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Pott. County Sheriff’s report (11/27): NE man arrested after caught speeding 121 in a 55 zone

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November 27th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

A man from Nebraska was arrested for OWI/1st offense after he was pulled over for speeding in Pottawattamie County. The Sheriff’s Office reports at around 1:25-a.m. Thursday, a deputy clocked a 2016 Ford Fusion traveling east on Highway 92 at 121 miles per hour while it was passing a vehicle in a 55 zone. The driver, 24-year old Deven M. Tatum, of Ralston, NE., was arrested without further incident.

Pott. County authorities said also, an arrest warrant for 25-year old George Joseph Elliott, of Council Bluffs, was issued Thursday, after he allegedly slashed two tires on his ex-girlfriend’s car. Damage from the incident amounted to $350.

A traffic stop for speeding and a near collision with a law enforcement vehicle Friday night, resulted in the arrest of a Neola man. Authorities say a deputy on patrol observed a 2003 Hyundai traveling north toward his location, at 61 mph in a 55 zone. The vehicle nearly side-swiped the patrol vehicle before a traffic stop was conducted. The deputy said he could smell alcohol coming from inside the suspect vehicle, and as he approached it, noticed several containers of alcoholic beverages inside. The driver, 48-year old Richard Joseph Tiarks, of Neola, was arrested for OWI/1st offense.

At around 12:20-a.m. Saturday, Pott. County Deputies arrested 26-year old Bailey Elizabeth Kimball, of Treynor, for OWI/1st offense, after her vehicle was stopped for speeding. Kimball allegedly displayed cues of impaired driving and was asked, but refused to consent to standard Field Sobriety Tests. She also refused a preliminary breath test and to provide a sample to a similar device a short time later.

Two juveniles from Council Bluffs were cited into court, Saturday afternoon, after an incident of trespassing was reported. The incident happened at around 3-p.m., after an intrusion alarm sounded at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) site on 240th Street, in Pott. County. The two 15-year old’s admitted they had climbed a fence and going inside an unlocked structure. They were subsequently turned over to their parents.

Two people were arrested Saturday afternoon in Pott. County, following a traffic stop on a vehicle with stolen license plates. Two occupants of the vehicle, 24-year old Erika Lynn Walling, and 37-year old Kiley Ray Kennedy, both of Council Bluffs, were arrested. Walling was charged with Theft in the 5th Degree (Theft from a motor vehicle), and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Kennedy was charged with Driving While License Suspended.