Police in Council Bluffs report I-29 is now closed in both directions on the north side of Council Bluffs, due to flooding over the roadway.

Police in Council Bluffs are investigating a shooting incident that took place early this (Wednesday) morning. Officers responded to a report of shots fired at a home in the 100 block of Lincoln Avenue, at around 2-a.m.  Two adults, a male and a female, told officers that they were on the front porch of their house when an unknown person fired three shots at the home. Damage to the home and evidence located in the front yard indicates that a shotgun was used during the incident. No injuries were reported.

Officers were unable to locate a suspect(s) upon their arrival. The case remains under investigation. Anyone with any information regarding this shooting is encouraged to call the Criminal Investigation Division at 712-328-4728 or anonymous tips can be given by calling 712-328-STOP (7867).

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest at around 12:30-a.m. today (Wednesday), of a man from Treynor. 40-year old Bradley Allen Kenealy, SR., was taken into custody on four counts of Child Endangerment w/substantial risk with regard to four juveniles ages 15 and younger, and one count of Domestic Abuse Assault/1st offense causing bodily injury. Authorities were called to a home in the 31,000 block of Dogwood Road for a reported disturbance at around 12:27-a.m.   While enroute, a deputy was advised Kenealy was outside the residence looking for the 32-year old female who called authorities. Kenealy was later taken into custody inside the home. His bond on the endangerment charges was set at $2,000.

At around 8:25-p.m. Tuesday, 40-year old Casey Dell Claiser was arrested on a warrant out of Des Moines, following a traffic stop. He was taken into custody at the intersection of Highway 59 and Mahogany Road in Pott. County, and held for Des Moines Police at the Pott. County Jail. Tuesday evening, a deputy called to the 1500 block of Avenue J, arrested a 16-year old male for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

Tuesday afternoon, 34-year old Andrew Dino Incontro turned himself-in to the Pott. County Sheriff’s Office. Incontro was wanted on a Pott. County warrant for 2011 OWI/1st offense charge. He was transported to the jail and turned over to Corrections staff. Bond was set at $2,000. And, Tuesday morning, 30-year old Amanda Lee Marholz Simonson was arrested in the lobby of the Pott. County Jail. She was arrested on a warrant for Theft in the 5th Degree (passing a bad check valued at $200 or less), and booked into the jail.

OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) — Police say a 37-year-old man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the death of another man whose body was found last weekend in an Ottumwa home. The Des Moines Register reports that Preston Odell Martin, of Ottumwa, was arrested some hours after the discovery Saturday afternoon of 41-year-old Thomas Carlton Foster, who was found dead in his Ottumwa home. Police initially described the death as suspicious. Officials have not said how he died.

Police had received a call of a suspicious person in the area of Foster’s home earlier that day. After finding Foster’s body, police broadcast the description of the suspicious person.
Police say Martin was found on the city’s Jefferson Street bridge.

Police in Creston report 25-year old Michael Cox, of Creston, was arrested Tuesday afternoon on two Union County warrants. The warrants are for:

• Probation Violation on original charges of (2 counts) Burglary in the 3rd Degree, Possession of a Controlled Substance/2nd offense, and Violation of Probation.
• Probation Violation on an original charge of Theft in the 3rd degree.

Cox was being held in the Union County Jail on a $7,000 bond.

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