A man from Council Bluffs was arrested Wednesday afternoon in Neola, for Violating a Protection Order. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office says 36-year old Bret David Hauptman was taken into custody after he made contact with a 29-year old woman he was prohibited from seeing. He was being held in the Pott. County Jail for being a fugitive from Cass County. Bond was set at $300.

A traffic stop Wednesday afternoon on Old Lincoln Highway, resulted in the arrest of 37-year old J. Michael Smith, of Missouri Valley. Smith faces a Possession of a Controlled Substance charge related to one-gram of meth, and for Driving While Revoked. And, 31-year old Mark Allen Kent, of Harlan, was arrested late Wednesday evening in Pott. County, following an investigation into a suspicious vehicle. Kent was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. During his arrest, authorities located a clear plastic baggy containing a crystal substance suspected of being meth, weighing less than one-half gram. They also found a clear glass pipe.  Bond was set at $1,000.

And, Pott. County Sheriff’s officials report at around 2:30-a.m. August 27th,  Joseph Jonathan Dean Shlee, of Council Bluffs, was operating a stolen 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee and had tried to elude law enforcement. Shlee was eventually stopped at Highway 6 and 330th Street and taken into custody. At the time of his arrest, Shlee had three active warrants for his arrest through Pottawattamie County, for 1st Degree Harassment, Serious Domestic Abuse Assault with injury/1st offense, and Simple Domestic Assault. His bond was set at $22,000.