A western Iowa man wanted on Child Endangerment and other charges, was arrested Friday in California. Captain Todd Weddum with the Council Bluffs Police Department reports, in October 2016, Council Bluffs police detectives began to investigate 72-year old Frank French, of Council Bluffs, on allegations of abuse committed upon his teenage daughter.

In January 2017, a felony arrest warrant for French was signed, charging him with:

• 4 counts of Child Endangerment – resulting in bodily injury
• 2 counts of Child Endangerment – without no injury
• Neglect or Abandonment of a Dependent Person
• and False Imprisonment.

On May 19th, 2017, French was located and arrested in San Bernardino County, California, where he is being held as a Fugitive from Justice. Proceedings will soon begin to have French extradited back to Iowa. Details of the case, including those documented in the arrest warrant affidavit, will not be released by the Council Bluffs Police Department until French arrives back to Pottawattamie County, where he will be served with the warrant and notified of the allegations he faces.