Two people were arrested on separate charges Tuesday, in Pottawattamie County. The Sheriff’s Office reports 49-year old Donald Richard Hoschar, JR., was arrested for Theft in the 2nd Degree/Possession of Stolen Property. He was taken into custody at around 9:45-a.m., after a Pott. County Deputy on routine patrol, saw two vehicles stopped near each other on the roadway, in the 19,000 block of Mynster Springs Road. The Deputy stopped one of the vehicles, and radioed ahead to have another Deputy stop the second vehicle, an SUV with no front license plate, pulling a small trailer hauling a lawn mower.

The second vehicle was stopped near 16th and Avenue G. During the stop, the other Deputy verified the mower, a John Deere Zero-Turn radius, was reported stolen. The mower was seized into evidence, and Hoschar, JR. was taken into custody. And, at around 8:17-a.m., Tuesday, 28-year old Emory Wayne Hecker, of Council Bluffs, was arrested on a warrant for Assault while displaying a dangerous weapon. His arrest took place after Hecker turned himself-in to the Pott. County Sheriff’s Office, and the warrant was confirmed. Hecker was transported to the Pott. County Jail and turned over to Corrections Staff.