A Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Deputy on routine patrol, Tuesday night, pulled over a vehicle at the intersection of Highway 6 and 300th Street. The registered owner of the vehicle, 57-year old Anthony William Nichols, of Atlantic, was showing a valid warrant through the Council Bluffs District Court. After the warrant was verified, Nichols was placed under arrest and transported to the Pottawattamie County Jail, where he was booked-in on a warrant for OWI/1st offense.

A Pott. County woman was arrested at around 7:30-a.m. Tuesday, following a traffic stop for Failure to Yield. A records check indicated 34-year old Lindsey Nicole Wells, of Council Bluffs, had an active warrant out of the District Court of Council Bluffs and Pottawattamie County. The warrant was issued in July for contempt of court/failure to pay child support. Wells was placed under arrest for the active warrant with a cash only bond of $1,500.00. She was transported to the Pott. County Jail and booked-in.

And, a Nebraska woman visiting an inmate at the Pottawattamie County Jail, Tuesday, was arrested after a records check showed she had felony warrant out of Pottawattamie County for Theft in the 1st Degree, for theft from a building. Once the warrant was confirmed, 26-year old Shelby Lyn Reni Fichter, of Omaha, was arrested and booked into the jail.

And, Wednesday morning, an inmate at the Pott. County Jail was served with a warrant for Violation of Probation. 30-year old Jerrod Leslie Voss, of Council Bluffs, was read the warrant and returned to the custody of jail staff.

Police in Creston say a woman from Hayden, IA, reported Wednesday morning, that sometime between April 1st and May 31st, a utility trailer she owns, located in the 200 block of Myrtle Street in Creston, was broken into several times. A number of items were stolen, including: CD’s; Movies; Comic Books; Wedding Photo’s and a suitcase. The loss was estimated at $150.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A man accused of fatally stabbing a Cedar Rapids resident during a drug robbery has been imprisoned. A judge gave 20-year-old Darius Alexander two 10-year terms Wednesday, to be served consecutively. Linn County District Court records say Alexander had pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting voluntary manslaughter and aiding and abetting robbery. Prosecutors dropped a murder charge in exchange for Alexander’s pleas.

Prosecutors say he killed 18-year-old Christopher Arteberry Jr. on Sept. 30, 2016, during an attempt to steal marijuana from Arteberry. Police say Arteberry was stabbed in the parking lot of a Cedar Rapids apartment complex and later found inside an apartment. A woman driving Alexander, Emily Young, is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 19. She’s pleaded guilty to an accessory charge.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A California woman who pleaded guilty to a drug conspiracy charge has been sentenced in Iowa to three years in a federal prison. Prosecutors say 36-year-old Janeth Pineda, of Chula Vista, California, was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids. She’d pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering. She admitted in her plea agreement that she opened bank accounts in Iowa from summer 2013 through August 2014 so her husband’s drug customers could deposit payments to him. Prosecutors say her husband, Michael Pineda, headed an operation that took methamphetamine from California to Iowa.

Prosecutors say Michael Pineda is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and money laundering.