Mills County Sheriff’s report: 2 arrested on Arson charges in Malvern
October 21st, 2024 by Ric Hanson
(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports three arrests took place last Thursday: 29-year-old Corey James Wentz, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at the Pottawattamie County Jail on a Mills County warrant for Probation Violation. Wentz was being held in the Mills County Jail on a $5,000 bond; 73-year-0ld James Edward Pontow, of Malvern, was arrested Thursday for Arson in the 3rd Degree. His bond was set at $2,000; and, 48-year-old Lisa Marie Elliott, of Malvern, was arrested for Arson in the 3rd Degree and Public Intoxication. Her bond was set at $2,300. Pontow and Ellliott were arrested at around 5:25-p.m. Thursday, in the area of 8th Avenue in Malvern.