Two people were arrested early this (Wednesday) morning, in Red Oak. Authorities say 47-year old Ann Kristine Harding, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 1:45-a.m. on a Mills County warrant for Unlawful Possession of a Prescription Drug. While executing the warrant, Red Oak Police arrested 34-year old Marcus John Josephson, of Red Oak, for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Harding and Josephson were transported to the Montgomery County Jail, where Harding was being held without bond, and Josephson’s bond was set at $300.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa man who hid a camera in a bathroom to take pornographic images of children has been imprisoned. Prosecutors said Tuesday that 65-year-old Jack Coleman, of Wapello, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Davenport to 30 years. He’d pleaded guilty to production of child pornography. A child sexual abuse investigation that began in 2016 led to the porn charge.

Police in Creston say a resident of the community reported Tuesday morning, that she had been the victim of a phone scam. The woman said that sometime between June 28th and July 3rd, she was scammed out of $15,000. Authorities said also, 27-year old Matthew E. Thomas, of Creston, was arrested just before 3-a.m. today (Wednesday), for Harassment in the 3rd Degree. Thomas was later released from the Union County Jail on a $300 bond. And, Tuesday evening, 33-year old Vincent Ray Bentley, of Lorimor, was arrested on a Madison County Warrant for Violation of Probation, for which there is no bond until he’s seen by a Judge. Bentley was additionally charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Paraphernalia, the bond for which amounts to $1,300.

(7-a.m. News)