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Mills County Sheriff’s report

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November 3rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Sheriff’s officials in Mills County, Friday, said 48-year old Thomas Shawn Johnson, of Stanton, was arrested Thursday on a warrant out of Pottawattamie County. Johnson was arrested on the warrant for Failure to appear in court on a Probation Violation charge. He was being held in the Mills County Jail on a $2,000 bond.

And, the Sheriff’s Office says no injuries were reported following an accident Thursday evening at Interstate 29 at Highway 34. 84-year old Edward Neill, of Emerson, was driving a 1977 Chevy northbound on the I-29 entrance ramp from Highway 34 westbound, when he fell asleep at the wheel at around 5:10-p.m.  His car left the road to the right, and entered the ditch before continuing through a fence and into another ditch. Neill woke up and managed to get his vehicle stopped in a nearby campground. Deputies cited him for Failure to Maintain Control.