Sheriff’s Deputies in Pottawattamie County recently arrested three area residents on separate charges. At around 5:45-a.m., Tuesday, 19-year old Michael Christopher Edwards, of Oakland, was arrested for OWI/1st offense, following an investigation into a vehicle squealing its tires near the Casey’s store. Deputies located Edwards and the vehicle, about two-miles west of Oakland. Edwards’ sister, the registered owner of the car, told authorities she did not give Edwards permission to drive the vehicle. In addition to the OWI charge, Edwards was charged with Theft in the 2nd degree and Criminal Mischief in the 4th degree.

At around 5-p.m. Tuesday, Pott. County Deputies arrested 52-year old Robert Herman Boeck, of Neola, for Aggravated Domestic Assault with injury, following an altercation with his girlfriend, in Neola. The victim suffered minor injuries during the incident.

And, at around 1:30-a.m. today (Wednesday), 26-year old Michael James Berg, of Neola, was arrested for OWI/1st offense, after a Pott. County Deputy saw the vehicle Berg was driving swerve from the shoulder to the middle of the road on Old Lincoln Highway. The Deputy tried to stop the vehicle, but Berg continued traveling north from Lime Kiln and Old Lincoln Highway, at around 40-miles per hour. Once stopped, and after questioning, Berg was taken into custody and later booked into the Pott. County Jail on the OWI charge. A preliminary breath test indicated Berg was nearly three-times over the limit for intoxication. He was also cited for Failure to Maintain Control.