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Pott. County traffic stop results in drug/weapons-related arrest

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December 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

A traffic stop Thursday morning in Pottawattamie County resulted in the arrest of a passenger in the vehicle on drug and weapon charges. Sheriff’s officials say 33-year old Kyle James Yost, who has no known address, was taken into custody for carrying a loaded Ruger handgun, a small baggie of marijuana, and a small glass multicolored drug pipe. Yost was charged with Carrying a Concealed Weapon, Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He was booked into the Pott. County Jail.

And, Thursday afternoon, Pottawattamie County Deputies arrested on a Trespassing charge, 32-year old Jeremy Theron Harriman, of Avoca. His arrest took place following an altercation between Harriman and two other individuals in the area of an apartment complex in Avoca. Harriman admitted to authorities he wasn’t allowed in the apartment complex because of his issues involving the use of alcohol. He said he was there, because he had nowhere else to go.