An Adel man allegedly used a fake phone number in an effort to trick a social worker into removing a child from an Adel residence.
Keith Edward Bittner, 33, of Adel, was charged with third-degree harassment and tampering with a reporting party.
The incident began in December, when a Dallas County District Court judge ordered Bittner to leave the residence he shared with his wife and children due to an ongoing Child in Need of Assistance (CINA) investigation by the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)…