Sheriff’s officials in Pottawattamie County report today (Monday), the arrest on Saturday, of 23-year old Courtney Sue Westcott, of Council Bluffs. She was taken into custody following a traffic stop,  on a warrant out of Council Bluffs for Assault causing bodily injury or mental illness. Authorities say 35-year old Melissa Jean Miller-Davidson, who was originally arrested March 24th and charged with Possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia, was subsequently charged with OWI, for driving under the influence of narcotics.

80-year old David Russell Holmes, of Council Bluffs, was arrested by Pott. County Sheriff’s Deputies along with the Southwest Iowa Narcotics Task Force, on March 30th. Holmes was taken into custody under the authority of a Nebraska warrant for being a Fugitive from Justice. Early Saturday morning, 48-year old Joseph Anthony Ford, of Omaha, was charged with Simple Assault, following an altercation with another inmate being held at the Pott. County Jail.

An investigation into a vehicle with no license plates parked at the Lewis and Clark Monument, resulted in the arrest Saturday, of 20-year old Zachary William Weimern Bestwick, of Council Bluffs. Bestwick was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance, after 1.3-grams of marijuana in a rolled form was recovered. Authorities say 31-year old Ashley MaryJean Hatthorn, of Omaha, was arrested Saturday for Jail loitering/communicating with inmates, after the Pottawattamie County 911 center stated that they witnessed a white unknown gender person loitering around the fuel tanks on the Pottawattamie County jail property, acting suspicious. Sgt. Marc Freeman was on the grounds of the jail at the time and was able to locate a female walking away from the grounds. As he approached her, Hatthorn was found to be trying to illegally communicate with an inmate. She openly admitted to trying to see and communicate in some way, with her boyfriend who was in jail for the last several weeks. She was later arrested on the pottawattamie county code ordinance.

And, a traffic stop early Sunday morning in Pott. County, resulted in the arrest of 21-year old Sydney Jo Bonar, of Council Bluffs, on a charge of OWI/2nd offense.