The Atlantic Police Department reports a man was arrested Tuesday on a Polk County warrant for Sex Offender Registry Violation/1st offense. 31-year old Thomas Hyden, of Atlantic, was also arrested on a Polk County warrant for Sex Offender Registry Violation 2nd or subsequent offense. Hyden was being held in the Cass County Jail. And, 43-year old Keith Zarbano, of Atlantic, was arrested this (Wednesday) morning, for Disorderly Conduct. He was also booked into the Cass County Jail.

The Council Bluffs Police Department has developed a possible suspect vehicle in connection with the October 27, 2017 armed robbery of the CB Quick Stop. Authorities say the vehicle is believed to be a Gray 2010 Chevrolet Malibu with unknown License Plates. The suspect is described as a black male, approximately 25 years old, 5-feet 8-inches tall, with a thin build. The case is currently being investigated by the Criminal Investigation Division. Anyone possibly having information on the Robbery is encouraged to call CID at (712) 328-4728 or Crime Stoppers at (712) 328-7867.

On October 27th at approximately 8:57 a.m., Council Bluffs police officers responded to the CB Quick Stop for a report of a robbery. The clerk told officers that a black male entered the convenience store and displayed a handgun. The suspect pointed the firearm at the clerk and demanded money from the cash register. After receiving the money the suspect fled the business in an unknown direction.

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The Union County Sheriff’s Office says a woman from Lorimor reported Tuesday afternoon, that sometime earlier that same day, someone took a waterbed with headboard, hutch and dresser from her front yard. The items were valued at $300 altogether.

Authorities in Page County say a woman wanted on a felony warrant out of Missouri, was arrested Tuesday evening at a residence in Shenandoah. Deputies served an arrest warrant from Atchison County Missouri on Aleacha Ann Crocker at a home in the 1300 block of West Lowell, in Shenandoah,. The warrant was for Possession of a controlled substance, Marijuana, 35 grams or less, a Class D Felony, in Missouri. Crocker was transported to the Page County Jail where she was being held on $7,500 bond, pending extradition court proceedings.

Aleacha Ann Crocker

A District Court Judge in Pottawattamie County, Tuesday, sentenced a man to five-years in prison for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. 27-year old Travis Wayne Clark, of Council Bluffs, was also sentenced to prison for a consecutive 60 months for possession of a firearm in furtherance of the drug trafficking offense. The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa says Clark will serve four years of supervised release following imprisonment.

He entered a guilty plea to the two charges on June 5th, 2017. The convictions resulted from an investigation that began with a traffic stop conducted by Council Bluffs Police Department. Located in a vehicle that Clark was driving was methamphetamine, approximately $1,000, along with methamphetamine distribution paraphernalia. In addition, law enforcement found a loaded 9mm handgun on Clark.

The case was investigated by the Council Bluffs Police Department and the Southwest Iowa Narcotics Task Force, and prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Officials say a former Des Moines teacher and basketball coach will lose his teaching license for a year for wrongly operating outside of district oversight two bank accounts with more than $1.8 million in deposits. The Des Moines Register reports that Chris Cundiff also will receive a written reprimand for violating the state ethics code, which prohibits the misuse of public funds and property.

A state audit released in January found hundreds of thousands of dollars of improper and undocumented spending that raised questions about whether donations, fundraising proceeds and player contributions were properly used at Roosevelt High School. Auditors say Cundiff transferred some of the money into his personal bank account and bought gifts for athletes and coaches.

He resigned in June 2015.

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AVOCA, Iowa (AP) — Prosecutors are expected to present their case Wednesday in the second trial against Robert Reynolds. Reynolds was convicted in November 2014 of killing 64-year-old Patricia Kinkade-Dorsey after a night of drinking at his and his wife’s Oakland home. Kinkade-Dorsey was a friend of his wife. The Iowa Appeals Court later ordered a new trial, ruling that the trial judge erroneously changed the trial location to the Pottawattamie County Courthouse in Council Bluffs from the East Pottawattamie County Courthouse in Avoca.

The Daily Nonpareil reports that prosecution and defense lawyers agreed to a nonjury trial in Avoca. Prosecutors also agreed to lower the charge against Reynolds to second-degree murder.
Defense attorney Bill McGinn says the prosecution will present its case Wednesday and the defense plans to have witnesses testify on Thursday.

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Officials with the Creston Police Department report man was arrested Tuesday night on burglary, drug and weapon charges. 23-year old Jody Hill, of Creston, was arrested just before 9-p.m. at 601 New York Avenue, on charges that include Burglary in the 3rd degree, Possession of a Controlled Substance 1st offense, Intimidation of a Dangerous Weapon and on two counts of Operate vehicle without owners consent. Hill was being held in the Union County Jail on $11,300 bond.

And, at around 12:37-a.m. today (Wednesday), 35-year old Shad Hanson, of Creston, was arrested in the 100 block of E. Irving, on charges of Public Intoxication and Interference with Official Acts. Hanson was being held in the Union County Jail on $600 bond.