The Atlantic Police Department reports numerous vehicles were broken into during the late evening hours Friday (3/29) in the downtown Atlantic area.  Some of the break-ins discovered have not been reported by their owners yet as of early Saturday morning.  Numerous items were taken from the vehicles.

The Atlantic Police Department is asking the public to report anything they might have seen to assist in finding the subjects involved.  They are also urging the public to keep their vehicles locked and not leave valuables in their vehicle.

Red Oak Police responded to an accident at 1:03pm Friday (3/29) afternoon in the 300 block of Oakwood Avenue.  Officers determined a 1996 Chevy Blazer that was being operated by 29-year-old Mikal Dwayne Johnson of Red Oak was traveling eastbound on Oakwood Avenue up a steep incline when the vehicle stalled.   The Blazer then began to roll backwards down the hill and was unable to stop before striking a utility pole owned by Mid American Energy.  The impact of the collision broke the pole in half causing the power lines to come down over the street.

No injuries occurred during the incident and the vehicle had been moved prior to officers arrival.  The vehicle was owned by Megan Renee Johnson of Red Oak and sustained $2,500 damage.   Damage to the utility pole was estimated at $3,500.

The Red Oak Police Department was assisted at the scene by deputies of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and Red Oak Fire and Rescue.

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a 20-year-old Harlan man at 7:44pm Friday (3/29) night on a methamphetamine charge.  Jesse Lee Harrison of Harlan was arrested at the Adams County Sheriff’s Office on a warrant for conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine.

The warrant stems from an incident that occurred on December 27, 2012.  Harrison’s bond was set at $50,000.

Authorities in Cass and Shelby Counties were investigating two separate accidents that occurred early this (Saturday) morning. The first happened on Atlantic’s southwest side, on 29th Street, just west of Highway Six, just after 2-a.m.  According to dispatch reports, a vehicle rolled over. By the time Atlantic Police and Cass County Sheriff’s deputies arrived on the scene, the driver of the vehicle had taken-off on foot. Atlantic Police tried to track the subject but were called back, and a Cass County K-9 unit began the search. A passenger in the vehicle suffered non-life threatening injuries and was transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital, in Atlantic. Atlantic Fire and Rescue and Medivac Ambulance also assisted the scene. Additional details concerning the accident are also not available.

Then, at around 2:50-a.m., Defiance Rescue was dispatched to assist Irwin Rescue with a rollover accident on Shelby County Road M-47, just south of Irwin. The vehicle’s cab was said to have been crushed in the crash. Additional details can be found in updated story above.

And, at around 4-a.m. Medivac ambulance was dispatched to 1104 19th Street in Harlan, where a vehicle had struck the home at that location. No injuries were reported. Additional details are also not available on that incident. Harlan Fire assisted at the scene.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

The body of a homeless man who was found in the woods near Lake Manawa Tuesday afternoon has been identified. Authorites told the Daily NonPareil 52-year old Kelly Carroll, a transient, died from natural causes.  Sgt. Dave Dawson with the Council Bluffs Police Department told the paper the state Medical Examiner’s Office wouldn’t have a full report for a few weeks, but preliminary information shows what police originally suspected, that the death was not suspicious in nature.

A Council Bluffs Police officer found Carroll’s skeletal remains while chasing a suspected shoplifter near the Manawa Centre and Metro Crossing, on the city’s southeast side. When the suspect ran into the woods, an officer discovered Carroll in a tent which had the top blown off. The area where the tent was located was a popular site for transients.