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Numerous arrests in Cass County Dec. 17-25…Bluffs man arrested on 4 felony sex abuse charges

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December 28th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office has released a report detailing multiple arrests that have taken place since Dec. 17th. Most recently, on Christmas Day, 42-year old Patrick William Hillard, of Holstein, was arrested on a warrant for Failure to Serve Jail Time. Hillard was taken to the Cass County Jail and released the following day upon serving the remaining owed time. On December 24th, Cass County deputies arrested 31-year old Chase Daniel Mewhirter, of Atlantic, on a charge of OWI 1st Offense. Mewhirter was taken to the Cass County Jail and released later that day on his own recognizance.

On December 23rd, 20-year old Shawn Michael Putnam, Jr., of Council Bluffs, was arrested on an Atlantic Police Department warrant for four (Class B) felony counts of Sex Abuse 2nd Degree. Putnam was taken to the Cass County Jail where he remains held on $250,000 bond. On December 20th, 32-year old Ashley Chantelle Nicole Hetterich, of Denison, was arrested in Cass County on a District Court warrant for Probation Violation. Hetterich was taken to the Cass County Jail where she remains held on $25,000 bond.

On December 19th, as the result of a traffic stop, Cass County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 18-year old Daveon Ja’Mar Jones, of Omaha, on charges of Carrying Weapons; No Weapon Permit; and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Deputies also cited both 18-year old Devin Marquese Edwards, of Council Bluffs and 19-year old Maryam Bu Alaq, of Lincoln, NE, for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Jones was taken to the Cass County Jail and released the following day on his own recognizance. That same day, 35-year old Matthew James Bruns, of Atlantic, was arrested on a District Court warrant for Failure to Appear. Bruns was taken to the Cass County Jail and released the following day on his own recognizance.

On December 18th, 27-year old Aaron Gar Nelson, of Clarinda, was arrested in Cass County on an Atlantic Police Department warrant for Theft 3rd Degree. Nelson was taken to the Cass County Jail and was released later that day on $2,000 bond. And there were two arrested Dec. 17th: 28-year old Michelle Lee Dougherty, of Carter Lake, was arrested on a District Court warrant for Probation Violation. Dougherty was taken to the Cass County Jail and later released on her own recognizance. And, 48-year old David Michael Boggs, of Council Bluffs, was arrested by Deputies in Cass County, on a charge of OWI 2nd Offense. Boggs was also arrested on drug charges by the Atlantic Police Department at that time. Boggs was taken to the Cass County Jail where he remains held on $107,000 bond.