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Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s report (9/13/17)

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September 13th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office today (Wednesday), released a report on recent arrests. Officials said 48-year old Karen Ann Wilburn, of Oakland, was arrested Tuesday night for Child Endangerment without injury, after a Pott. County Deputy was called her home on Oakland, to check on the welfare of Wilburn’s 17-year old autistic son. The woman was determined to have been intoxicated and placed under arrest. The boy’s father was notified and picked-up the 17-year old.

A man from Carson was arrested for OWI 1st offense, late Tuesday night, after a deputy responded to a reported suspicious vehicle in the area of 251 Christy Lane. In the area of 246 Christy Lane, the Deputy found a car high-centered on a berm at that location. The driver of the vehicle, 19-year old Jonathan Allen Johnson, of Carson, admitted he had been drinking, and was placed under arrest.

At around 3-p.m., Tuesday, 23-year old Michael Timothy Mortensen, of Blair, NE., turned himself-in to the Sheriff’s Office. Mortensen was wanted on a warrant out of Mills County. He was being held at the Pott. County Jail pending return to Mills County.

37-year old Jason Allen Byers, of Council Bluffs, who was already being held in the Pott. County Jail, was charged under the authority of a warrant, with Dominion/control of firearm or offensive weapon by a domestic abuse offender. Byers was read the warrant and returned to the custody of corrections department staff.