A western Iowa man wanted in connection with the Dec. 10th robbery of the Frontier Savings Bank in Council Bluffs, was arrested late Wednesday afternoon by Police in Lincoln, NE.  46-year old Dwight Rogers, of Council Bluffs, was arrested without incident on a Council Bluffs Police Department warrant for Robbery in the 1st  Degree. Rogers was being held at the Lincoln Police Department’s Jail, pending extradition back to Iowa.

Dwight E. Rogers

Rogers is alleged to have entered the bank located at 509 S. 23rd Avenue in Council Bluffs, at around 4:40-p.m on Dec. 10th.  As he approached the female bank teller Rogers asked “Are you all ready for Christmas”? At that point, he allegedly handed the teller a hand written note which demanded all of their money, and said not to set off any alarms. Rogers also produced what appeared to be a small caliber handgun and laid the weapon down with his right hand on the counter towards the teller.

He escaped on foot from the bank carrying a drawstring-type bag with an undetermined amount of U.S. currency.

The Glenwood Police Department reports two, recent arrests. On Tuesday, officers arrested 55-year old Michael Harrod, of Glenwood, for operating a vehicle without the owners’ consent. And, on Saturday, Glenwood Police arrested 25-year old Kathy Beery, of Council Bluffs for Driving While Barred. Bonds for both individuals was set at $2,000.

A woman from Pottawattamie County was sentenced Tuesday, to six years in prison on forgery and drug charges. The Daily NonPareil says 43-year old Melanie Walker, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced on two counts of forgery and one misdemeanor count of methamphetamine possession. The judge sentenced Walker to five years in prison on both forgery counts and ran the sentences concurrently, meaning Walker can serve both at the same time. He also sentenced Walker to one year in prison on the drug charge.

That sentence will be served after Walker finishes her five-year sentences for writing bad checks. Assistant Pottawattamie County Attorney Shelly Sudmann said that property crimes don’t typically lead to lengthy prison terms, but Walker’s age and her lengthy criminal history led to the state recommended sentence of 11 years in prison.
Sudmann said Walker has had 11 convictions of fraud or forgery since 1994.

The judge went with six years instead of the 11, but did call Walker’s criminal history “atrocious.” Walker was arrested in February and released after posting $25,000 bond in March. She pleaded guilty to the three counts on Sept. 2, 2015. Her sentencing hearing was continued twice.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – A 29-year-old man already serving time in a Nebraska prison has been given 10 years in an Iowa prison for a similar crime. Rocky Ontiveros, who court records say lived in Bellevue, Nebraska, on Tuesday was sentenced in Pottawattamie County District Court in Council Bluffs. The Daily Nonpareil reports that Ontiveros pleaded guilty to felony sexual abuse after prosecutors lowered the charge.

Iowa court documents say Ontiveros sexually abused two minors from Nov. 1, 2013, to Sept. 19, 2014. Prosecutors dismissed one of two counts because the child involved remained in therapy and was in no position to testify. In August Ontiveros was sentenced to 30 to 40 years in a Nebraska prison. He’d pleaded guilty to sexual assault of a minor in Nebraska’s Douglas County.