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3 arrests in Mills County, numerous accidents

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December 31st, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Three people were arrested over the past week in Mills County. Sheriff’s officials say on Sunday, 35-year old Philip Michael Eshelman, of Red Oak was arrested for Driving Under Suspension, following a traffic stop at around 8-p.m. His bond was set at $300.

On Christmas Day, 21-year old Rocky Alan James Runyon, of Hastings, was arrested at a location on Mahaffey Road. Runyon was taken into custody at around 6:10-p.m. on a Possession of Drug Paraphernalia charge. His bond was set at $300.

And at around 11-p.m. on Dec. 23rd, 18-year old Colton Isaiah Story, of Henderson, was arrested at the Mills County Sheriff’s Office on charges of OWI/1st Offense, and Failure to Maintain Control. His bond was set at $1,000.

Sheriff’s Deputies in Mills County also investigated seven separate accidents over the past week, two of which resulted in persons being injured. Late Monday evening, an accident on Eastman Road took place when a car went out of control on the snow and ice and entered a ditch before hitting a tree. Daniel Robbins, of Council Bluffs, was driving the 2012 Nissan. He was transported to Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, by Glenwood Rescue.

And, the morning of Dec. 27th, Jennifer Wake, of Glenwood, was driving a 2005 Pontiace, when the car went out of control on an icy Ingrum Avenue. The vehicle skidded across the center line of the road and left the roadway before rolling over at least once and coming to rest on its wheels on the southbound lane of travel, just south of 250th Street. Wake was also transported to Jennie Edmundson Hospital by Glenwood Rescue.