The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports a man from Oakland was arrested Thursday night for OWI/1st Offense, and Driving While Barred. Authorities say just after 10-p.m., a deputy on patrol in Oakland saw an SUV traveling toward him on Highway 59. The deputy recognized the vehicle as one known to be driven by a man whose driver’s license was revoked. A short while later, he saw the driver, 53-year old Christopher Scott Donaldson, of Oakland, walking toward his home. An investigation revealed Donaldson had asked a passenger in the vehicle to drive after the deputy initially lost sight of the SUV as he was turning around to make a traffic stop.

Once located, Donaldson admitted he had been driving the vehicle. He was arrested for Driving While Barred, and was charged with OWI at the Pott. County Jail, after he refused chemical testing. The deputy who arrested him believed Donaldson to be under the influence of a substance other than alcohol. Donaldson admitted to the deputy that he is a Meth user.

A Pott. County Sheriff’s Deputy also arrested 23-year old Marcus Allen Holstein, of Council Bluffs, Thursday evening for Domestic Abuse Assault/2nd offense. His arrest followed a search for Holstein, who while handcuffed, had earlier escaped other deputies. He was found hiding behind a fence and trash can. Holstein was brought to the Pott. County Jail and found to have a warrant for Failure to Appear on a Domestic Assault charge. Because the man claimed he had ingested Meth, Holstein was transported to a hospital in Council Bluffs for treatment, before being returned to the jail.