COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – The U-S Attorney’s Officer for the Southern District of Iowa reports a man from Omaha, Nebraska, 22-year-old Humberto Felipe Mancinas, was sentenced today (Friday) in Council Bluffs federal court to 162 months (13-1/2 years) in prison, for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. His term of imprisonment will be followed by five years of supervised release. According to court documents, Mancinas pleaded guilty to the charge on October 22, 2021.

On March 12, 2021, Mancinas was stopped by law enforcement while driving in Fremont County, Iowa. During the traffic stop, a K-9 was deployed and indicated narcotics were in the vehicle. A search located approximately ten pounds of methamphetamine. Law enforcement then conducted a second search of a residence outside of Sidney, owned by a relative of Mancinas and where Mancinas had left just prior to the traffic stop, and located an additional seventeen pounds of methamphetamine.

United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement. The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office, Mills County Sheriff’s Office, Omaha Police Department, and the Federal Bureau of Investigations Transnational Organized Crime Task Force investigated the case. This case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.

(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports two recent arrests. At around 11:35-p.m. Tuesday (April 12), 23-year-old David Glen Combs, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at Highways 34 and  59, for Driving While Barred (Bond: $2,000). And, a little after 9-a.m. on Wednesday, 21-year-old DeSean Maurice McVay, of Waverly, NE., was arrested at the Mills County Sheriff’s Office, on a warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault. He was being held without bond in the Mills County Jail.

(Radio Iowa) – Monday is the deadline to file your 2021 federal tax returns to avoid penalties and interest. I-R-S spokesman, Christopher Miller, says electronic filing remains the best option. “It’s even more important this year to file electronically because of some of the backlogs due to the pandemic and so we definitely want to encourage people not to file on paper if they can all avoid it,” Miller says. Miller says e-filing returns are more accurate. “If there are no issues with an E-filed return you can generally expect to get a refund in less than 21 days if you choose direct deposit. So that’s something we want people to be aware of,” he says. Miller has a couple of last minute tips.

“The biggest thing to remember this year is to keep the letters that the I-R-S sent you that show how much you received for that third stimulus payment or those advanced child tax credit payments,” Miller says. “Make sure you keep those letters handy because you’re going to need those to file an accurate return.” He says a majority of people now file electronically. “Paper returns will be delayed in processing and in issuing a refund so try to avoid sending in paper returns if at all possible so you can avoid delays in getting your refund,” Miller says.

April 15th is normally the federal tax filing deadline, but the deadline was moved back to Monday the 18th due to a holiday in the District of Columbia.