(Council Bluffs, Iowa) – The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office today (Monday) released information about multiple incidents of vandalism that occurred over the weekend in Treynor, Underwood, Neola and Minden. As the result of an investigation, four juveniles were charged with Criminal Mischief in the 1st Degree – Damage over $10,000, and Reckless Use of a Firearm.

The Sheriff’s Office says during the early morning hours Sunday, August 25th, Deputies were dispatched to the Treynor area for a report of a person’s window being shot out. Later that morning, Deputies were dispatched to Neola for a shots-fired call, with a possible suspect vehicle being a white truck. As Deputies were enroute, they located a Dodge Ram pickup with no headlights on, in the Underwood area.

A traffic stop was conducted on the vehicle, which was occupied by four juveniles, one of whom admitted that they had shot multiple vehicles, but couldn’t remember how many. Inside the vehicle was a shotgun and a CO2 pistol.

Throughout the rest of the day, Deputies took reports of vandalism involving items being damaged by a firearm, from 42 victims throughout the County. (Photo’s courtesy Zach Ploen)