SIOUX CITY -- A Sioux City man is facing a variety of felony charges after he allegedly threatened several people with a handgun and stole two vehicles.
According to a press release from the Sioux City Police Department, at around 12:17 a.m. Saturday, Sioux City Police officers were called to the 4600 block of Morningside Avenue to respond to a robbery.
Shortenhaus
The victim was reportedly at a drive-up ATM at a bank when he was approached by 25-year-old Jeremiah J. Shortenhaus of Sioux City, who displayed a handgun and demanded cash and ordered the victim out of the vehicle, which he stole.
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A short time later, the South Sioux City Police Department found the vehicle and Shortenhaus fled on foot. At around 1:30 a.m., Shortenhaus threatened another victim with the handgun near 13th Street and Dakota Avenue and stole the second victim's car.
About ten minutes later, Sioux City Police officers found the second stolen vehicle near Gordon Drive and Nebraska Street, and Shortenhaus led officers on a short pursuit. He abandoned the vehicle at the east end of the Gordon Drive viaduct and fled on foot. He was arrested a short distance away.
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Shortenhaus faces charges including first-degree robbery, a class B felony, possession of a firearm by a felon, a class D felony, second-degree theft, a class D felony and eluding a law enforcement vehicle, a class D felony.
He is currently held in the Woodbury County Jail on $40,000 bond.
First courthouse
The first Woodbury County Courthouse, 1878-1918, stood at the southeast corner of Sixth and Pierce streets.
Courthouse construction
The Woodbury County Courthouse is under construction in this photo from Sept. 19, 1916.
Courthouse construction
The Woodbury County Courthouse is shown under construction in this photo from May 24, 1917. The courthouse opened the following year.
Courthouse drawing
An early drawing of the Woodbury County Courthouse is shown.
Courthouse dome
The Woodbury County Courthouse dome is under construction in this photo from Oct. 17, 1917.
'Western Architect'
A page from "The Western Architect" publication from February 1921, showing the interior of the Woodbury County Courthouse.
'Western Architect'
A page from "The Western Architect" publication from February 1921, showing the interior of the Woodbury County Courthouse.
Courthouse and City Hall
Traffic drives on Douglas Street in front of the Woodbury County Courthouse, left, and Sioux City Hall in about 1965. City Hall was found to be tipping in January 1965.
Woodbury County Courthouse
The current Woodbury County courthouse.
Courthouse interior
A view from inside the Woodbury County Courthouse.
Light fixtures
Light fixtures inside the Woodbury County Courthouse.
Courthouse mail chute
The 90-year-old mail chute in the Woodbury County Courthouse was shut down in 2011 because it didn't meet U.S. Postal Service requirements for public access.
Courthouse security
Woodbury County Sheriff Dave Drew is shown in the county courthouse in a April 2015 photo.
Courthouse elevators
The elevators of the Woodbury County Courthouse, which date to 1918, are shown.
Courtroom repairs
Kenny Schmitz, Woodbury County Building Services director, climbs over a bench in Courtroom 203 on the second-floor of the county courthouse in July 2016. The courtroom was closed while workers repaired a slab of marble that fell out of a window surround and almost caused stained glass windows to fall out of their frames.
Courthouse terra cotta
Straps and a board hold up a failing terra cotta tile at the Woodbury County Courthouse in 2016.
Courthouse terra cotta
Kenny Schmitz, Woodbury County Building Services Director, raises a lift to a loose piece of terra cotta at the Woodbury County Courthouse in 2016. Terra cotta tiles on the south side of the building's exterior were in immediate danger of falling down to the ground and there several additional areas where cement grout was missing on the decorative tiles.
Election Watch Party
People attend an election watch party at the Woodbury County Courthouse in November 2016.
Courthouse repair
Ceiling tiles at the Woodbury County Courthouse, shown in December 2016, were in need of repairs.
Courthouse architecture
The Woodbury County Courthouse features sculptural work by Alfonso Iannelli, an influential Italian-American modernist artist who briefly worked with Frank Lloyd Wright.
Courthouse architecture
Two buffalo head sculptures can be seen on the backside of the Woodbury County Courthouse, which opened in 1918. The building is an example of Prairie School architecture.
Courthouse exterior
The Woodbury County Courthouse, which opened in March 1918 at 620 Douglas St., houses courtrooms and most county departments.
Mason Dockter
Lifestyles Reporter
