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Pott. County woman arrested on kidnapping & other charges

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June 8th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

Sheriff’s officials in Pottawattamie County report 24-year old Marissa Elinna Castaneda, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at around 2:30-a.m. Saturday. Castaneda was taken into custody following an investigation into an assault in progress at a residence in the 13,800 block of 192nd Street, where Castaneda was identified as the victim, but was being uncooperative. She was treated for injuries suffered during the assault. Since she had active warrants through Pott. County for being a Fugitive from Justice and Violation of Probation, Castaneda was taken into custody after being released from the hospital. She was also charged with Kidnapping in the first degree.

Authorities report 32-year old Christopher Courtney Young, II, was arrested in Avoca at around 1-a.m. Saturday, for Trespassing on property (a local bar) he had been banned from.  Saturday night, 32-year old Vitoria Joleigh Hopkinson was arrested following a traffic stop on at mile marker 29 of eastbound I-80. The vehicle was pulled over after State Radio broadcast reports the car had no brake lights, and was not maintaining its lane. Hopkinson was charged with Driving While Barred/Habitual Offender, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

And, a traffic stop in Avoca Sunday night resulted in the arrest of a woman from Omaha. 23-year old Nyarial Chuol Gatluak was arrested after a 9-1-1 call about a vehicle with its hazard lights on, swerving all over the road on I-80 at mile marker six. Gatluak was charged with OWI/1st offense.