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The Atlantic Police Department reports the arrest Thursday, of 23-year old Alexander Dvorak. Dvorak, of Atlantic, was charged with Theft in the 5th degree, and Burglary in the 3rd degree. He was being held today (Friday), in the Cass County Jail.
The Clarinda Police Department reports two incidents occurred Thursday at two separate care facilities. At around 8-a.m., officers responded to a report of a disturbance in the office at the Waubonsie Mental Health on North 16th Street. When officers arrived, they encountered a 48 year old male who was extremely agitated. Officers were able to diffuse the situation and no arrests were made.
And, at around 1-p.m., the Terrace View Residential Care Facility reported that a thirty-seven year old female had escaped from court ordered custody to their facility. Officers located the female and transported her to the Clarinda Mental Health Institute.
The Clarinda Police Department reports 22-year old Jessica Sue Farrell, of Clarinda, was arrested Wednesday afternoon on a warrant for two felony counts of forgery. Her arrest stemmed from an on-going investigation being conducted by the Clarinda Police Department into the theft of checks and a debit card from an acquaintance of Farrell’s. Additional charges against Farrell are pending as the investigation continues.
Farrell was being held in the Page County Jail on $5,000 bond, pending an initial appearance before the Page County Magistrate Court.
A Clarinda man was arrested late Thursday morning on two assault charges, resisting arrest and for disorderly conduct. Police Chief Keith Brothers say 51-year old Ricky Dean Harrison allegedly resisted arrest. His actions resulted in a police officer suffering minor injuries to his hands and knees. The officer was treated at the Clarinda Regional Health Center, and has since returned to work.
Brothers says officers responded to a report of an assault in progress at the Maplewood Trailer Court, at around 11:20-a.m., Thursday. When they arrived, 45-year old Lee Gillespie, of Council Bluffs, reported that he had been assaulted with a walking cane by Harrison. Gillespie suffered minor injuries to his arms, torso and face during the incident.
Harrison was charged with assault causing bodily injury, assault on a peace officer, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct. He was transported to the Page County Jail, and released a short time later on $2,000 bail, pending initial appearance before the Page County Magistrate Court. The Page County Attorney’s Office will review the incident for the filing of formal charges.
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A task force made up of members from three southwest Iowa law enforcement agencies and the FBI, conducted an undercover operation that netted six arrests, Wednesday. According to the Omaha World-Herald, the FBI’s Lost Innocence Task Force – which targets juveniles involved in prostitution — worked in conjunction with the Southwest Iowa Narcotics Task Force, to arrest the six individuals in a prostitution sting at a local hotel. The location of the operation, which was conducted Wednesday afternoon, was not disclosed.
Officials say a 31-year-old man from Lincoln, NE., was arrested after soliciting an undercover female officer posing as a prostitute. Five Omaha women between the ages of 21 and 44 were also arrested. Each was taken into custody on a charge of suspicion of prostitution. All of the suspects were booked into the Pottawattamie County Jail.
The task force which conducted the sting, included officers with the Council Bluffs Police Department, along with deputies from the Pottawattamie, Mills and Harrison county sheriff’s offices, and the FBI.
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