The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports a man was arrested Monday on a warrant for Failure to Comply with Iowa’s Sex Offender Registry, and for Possessing a Weapon (a knife exceeding 5-inches), after he was found hiding in a closet. Pott. County Deputy Steven Maguire, who was conducting routine surveillance checks at the Regal Towers arrested 43-year old Shane Elam Rouse, of Council Bluffs, a resident of the complex. Rouse was seen on video entering a room and remaining in the room until just before 1-p.m., when he left and began walking toward the elevators on the 6th floor. The Deputy waited at the elevators on the first floor for Rouse to exit the elevator, but he failed to do so.

Probation Officers Dan Newby and Tyson Howard were en route to assist with taking Rouse in to custody. Newby and Howard arrived on scene and the Deputy began watching the surveillance cameras again. He discovered that Rouse did not get on the elevators but instead hid in the 6th floor trash closet. Newby, Howard and the Deputy went to the 6th floor and opened the trash closet door where Rouse was hiding and took him into custody without further incident. While searching Rouse’s person, he was discovered to have a knife exceeding 5 inches in length but not exceeding 8 inches on his person. The knife was seized as evidence. Rouse was transported to Pott. County Corrections and booked-in on the warrant.

The Sheriff’s Department reports also, 36-year old Michael Angelo Collins, of Council Bluffs, was served with a warrant Monday afternoon, failure to appear on a charge of Domestic Abuse Assault with Injury/mental illness.  Collins was being held in the Pott. County Jail. He was read the warrant and then returned to his cell by Corrections Staff.