The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office today (Thursday), said 24-year old Brendyn O’Dell Rutherford Malone, of Council Bluffs, was arrested following a traffic stop at around 4:20-a.m. today (Thursday), in Council Bluffs. He was taken into custody for Theft in the 2nd Degree-Motor Vehicle, as the vehicle he was driving was reported stolen out of Neola on Wednesday. Rutherford Malone was also charged with Violation of Probation. He was being held in the Pott. County Jail on a $5,000 bond.

Wednesday night, 44-year old Kathleen Marie Gerhardt, of Carson, was arrested for Domestic Abuse Assault/2nd offense – following an investigation into a possible disturbance in Oakland. Wednesday afternoon, 50-year old Scott Thomas Appleton was arrested on a warrant for Burglary in the 3rd Degree/1st offense -Vehicle related, after he turned himself-in the the Sheriff’s Office. Appleton was later booked into the Pott. County Jail. And, a man wanted on a warrant for Sexual Abuse in the 2nd Degree, was arrested Wednesday afternoon, also after turning himself-in to authorities. 31-year old Darrell Jacob Kackley, of Council Bluffs, was being held in the Pott. County Jail on the Felony warrant.