Two people were arrested Thursday on separate charges in Montgomery County. The Sheriff’s Office reports deputies took 24-year old Eric Alan Vannausdale, of Red Oak, into custody at around 5-p.m. on a valid Montgomery County warrant for Operating a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent. RedOak Police assisted in conducting the arrest.

And, at around 2:30-p.m., 59-year old Melvin Lawrence Svoboda, of Council Bluffs, was arrested following a traffic stop on Highway 34, at T Avenue in Montgomery County. Svoboda was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

Svoboda was being held on $1,000 bond, while Vanndausdale’s bond was set at $2,000.