A traffic stop in Pottawattamie County Tuesday night on a vehicle with an improper registration plate, resulted in the arrest of a man on an OWI charge. Pott. County Sheriff’s Officials say 55-year old Robert Wayne Henry, of Macedonia, was arrested at around 7:30-p.m. for OWI/2nd offense after a Deputy observed an odor of alcohol. Henry took a standard Field Sobriety Test at the scene, but refused to take a Preliminary Breath Test.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports a man from Shelby County who was wanted for failing to report to the Council Bluffs Work Release Facilty on Sunday, was arrested at around 3:30 this (Wednesday) morning at the Casey’s Store, in Avoca. 26-year old Colton Edward Benson-Blaine was detained by Shelby County Deputies until a Pott. County Deputy could arrive on the scene and transported the man to the Pott. County Jail.

According to the Iowa Department of Corrections, Benson-Blaine was sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2011 after being found guilty in Shelby County of voluntary manslaughter in the death of 39-year old Jay Anthony Casali at a home in Harlan.  He was also wanted most recently in Pottawattamie County, for operating a vehicle without consent and escape. He was transferred to work release on January 24th, 2017. The man previously failed to return from Work Release in April 2016 and in Oct. of 2014.

Colton Benson-Blaine

The Iowa Department of Transportation reports Interstate 80 westbound is closed between the Shelby and Minden Exits due to a crash involving multiple semi tractor-trailers. The accident happened sometime prior to 7-a.m. (As of 8:20-a.m., the DOT reported traffic was at a “Standstill” at the Avoca Exit on I-80 westbound) Westbound traffic was being routed south on Highway 59 to Highway 6 back to I-80 near Council Bluffs. No other details are available.

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The Creston Police Department reports three people were arrested Tuesday on separate charges, and one person was arrested this (Wednesday) morning. 39-year old Michael Johns, of Creston, was arrested just after 6-a.m. today (Wed.), on a Union County warrant for Violation of Parole. Johns was being held without bond in the jail.

Tuesday night, 57-year old Michael Fry, of Creston, was arrested on a Union County warrant for Failure to Serve his sentence, on an original charge of Driving While Barred. Fry was being held in the Union County Jail until his sentence is served. Tuesday morning, 37-year old Dustin Kilgore and 39-year old John Burgoyne, both of Creston, were arrested. Kilgore was taken into custody for Theft in the 5th Degree. He was subsequently released on a promise to appear in court. Burgoyne was arrested at the Union County LEC on a warrant for Violation of a No Contact/Protective Order. Burgoyne was also released on a Promise to Appear.

And, a Greenfield woman reported to Creston Police Tuesday morning, that sometime around 11:30-p.m. Monday, her 1993 Cadillac DeVille was taken from the 400 block of New York Avenue, in Creston. The car was recovered about nine hours later in the 800 block of W. Adams Street.