2019 at 9:17 p.m., The Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop in the 4300 block of 460th Avenue. During the traffic stop, the Palo Alto County Sheriff’s Office arrested Loel Leon Hunt, age 72 of Winterset, IA, on two valid Clay County arrest warrants charging him with violating a no contact order. Hunt was transported to the Palo Alto and Clay County line where he was transferred to the custody of Clay County authorities.
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