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Pott. County Sheriff’s report (4/1/19)

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April 1st, 2019 by Ric Hanson

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports a chase from Nebraska into Iowa Sunday night resulted in the arrest of a Council Bluffs man. 27-year old Dylan Dijon Carter was taken into custody following a pursuit and foot chase. Carter faces charges that include Eluding while exceeding the speed limit by 25 mph or more, and Violation of Probation. His bond was set at $2,000. Authorities say a Pott. County Deputy ​assisted Omaha Police after a vehicle that OPD was chasing in Nebraska came over to Iowa and entered the trailer park on Richard Downing Dr. off of S. 24th. ​

The Deputy positioned his vehicle outside of the trailer park in case the vehicle took off again. ​The vehicle left the trailer park with no head lights on and headed out to S. 24th St. When the Pott. County Deputy activated his emergency lights and siren, the vehicle took off. ​​The vehicle was pursued until it crossed back over to Nebraska on the Veterans Memorial Bridge. ​The deputy then terminated his pursuit and​ turned around in Omaha at 13th St.,​ before returning to Pott. County. When ​Omaha Police Pursued the vehicle back across Veterans Memorial Bridge, the deputy intercepted it at S. 35th St., where the vehicle went north bound. When the vehicle stopped, the driver (Carter) bailed out, and was eventually apprehended. He was transported to the Pott. Co. Jail on the Eluding charge Probation Violation warrant.

Sheriff’s officials said also, 31-year old Brandyn Michael Muncey, of Omaha, was arrested Friday evening for being a Fugitive From Justice. Muncey was arrested after a Pott. County Deputy was called to check on a suspicious vehicle on the Morman Bridge Road. Due to recent flooding, the area is shut-off from traffic, with only emergency vehicles and local homeowners allowed in the area. In the vicinity of the I-680 ramp off 130th Street, the Deputy came across a Dodge Durango stuck in the ditch. Muncey was subsequently arrested on the warrant out of Douglas County, Nebraska. A female was cited for traffic offenses.

Friday afternoon, a deputy called to a residence in Carson for a warrant check, arrested 29-year old Jerid James Black. Black was taken into custody inside the residence on warrants for Failure to Appear on a citation, and on a hold for another agency. And, Sunday morning, 31-year old Jared Evan Rea was picked-up from Madison County, Nebraska, and brought to the Pott. County Jail, on a warrant for Operating a Motor Vehicle w/out the owner’s consent. He was turned over to corrections staff.