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Mills County Sheriff’s report, 1/5/22: three arrests, 2 accidents

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January 5th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office today (Wednesday), reports three arrests. Tuesday evening, 29-year-old Keith Patrick Schreck, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at the Pottawattamie County Jail, on a Mills County warrant for Failure to Appear on a Burglary in the 2nd Degree charge. His bond was set at $10,000. Sunday evening, 39-year-old Lester Robert Harmon, of Shannon City, was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance and Poss. of Drug Paraphernalia. He was taken into custody at 360th Street & Highway 34, and held on a $1,300 bond.

And, at around 11-p.m. on Dec. 30th, 42-year-old Jason Alexander Houston, of St. Joseph, MO., was arrested at the Mills County Sheriff’s Office, on a warrant for Violation of Probation. His bond was set at $1,000.

There were also two accidents reported in Mills County. On Dec. 31st at around 8:35-a.m., a 2004 Dodge driven by 20-year-old Nicholas Livington, of Glenwood, was traveling north on 221st Street, when his vehicle went out of control after hitting a patch of ice. The vehicle slide into the east ditch, and in the process struck and knocked down two mailboxes. Livington was not hurt, but his Dodge, which came to rest on the east ditch, facing south, was totaled.

And, early Friday morning, a 2003 Lincoln driven by 87-year-old Ethlyn Spires, of Malvern, was traveling north on Highway 275 in Mills County, when her vehicle went out of control on a patch of ice, and spun off the road before rolling over and coming to rest on its wheels. Spires suffered head and body injuries. She was transported by Glenwood Rescue to the hospital. Her vehicle was a total loss.