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Cass County Sheriff’s report, 10/16/18

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October 16th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports there were two arrests, and one accident was investigated, last Friday. On Friday, 38-year old David Francis Dennis II,  of Anita, turned himself in at the Cass County Jail on a Sheriff’s Office charge of Assault with Intent to Commit Serious Injury. He was released later that day on $2,000 bond. And, 20-year old Shawn Michael Putnam Jr., of Atlantic, was arrested on a Council Bluffs Police Department warrant. Putnam was taken to the Cass County Jail and later released to Pottawattamie County authorities.

And, an accident last Friday afternoon in Cass County resulted in one person being transported to the hospital. Sheriff’s officials say a 2005 Kia Spectra driven by 39-year old James Lee Wolff, of Walnut, was westbound on 750th Street at around 2:20-p.m, when a southbound 2018 Chevy Silverado owned and driven by 73-year old Dennis Dean Newell, of Anita, pulled away from a stop sign, causing the Spectra to strike the Silverado’s passenger side. Wolff was transported to CCMH via Anita Rescue. Damage to Wolff’s vehicle is estimated at $8,500; damage to Newell’s vehicle is estimated at $1,500. Newell was cited for Failure to Yield Right-of-Way at a Stop Sign.

(12-p.m. News)