A man was arrested in the 5700 block of Highway-117 south of Colfax by Jasper County Sheriffs after assaulting two deputy sheriffs.

The incident occurred just before midnight on Saturday, July 8. Chad Allan Emary, age 35, from Des Moines, allegedly obstructed Sheriff Deputy Jason Cunningham and assaulted Sheriff Deputy Marc Gonzalez. Through Emary’s assault he had caused injury to Deputy Gonzalez. Emary was also charged with providing false identification and possession of drug paraphernalia.  

Emary remains in custody to this date.