Page County Sheriff Lyle Palmer reports deputies arrested an Essex man Friday, at the Pottawattamie County Jail. 19-year old Harley Thomas Martin was arrested on a Page County Warrant for Probation Violation. Martin was unable to post $10,000 bond and was transported to the Page County Jail, where he is being held pending future court appearances.

Police in Creston have released additional information concerning the crash of a stolen vehicle, Friday morning. Authorities said the pursuit of the vehicle occupied by two students who absconded Thursday from the Clarinda Academy, began at around 5:15-a.m., after officers located the vehicle within the Creston city limits. The 2016 Chevy Silverado pickup had been reported stolen out of Clarinda.

The vehicle fled during a traffic stop and was engaged in a pursuit. The chased ended when the vehicle crashed near Afton. 15-year old Timothy Michael Nelson, of Swea City (IA), suffered suspected serious/incapacitating injuries and was flown by Mercy One helicopter to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. 13-year old Frank James Fischer, of Lake Andes, SD, was also injured, and transported by Mercy 2 helicopter to the same hospital. Both teens were wearing their seat belts.

The truck sustained $40,000 damage when it went airborne and crashed into a ditch. It was considered a total loss.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports a traffic stop early Sunday morning at I-80 and Highway 59 near Avoca, resulted in the arrest of 42-year old Ryan Nicholas Schwery. He was arrested for Driving While Barred/Habitual Offender, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and on a hold for another law enforcement agency. 44-year old Matthew R. Rosche was arrested Saturday evening for OWI/1st offense, following an investigation into a disturbance at a residence on Jennings Avenue, in Council Bluffs.

Early Saturday morning, 20-year old Xachary Michael Butler was arrested for OWI/1st offense, after a deputy observed his vehicle swerving in its lane on southbound Highway 59 in Avoca. The vehicle also did not have a registration plate lamp. Earlier that same morning, 33-year old Phillip Michael Houston was arrested following a traffic stop on I-80 in Pott. County, near mile marker 47. Houston faces a charge of Driving While Barred/Habitual Offender.

Friday night, 22-year old Michael Wallace Corrin was arrested following a traffic stop on Old Lincoln Highway. Corrin was charged with OWI/2nd offense. Friday night, two underage persons were cited at the Harrah’s Stir Concert Cove. One was a 15-year old juvenile male. The other was19-year old Robert Edwin Byrnes. Both were cited for Minor in Possession. 24-year old Caleb L. Andersen was arrested for the same incident. He was charged with Supplying alcohol to persons under the legal age.

And, late Friday morning, 19-year old Isabelle Lyn Chene Narron was arrested in the lobby of the Pott. County Jail, after she visited an inmate at the facility. Narron was wanted on a Pott. County warrant for Burglary in the 3rd Degree. She was read the warrant and turned over to Corrections staff.

(Radio Iowa) — Representatives from an opioid addiction awareness group called RALI (rally) are at the Iowa State Fair with a re-creation of a teenager’s bedroom that shows visitors where drugs can be easily hidden. Nate Passwaters works in law enforcement in Maryland. At the fair, Passwaters shows parents how to spot signs their child may be using drugs.  “Certain indicators that we typically wouldn’t think that there’s nothing to it, but when we look a little harder, it gives parents that edge that they can act sooner,” Passwaters says.

He notes that drug abuse among teens happens in all walks of life and early detection can often lead families to find help. With drug addiction, he says people often don’t know what to look for, especially with young people. “Especially when it comes to heroin use and intravenous use, it’s very clandestine, right?” Passwaters says. “They hide it for a significant period of time and unfortunately by the time parents do find out, it’s a little late.”

RALI stands for Rx Abuse Leadership Initiative. Thirty state organizations have signed on to help “RALI Iowa” bring awareness of drug addiction to the state, including corporations like Meredith, the Iowa Medical Society and the Iowa Farm Bureau.

(Thanks to John Pemble, Iowa Public Radio)

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DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A man has been sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison for robbing a bank in Davenport and one in Iowa City. The Quad-City Times reports that 35-year-old Tyson Hathaway was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Davenport. He must serve three years of supervised release after he leaves custody. He also was ordered to pay more than $9,800 in restitution.

Authorities say Hathaway admitted robbing a Northwest Bank & Trust branch in Davenport on Dec. 12, 2017, and a U.S. Bank branch in Iowa City on Dec. 29, 2017. No injuries were reported.

The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office reports 19-year old Tucker Flynn, of Creston, was arrested Sunday, in the 1000 block of Highway 25, in Taylor County. Flynn was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He is being held at the Taylor County Jail on $1,300 bond. A 16-year-old was also charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, following the same traffic stop. The juvenile was released to the custody of a parent and referred to Juvenile Court.

(7-a.m. News) — Police in Creston report four recent arrests. Saturday morning, 32-year old Jeffrey Drake, of Creston, was arrested for Driving While Suspended. He was later released from the Union County Jail on a $300 bond. And, at around 1:55-a.m., Saturday, 25-year old Ernesto Escamilla, of Creston, was arrested for OWI/1st offense. He was later released on $1,000 bond.

Friday afternoon, Creston Police arrested 19-year old Joel Blazek, of Creston. He was taken into custody on a Union County warrant for Failure to Appear on a Theft in the 5th Degree, charge.  Blazek was later released on a $300 bond. And, 18-year old Jeremiah Whitney, of Creston, was arrested at his home on a Union County warrant for two counts of Forgery. He remains in the Union County Jail on a $10,000 bond.

A man from Creston reported to authorities Friday night, that sometime during the day, Friday, someone damaged the windshield of his vehicle, as it was parked near his home in the 500 block of N. Chestnut Street. The damage was estimated at $300.

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DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A Davenport man has pleaded guilty to trying to hire someone to kill his ex-wife’s boyfriend. Scott County District Court records say 43-year-old John Cooper entered the plea Friday. His sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 19.

Prosecutors say Cooper had violated terms of a drug crime probation and been ordered in September to complete probation programming at the Residential Correctional Facility in Davenport. The court records say a cellphone confiscated from him there in November contained a message asking a former resident at the facility to kill another former resident who was in a relationship with Cooper’s ex-wife.