The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports four recent arrests. At around 1:36-a.m. Monday, Pott. County Deputy Zach Norman attempted a traffic stop for speeding, on a 2013 Chrysler 200, in the area of 214th and Highway 92. The vehicle failed to stop and attempted to elude law enforcement. The driver, 23-year old Justice Joseph Bridgeford, of Omaha, was taken into custody about 10-minutes later, for the Theft  of a vehicle stolen from Treynor (Theft in the 1st degree), 1st Degree Criminal Mischief, for causing $11,000 damage to the vehicle, Felony eluding, reckless driving, and OWI/1st offense.

At around 1:50-a.m. Sunday, Pott. County Deputy Kurt Ferguson was dispatched to the area of 300th Street and Highway 6, for a vehicle accident, where a truck struck a power pole before the vehicle ended up on its side. Ferguson, and two other Deputies located the vehicle west of 310th and Highway 6. They made contact with the driver, 53-year old Scottie Allen Cetnar, of Red Oak, and, after an investigation, arrested him for OWI/1st offense, Possession of a Controlled Substance (1.4-grams of Meth), and Possession of Contraband. Cetnar was transported to Jennie Edmundson Hospital for treatment, before being booked into the Pott. County Jail.

A traffic stop on an SUV that was seen driving off Interstate 29 at mile marker 60 in Pott. County, resulted in the driver being arrested for OWI/1st offense. 61-year old Phillip Thomas Koski, of Logan, was arrested at around 2:26-a.m., Sunday, and brought to the Pott. County Jail. And, at around 11:40-p.m. Friday, 18-year old Emma Jean Martinson, of Bellevue, NE., was arrested after a deputy saw her SUV swerving near the intersection of Highway 92 and 535th Street. Martinson was in possession of 18.9-grams of marijuana and four marijuana smoking pipes, at the time of the traffic stop. She also showed signs of narcotics impairment. She was charged with Possession of Marijuana with intent to deliver, and Possession of Paraphernalia. An OWI charge was pending completion of chemical testing.