Sheriff’s officials in Pottawattamie County report a man found slumped over his steering wheel in Oakland was arrested for OWI/3rd or subsequent offense and Driving While Barred, Tuesday afternoon. 28-year old Jan Palubjak. of Oakland, was taken into custody just before 3-p.m., in the vicinity of Oakland Avenue and N. Highland Street, and booked into the Pott. County Jail. And, 21-year old Nicole Paige Myers, of Oakland, was arrested on drug charges at around 3:50-a.m. today (Wednesday), following a traffic stop at US Highway 6 and Pullen Avenue.  Myers was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance (a pill bottle with 12.3-grams of marijuana), Unlawful Possession of Prescription pills (3 Alprazolam pills and 1 morphine sulfate pill), and possession of drug paraphernalia (2 glass pipes).

Tuesday morning, a man being held in the Pott. County Jail on burglary and theft charges, was presented with a warrant out of Nebraska, for being a Fugitive from Justice. 26-year old Jessie LD Smith, of Omaha, was read the warrant and returned to the custody of Corrections Staff.