CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a man suspected in two 2007 Chicago slayings has been found near Des Moines. The U.S. Marshals Service said in a news release Friday that members of the Southern Iowa Fugitive Task Force spotted 33-year-old Conny Miles Jr. driving Thursday afternoon near what was believed to be his residence in West Des Moines. Officers followed him to a convenience store in Clive, where he was taken into custody without incident. Chicago police had obtained an arrest warrant for him in June.

Miles is being held at the Polk County Jail in Des Moines while awaiting extradition to Chicago.

A operator of a Moped was injured Thursday evening, when he was hit by a pickup truck, in Creston. Police in Creston say 31-year old Jesse Daniel Meggison, of Creston, was transported by EMS ambulance to the Greater Regional Medical Center, for treatment of suspected serious and/or incapacitating injuries. The accident happened at around 6:15-p.m. at the intersection of W. Union and S. Elm Streets.

Authorities say the Moped was stopped at the stop sign on Union Street, while a 2013 Ford F-150 pickup driven by 62-year old Rebecca Joanne Barrans, of Lenox, was traveling north on Elm.  Barrans noticed there was a line of cars that were stopped and waiting for the railroad crossing arms to raise, ahead of her. Meggison wanted to turn west onto Union Street. He proceeded to travel north on the opposite side of the road and attempted to turn left, onto Union Street.

Barrans said she did not see the Moped, and hit the left side of the machine with the left side of her pickup. Meggison told authorities he was thrown off his Moped, which sustained about $300 damage. The pickup sustained minor damage (amounting to about $50). No citations were issued.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office today (Friday), reports 36-year old Amanda Marie Vacanti, of Omaha, was served with a warrant Thursday afternoon, for being a Fugitive From Justice. Vacanti is an inmate at the Pott. County Jail. After being served with the Douglas County, NE. warrant, Vacanti was turned back over to Corrections Staff. A prisoner at the Douglas County, NE., jail. 36-year old Christina Dawn Short, of Carter Lake, was transported to the Pott. County Jail, Thursday, to address a warrant for Violation of Probation.

A man being held in the Washington County, NE., jail, was transported to the Pott. County Jail, Thursday afternoon. 22-year old Tyler James Moss, of Council Bluffs, was wanted on State of Iowa warrants for Escape from Custody and Violation of Parole. His bond on the escape warrant was set at $1,000. And, 32-year old Jeremy Shane Kuhl, of Wahoo, NE., was transported from the Lincoln, NE., Diagnostic & Evaluation Center to the Pottawattamie County Jail, Thursday morning. Kuhl was wanted on a Pott. County warrant for Violation of Probation.

The Creston Police Department reports three arrests took place, Thursday. 18-year old Jeramiah Lee Whitney, of Creston, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, on a Union County warrant for Theft in the 5th Degree. Whitney was subsequently released on $300 bond. 30-year old Wesley Duvin Hedrick, of Creston, was arrested twice, Thursday. He was taken into custody at around 5:30-p.m. for Simple Assault and released on $1,000 bond. Hedrick was arrested again at around 8:30-p.m. for Domestic Assault. He was being held without bond, in the Union County Jail.

And, 31-year old Waymond Lee Foster, Sr., of Creston, was arrested on a Violation of Protective Order charge. He was also being held without bond at the Union County Law Enforcement Center.