IAPE Evidence Blog

Des Moines Reg­is­ter
BYLINE: REGISTER STAFF REPORT

Pleas­ant Hill, IA

A for­mer Pleas­ant Hill police offi­cer who stole metham­phet­a­mine from an evi­dence room and crashed his squad car pleaded guilty Thurs­day to drug and bur­glary charges.

For­mer Sgt. Daniel Hebert Edwards, 42, pleaded guilty to pos­ses­sion of a con­trolled sub­stance, oper­at­ing while intox­i­cated, and third-degree bur­glary. His sen­tenc­ing was set for Sept. 29 in Polk County Dis­trict Court.

Edwards was charged shortly after he crashed his cruiser near U.S. High­way 65 and East Uni­ver­sity Avenue on April 1.

Edwards first drove through a ditch along the on-ramp to the U.S. High­way 65 bypass, then struck another vehi­cle and col­lided with a cen­ter con­crete bar­rier. He then drove back into a ditch, with his car com­ing to rest against a fence.

Edwards was fired after tox­i­col­ogy tests showed metham­phet­a­mine in his system.

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