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CRIME & SAFETY
Ott pleads guilty in multiple Hamilton County burglary cases
The Fort Dodge man who was arrested for multiple burglaries in Hamilton County filed written guilty pleas on some of the charges earlier this month. Derek Ott, 43, was scheduled to be arraigned for some of the Hamilton County charges July 24 at the Hamilton County Courthouse in Webster City, but pleaded guilty to four charges on July 22.
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