Police in Creston report a woman from Afton was arrested recently burglary charges. 38-year old Sara Exline was taken into custody at a motel on Laurel Street  in Creston. She’s been charged with 2nd degree Attempted Burglary, and three counts of Burglary in the 3rd degree from a motor vehicle. Exline was being held in jail on $5,000 cash bond.

And, last Saturday (Jan. 24th), Creston Police took a report from a Creston resident with regard to a break-in and theft. Roger Straw told police someone broke a window at his apartment on south Poplar Street and took and LG tablet. The loss was estimated at $100. The incident happened sometime between 12:30-p.m. and 1:45-p.m., on Jan. 24th.

A man who allegedly crashed a pickup truck into a home in Council Bluffs and then fled on foot, was located earlier this week and cited for Failure to Maintain Control and Leaving the Scene of a Property Damage Accident. The Daily NonPareil says police identified the driver as 32-year old Brandon Carrera, of Council Bluffs.

Authorities say at around 2-a.m. on Jan. 23rd, Carrera was driving northbound on Harrison Street in a 2004 Chevy Silverado pickup truck, when he lost control and crashed into the porch of a home at 304 Harrison Street. The truck caught fire after the wreck, and police arrived on the scene to find it engulfed in flames. The fire also spread to the porch, though flames did not damage the house. Council Bluffs Fire Department crews were able to quickly extinguish the fire.

Damage to the porch – caused by the wreck and fire – was estimated at $15,000. No injuries were reported. Witnesses told police the driver of the pickup took-off on foot after the crash.