Council Bluffs Police say one person was injured by gunfire early today (Thursday), following an apparent attempt to steal a vehicle. Authorities say just after 4-a.m., the residents of 2902 Avenue K were awakened by the sound of someone starting one of the residents’ vehicles, which was parked in a detached garage.

19-year old Eric Martinez and 20-year old Carmen Hernandez left the house to investigate, and saw three men near their garage. The three men took off running eastbound through an alley, with Hernandez in a foot pursuit. During the chase, one of the three suspects fired multiple rounds toward her from a handgun. Hernandez was struck once in the lower leg.Hernandez was taken by ambulance to Jennie Edmundson Hospital for treatment. Her injury is not life threatening.

Officials say it appears the suspects were unable to steal the vehicle, because they could not open the garage door. Responding officers were unable to locate any of the suspects in the area.
Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to contact Council Bluffs police detectives at 712‐328‐4728, or tips can be left anonymously, by calling 712‐328‐STOP (7867).

(Radio Iowa) — Five eastern Iowa men have been charged with sex trafficking, often in the Johnson County area. Twenty-one-year-old Isaiah Devon Patterson is accused of using advertising to sell sex with a minor girl. Twenty-five-year-old Arrion Marcus West is accused of forcing TWO minors to have sex for money.

Thirty-nine-year-old Albert Kelly Price is charged with paying THREE minors to have sex in hotels and other locations. Fifty-two-year-old Kendall Andrew Steb has been charged with a variety of sex trafficking, drug and firearm offenses. And Forty-year-old Tommy Tate Collins is charged with sex trafficking a minor and giving the victim marijuana and cocaine.

Two people were arrested on separate charges late Wednesday morning, in Creston. Police say 41-year old Lindsey Woollums, of Creston, was arrested for Driving While Suspended. She was released from custody on a $300 bond. And, 43-year old Tommy Moad, of Mt. Ayr, was arrested in Creston on a Union County warrant for Violation of a No Contact or Protective Order. The charges were summarily dismissed, and Moad was released from the Union County Jail.