DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate reminds Iowans to be ‘Voter Ready’ as the absentee voting period begins this Monday, October 8, for the 2018 general election. Iowans wishing to vote early can download an absentee ballot request form and mail it to their county auditor’s office or vote in-person at the auditor’s office. Pate says he hopes “Every eligible Iowan makes their voice heard by participating in this election. Iowa has no-excuse absentee voting, which means every eligible Iowan can vote by mail, in-person at your county auditor’s office, at a satellite voting location, or at the polls on Election Day. Part of being voter ready means having a plan on how and when you’re going to cast your ballot. I generally think it’s a good idea to vote early.”

Requests for absentee ballots by mail must be received in your county auditor’s office by 5 p.m. on Saturday, October 27. To download an absentee ballot request form, and for a variety of election-related information, visit VoterReadyIowa.org.

(Groups and organizations hoping to assist their members with voting can download customizable materials from Secretary Pate’s Voter Ready Toolkit at this link.)

Police in Council Bluffs are looking for information about a man who allegedly robbed the Mega Saver Store this (Sunday) morning. Officers were called a little after 8-a.m. to the store, located at 3540 West Broadway, for a robbery that just occurred at that location.

Police arrived and spoke with the station attendant who stated that a black male in his 30’s entered the business wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt with dark sleeves. After entering, the suspect walked around the counter and pointed a silver handgun at him, and demanded money. The suspect went to both registers and took money from both registers. The suspect left the area, running northwest, from the area. (see his picture below)

If you have any information about the suspect, you’re asked to please contact the Council Bluffs Police Department’s Crime Stoppers at 712-328-7867. Thank you for your assistance.

(DES MOINES) – The Iowa Dept. of Corrections reports 22-year old Devin Kesean Dock, who was convicted of Intimidation with a Dangerous Weapon and other crimes in Polk County, failed to report back to the Fort Des Moines Residential Facility as required Saturday night.

Dock is a black male, 5-feet 10-inches tall, and weighs 236 pounds. He was admitted to the work release facility on September 10, 2018.  Persons with information on Dock’s whereabouts should contact local police.

Devin Dock

The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office reports 30-year old Michael Hartley, of Lenox, was arrested today (Sunday), in the 300 block of West Ohio Street. Hartley was charged with Domestic Abuse Assault (2nd or subsequent offense) and was being held at the Taylor County Jail without bond, until appearing before the magistrate. Additional charges are pending. And, 27-year old Joshua Jones, of Creston, was arrested Saturday in Taylor County, on a warrant for Possession of a Controlled Substance with the Intent to Deliver. Jones was being held in the Taylor County Jail on a $10,000 cash or surety bond.

Police in Red Oak conducting a traffic stop Saturday afternoon on Highway 34 just west of the Red Oak K-Mart store, arrested the driver of the vehicle for Driving While Suspended. 28-year old Anthony Duane Eggers was arrested at around 4:40-p.m. and brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where he was being held on slightly more than $566 bond, while awaiting an appearance before a Magistrate.