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Cass County Deputy assists in the arrest of NE men on drug charges in Walnut

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October 3rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Two men from Nebraska were arrested Saturday night on drug charges, in Walnut. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports 21-year old Aaron Mark Dye, of Hastings, NE, and 18-year old Martin Peyton Hord, of Harvard, NE., were arrested with the help of Cass County Sheriff’s Deputy Tyler Shiels and his K9 partner. Dye and Hord were charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, after deputies were called to the Cenex gas station on Antique City Drive in Walnut, for a report of Vice activity. Authorities recovered from the suspects’ 4 syringes (1 loaded with an unknown content, 1 empty), the bottom half of a burned aluminum pop can, a baggie containing a clear plastic stamp with bags of unknown quantity and Q-Tips. The suspects’ 1997 Nissen Sentra was impounded following their arrest.

The Pott. County Sheriff’s Office said also, 36-year old Randy Lee Nixon, of Crescent, was arrested Saturday night for OWI/1st Offense, after the vehicle he was driving was pulled over for a malfunctioning headlight on Old Lincoln Highway.

And, 40-year old Thomas Dwight Keyser, of Underwood, was arrested late Friday morning following a disturbance in Underwood. Keyser, who has a Protection Order issued against him, is alleged to have taken the phone from his ex-girlfriend and left the area prior to his arrest at the Underwood gas station. He was charged with Violating a Protection Order and Obstruction of Emergency Communications.