Officers from the Council Bluffs Police Department responded to a robbery report at the Cricket Cellular store at 1509 West Broadway in Council Bluffs on Friday.

Two employees at the store were held at gun point by an unknown male suspect with what was believed to be a semi-automatic hand gun.  The thief was able to obtain an undetermined amount of cash and several cell phones before leaving in an unknown direction.  The suspect was a black male wearing a hooded sweat top over his head and a green scarf covering his mouth.

Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to call the Council Bluffs Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division or 328-STOP to leave information anonymously.

No injuries were reported after the driver of a 2010 Dodge fell asleep at the wheel of his vehicle and crashed early Saturday morning in Interstate 80. According to dispatch reports, the accident happened on I-80 westbound, just west of the Highway 71 interchange, at around 1:20-a.m.

Reports indicated the driver of a Texas plated Dodge vehicle fell asleep, crossed the median and struck an unoccupied, broken-down Lincoln, registered to the person out of South Dakota. One of the vehicles ended up in the median, while the other reportedly rolled over. No other details are available.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports that a vehicle that was recently stolen from the Omaha/Red Oak livestock market was found in another location.

A tan 2000 Buick Century belonging to Hawkeye Ford in Red Oak was stolen sometime between November 20th and 23rd from the Omaha/Red Oak Livestock Market at 1511 200th Street.  The vehicle was later located on November 23rd at 7:00am at 240th and J Avenue with an estimated $4,000 damage.

Anyone with information on this theft is asked to call Montgomery County Crimestoppers at 800-432-1001.

An accident Friday morning northeast of Prescott in Adams County, has claimed the life of a Union County teen. According to the Iowa State Patrol, the unidentified 16-year old was a passenger in a van driven by a 17-year old. Both teens are from Creston. Neither was wearing a seat belt. Officials say a 2002 Honda van the teens were in was traveling west on a gravel road (190th Street), when as the vehicle crested a hill, the driver lost control. When the driver over-corrected, the van went partially into the north ditch. A second over-correction caused the vehicle to go into the south ditch, where it rolled over and ejected the 16-year old, who died at the scene. The driver of the vehicle was transported to the Adams County Hospital in Corning. A report on their condition is not available. The accident happened just after 8-a.m. The names of the victims had were being withheld pending notification of relatives.

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Police have knocked down reports about shots fired at an Omaha mall where nine people were killed nearly five years ago.  Officers were called to Westroads Mall around 1 a.m. Friday after shoppers or store employees called 911 to report hearing gunfire.  Other people called Omaha media outlets to say they were hiding in bathrooms and panicking because they’d lost touch with their kids or other shopping companions.

Omaha Officer James Shade says there was a fight between early Black Friday shoppers, but no shots were fired. He says people heard the sound of trash cans being knocked over – not gunfire. One person was arrested for disorderly conduct.

Nineteen-year-old Robert Hawkins fatally shot eight people and himself at the mall’s Von Maur store on Dec. 5, 2007.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – A lawsuit filed by three farmers is aimed at ending electrical inspections at Iowa farm facilities. The Carroll County farmers are challenging the state Electrical Examining Board’s authority to require inspections and permits for electrical installations on farm property. The lawsuit says farm property is immune from board regulations and those issued the Iowa Department of Public Safety regarding the permits or inspections.

In defending the state, the Iowa Attorney General’s Office says the board did not err in determining that electrical installations at farm buildings were regulated commercial applications that weren’t exempt.   Court records don’t show a trial date.

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One person was killed and three others were injured Thursday night, during a collision between two cars in Crawford County. The Iowa State Patrol says driver of a 2001 Saturn SC-2, 50-year old Jeffrey Alan Studt, of Vail, died in the crash, which occurred at around 11:30-p.m., northwest of  Vail.  A passenger in his car 42-year old Christina Marie Studt also of Vail, was injured. The driver of the other vehicle, 30-year old Matthew Lee Johnson and his passenger, 27-year old Becky Ann Weller, both of Manilla, were also injured.

Officials say the Saturn was traveling south on 330th about one-half mile south of Avenue J, when it collided with Johnson’s  2001 Chevy Impala. The accident happened at the crest of a hill. Following the crash, both vehicles ended-up in the west ditch. All of the victims were transported to the Crawford County Hospital in Denison, by Vail Rescue. The accident remains under investigation.

Someone has invited bad karma into their lives after breaking into an Adams County home famous for a gruesome murder scene. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a Thanksgiving Day burglary at the Villisca Axe Murder House.

Authorities received a call at around 3-p.m. Thursday reporting the break-in.  After deputies arrived, they found evidence of forced entry and a broken ceramic crock in the kitchen. Other belongings were scattered around the house. The damage was estimated at $350.

The home is the site of the June 10, 1912 murder of Josiah “J.B.” Moore, his wife and four children, and two overnight child guests. The occupants of the residence were bludgeoned with an axe  sometime between midnight and 5:00 a.m., on that date, 100-years ago. The assailant was never identified.

Anyone with information about Thursday’s burglary is asked to call Montgomery County Crime Stoppers at 800-432-1001.