A traffic stop at around 2:40-a.m. today (Friday), resulted in a pursuit that reached speeds of up to 100-miles per hour. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports deputies tried to stop a 2002 Mitsubishi Eclipse at the intersection of Highway 71 and 235th Street. The vehicle continued south on Highway 71 at a high rate of speed. The chase ended on Montgomery-Page Street, west of Highway 71, when the car attempted to travel down a mud road, and slid into the ditch. The driver, identified as 25-year old James Robert Castillo, of Bedford, tried to flee on foot and ignored Deputies’ commands to stop. He was taken into custody in an open field south of his vehicle, after the Montgomery County K-9 was deployed.

Castillo was charged with felony Eluding, along with Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Marijuana with the Intent to Deliver, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Interference with Official Acts. Castillo was also cited for Speeding 100-mph in a 55 zone, Driving While Suspended, Having No Insurance, Operating a vehicle without registration, fraudulent use of registration, and a stop sign violation.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by Deputies with the Adams and Page County Sheriff’s Departments, Red Oak Police, the Montgomery County K-9 Unit, Clarinda EMS and Snyder’s Towing.

Shelby County Emergency Management Agency Operations Manager Jason Wickizer reports, that at about 6:30-p.m. Thursday, Shelby County 911 received a call in reference to a motorcyclist who had been blown off the road while in route from Harlan to Sioux City. The motorcyclist indicated he was in a ditch and injured, with his motorcycle on top of him. The man did not know where he was, and that his phone had gone dead. Based upon his probable route and rate of travel, Incident Command was established in Dunlap, with Shelby County assuming Incident Command.

Nine search teams from Harrison, Shelby, Monona, and Crawford Counties deployed. An additional six fire departments staged and were ready to deploy. At 9:41-p.m., a farmer had located the motorcyclist, who refused medical treatment. The search was subsequently called off. The man’s name was not released.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A former Omaha Tribal Council member has been sentenced to five years of probation and told to pay more than $13,000 in restitution for misusing federal funds. Court records say Forrest Aldrich was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Omaha. He’d pleaded guilty in June to misapplication of health care benefit program funds. Other federal charges were dropped in exchange for his plea. The records show he’s already repaid more than $4,000.

Aldrich was one of nine tribal officials accused of misusing federal funds by awarding themselves nearly $389,000 in bonuses. Officials say the bonuses were paid from Indian Health Service funds meant to provide health care to members of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska who reside on the Omaha Reservation in Macy in northeastern Nebraska and in western Iowa.

Police in Creston report 22-year old Taran Austin, of Creston, was arrested on drug charges at around 12:40 this (Friday) morning. Austin was taken into custody for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Possession of a Controlled Substance. He released from the Union County Jail on a $1,300 bond. And, at around 8:15-a.m. Thursday, 48-year old Johnny S. Agans, of Osceola, was arrested following a traffic stop, in Creston. Agans was taken into custody on a Union County warrant for Failure to Appear (in court) on an original OWI/2nd offense charge. He has since been released on a $2,000 bond.