Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County report the arrest on Tuesday, of a Clarinda man on drug charges. 51-year old Clint Curtis Johnson was taken into custody on a warrant for Delivery of a Controlled Substance/Methamphetamine. Johnson was booked into the Montgomery County Jail and held on $50,000 cash bond.

Police in Red Oak report the arrest Tuesday afternoon, of 34-year old Kale Garrett Hardman, of Red Oak, on a charge of Domestic Abuse Assault. Hardman was taken into custody without incident at around 2:30-p.m., following an investigation into an incident that took place at around 11-a.m. Tuesday, at the City View Apartments, in Red Oak. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail without bond, pending an appearance before the magistrate. Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputies assisted in the arrest.

A simple violation and traffic stop Tuesday night in Red Oak, resulted in the arrest of two people. Red Oak Police say 46-year old Lynn Kenneth Houtchins, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 9:45-p.m., for Driving While Suspended and OWI/2nd offense. During the traffic stop, 44-year old Shelby Joann Olivares, of Red Oak, was arrested for Public Intoxication. Both were transported to the Montgomery County Jail, where Houtchins was being held on $2,000 bond, and Olivares’ bond was set at $300.

A restitution hearing is set to take place this afternoon in Atlantic in the case of an Atlantic woman who falsely claimed her 5-year old daughter had cancer and then raised money for her treatment. The hearing in the case of Leatha Kaye Slauson is set to begin 1:30-p.m. at the Cass County Courthouse.

Authorities believe nearly $30,000 was raised through various fundraising efforts, only $16,000 of which remains in a bank account. In January, the 30-year-old Slauson was sentenced to 5 years probation and was ordered to continue mental health treatment and not contact her five children unless requested by her therapist. In November, she plead guilty to two counts of child endangerment, one of administering harmful substances, one of theft and one of unlawful possession of a prescription drug.

At today’s restitution hearing, anyone who donated money to Slauson, and who wants to make a claim for the return of their donation, should present their claim and proof of donation. The court order says funds will not be returned without sufficient proof. Also, if provable claims exceed the available funds, the claims will be paid on a pro-rata basis.

Any remainder owed will be subject to an Order for Restitution. And, in order to protect the nature and deductibility of donations, any unclaimed money will be given to cancer research tax-exempt charity.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – A Sioux City mother has been sentenced to three years of probation for leaving her 10-month-old son alone in a bathtub while she smoked marijuana in another room. Twenty-one-year-old Maricela Vasquez pleaded guilty earlier this month in Woodbury County District Court to child endangerment resulting in bodily injury and possession of a controlled substance.

Vasquez agreed to a 10-day jail sentence on the drug charge as part of her plea agreement. She was given credit for the 10 days she already served in jail. She was arrested in August after Sioux City officers responded to a 911 call, found evidence of marijuana in the apartment and discovered the baby had nearly drowned. The boy has been removed from Vasquez’s custody.