A woman who allegedly robbed a pharmacy in Council Bluffs early this (Friday) afternoon, was taken into custody a short time later. According to Council Bluffs Police, 42-year old Carrie Anne Tripp, of Council Bluffs, faces charges that include Robbery in the 3rd degree and Theft in the 1st degree.

Authorities say officers responded at around 12:05-p.m. to the Medicap Pharmacy at 2201 West Broadway, where a robbery had just occurred. An employee of the business reported that a white female, wearing camouflage clothing, entered the business and proceeded to the pharmacy counter.

Carrie Anne Tripp

The suspect produced a handgun and pointed it at an employee, demanding painkillers. The employee retrieved several pill bottles and placed them on the counter for the suspect. The female suspect then fled the business, running from the area on foot.

With the assistance of Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s deputies, the suspect, identified as Tripp, was apprehended a short time later as she was running in the 2100 block of 2nd Avenue. Tripp is currently in police custody at the Pottawattamie County Jail.  Officers recovered all of the stolen medication, along with the weapon used, which turned out to be a pellet pistol.

MARENGO, Iowa (AP) – An Iowa man accused of punching to death a 2-year-old girl has pleaded not guilty. Court records say 29-year-old Cody Stevenson filed the plea electronically Wednesday in Iowa County District Court. The charge: first-degree murder.

A criminal complaint says Stevenson struck the daughter of his live-in girlfriend three or four times in the abdomen on June 30 at a Williamsburg apartment. Authorities say the girl died July 3. The records don’t list her name.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports a woman was arrested early this (Friday) morning following a traffic stop on a Moped. At around 1-a.m., a Deputy noticed a Moped traveling 33-miles per hour on Tamarack Road eastbound from 420th. Following the traffic stop, the driver, 26-year old Cassie Jo Brown, of Avoca, was arrested for Driving While Revoked.

And, at around 12:20-p.m. Thursday, 26-year old Lisa Lydia Carsley, of Council Bluffs, was arrested for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. An Investigator with the Sheriff’s Department was conducting surveillance on a suspected, unattended vehicle allegedly used in a burglary and theft in the County, at 750 Creek Top road in Council Bluffs. The Investigator noticed a female and male enter the vehicle. After the vehicle was stopped by authorities, it was determined both suspects had active warrants. Officials seized a glass meth pipe at the scene.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports three recent arrests. Taken into custody Wednesday, was 46-year old David Allen Holste, of Corning, on a District Court warrant for Probation Violation. Holste was being held in the Cass County Jail on $10,000 bond. And, 30-year old Karly Rose Thurmond, of Atlantic, was arrested Wednesday on two Jefferson County (IA) warrants. Thurmond was brought to the Cass County Jail and transferred later that day to Jefferson County.

On Tuesday, Cass County Deputies arrested 42-year old Matthew Paul Hardick, of Council Bluffs, on two District Court warrants for Probation Violation. Hardick was taken to the Cass County Jail where he remains held on $5,000 bond.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports the driver of a vehicle involved in a single-vehicle accident Thursday afternoon on Highway 6, was arrested for OWI. 62-year old Jessica Ferrera, of Council Bluffs, was transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital for treatment of injuries she suffered when she fell onto a barbed wire fence after her vehicle went into a ditch a little after Noon, Thursday.

The accident happened as the woman was driving east on Highway 6, between Oakland and Griswold. During an investigation, Ferrera tested above the legal limit for intoxication.