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2 arrested on drug charges in Mills County

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August 5th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports six people were arrested on separate charges over the past week. Early today (Monday), 29-year-old Dakota John Allen, of Hastings, was arrested on Interstate 29, for Driving While Barred (Bond: $2,000). Sunday evening, 37-year-old Justin Lee Parson, of Pacific Junction, was arrested for Criminal Mischief 3rd/offense, Attempted Burglary 3rd Degree, Possession of Burglary Tools, and Trespassing (Bond: $9,300).

Saturday afternoon, Mills County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 36-year-old Steven Wayne Wurtele, Jr., of Omaha, NE, on a Mills County warrant for failure to appear. Wurtele was taken into custody at the Pottawattamie County Jail, and was being held without bond in the Mills County Jail.

Last Thursday, Mills County Deputies arrested 54-year-old William Joseph Cox, of Missouri Valley, on a Mills County warrant for two counts Contempt of Court. He was also arrested at the Pott. County Jail, and held without bond in the Mills County Jail. And, 30-year-old Patrick Clayton Giesting, of Malvern, was arrested Thursday night following a traffic stop on I-29 in Mills County. Giesting was charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (Bond: $300).

On July 30th, 18-year-old Hunter Travis Kaufman, of Thurman, was arrested at the Mils County Sheriff’s Office, on a warrant for Possession of Controlled Substance (Bond: $1,000).