Iowa District Associate Judge Lynn Poschner Charged With Homicide by Vehicle After Urbandale Arrest

November 6, 2026

Status: Charged and Arrested

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Lynn C. Poschner, a Polk County District Associate Judge in Iowa Judicial Election District 5C, was booked into the Polk County Jail on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, on two felony vehicle charges, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office inmate portal. The arresting agency is listed as the Urbandale Police Department (URPD). The charges are allegations; she is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.

Booking record

The Polk County Jail inmate detail for POSCHNER, LYNN (checked Nov. 6, 2026, America/Chicago) lists:

  • Inmate number 1391112; booking number 260015131
  • Age 45; holding location PCJ
  • Booking date: Nov. 4, 2026, 5:43 p.m.
  • Arrest agency: URPD
  • Case number on the portal: TBD
  • Bail amount listed as $0.00; bail type CLEARED

Charges (as listed on the inmate portal)

  1. FELC — Iowa Code § 707.6A(2) — HOMICIDE BY VEHICLE - RECKLESS DRIVING (one count)
  2. FELD — Iowa Code § 707.6A(4) — SERIOUS INJURY BY VEHICLE (one count)

Under Iowa Code § 707.6A (2026), subsection 2 is a class “C” felony for unintentionally causing another person’s death by driving a motor vehicle in a reckless manner (among other means). Subsection 4 is a class “D” felony for unintentionally causing a serious injury by any of the means described in subsection 1 or 2.

Judicial office

The Iowa Legislative Services Agency’s 2025 Roster of State Officials lists Lynn C. Poschner of Des Moines as a District Associate Judge in Election District 5C, with a term ending Dec. 31, 2026. Iowa judicial retention elections are nonpartisan; no party label applies to the office.

What was not independently retrieved

As of this Story, Kelvic Report did not independently retrieve: the criminal complaint or search-warrant application text; an Urbandale Police Department press release on the Nov. 4 arrest; an Iowa Courts Online docket with a permanent case number; a primary Judicial Branch statement on leave or case reassignment; or a primary Iowa Attorney General filing confirming prosecution assignment. Secondary outlets have reported additional crash, victim, bond-amount, and prosecutorial-assignment details that are omitted here until verified against those primaries.

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