(Red Oak, Iowa) – A search warrant executed at around 1:50-a.m. today (Wednesday), in Red Oak, resulted in a woman’s arrest on drug and child endangerment charges. Red Oak Police conducted the search warrant on a residence in the 100 block of E. Nuckols Street, and arrested 40-year-old Jodie Michele Vanhouten, of Red Oak, on charges that include:

• Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (Simple Misdemeanor).
• Possession of a Controlled Substance – Methamphetamine (Serious Misdemeanor).
• 2 counts of Using a Juvenile to commit certain offenses – a Class C Felony.
• 2 counts of Child Endangerment – a Class D Felony.
• Unlawful Possession of Prescription Pills (Serious Misdemeanor), and
• 4 counts of Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor (Simple Misdemeanor).

Vanhouten was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $10,000 bond. Red Oak Police were assisted by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and Montgomery County Communications Center.