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Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s report (12/14/18)

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December 14th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports an inmate at the jail was served with a warrant Thursday afternoon, for Violation of Probation. 35-year old Richard Jack Franks, of Council Bluffs, who was being held in the jail for violation of a No Contact order, was presented with the warrant and turned back over to jail staff. His bond was set at $5,000 on the Probation Violation warrant. And, a Deputy was dispatched to the intersection of Railroad Highway and Idlewood Road at around 12:20-a.m. today (Friday), for an unknown injury accident. A caller to 9-1-1 reported a vehicle was on its top in the ditch, with a man still inside. The caller also advised there were beer cans in the vehicle, and that the man was hanging by his seat belt. The driver, identified as 28-year old Joseph Michael Greiner, of Underwood, was able to get out of the 1998 Honda Accord by himself, before the deputy arrived. Greiner was arrested for OWI/1st offense. Bond was set at $1,000.