Council Bluffs Police are asking for your help in identifying and locating a man wanted in an alleged armed robbery Monday night. Officers responded at around 10:15-p.m. to the area of 204 South 10th Street, regarding a Robbery. They arrived on scene and made contact with the victim, 19-year old Donavan Belt, of Council Bluffs.

Belt told Officers that he was in the area on foot when he was approached by a man who showed him a handgun and demanded his money. The subject fled the area on foot. He was described as an African American Male, 5’11” tall, weighing 160-pounds. He had black hair and brown eyes.

The incident remains under investigation. Anyone with additional information involving this crime or any other crime is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at (712)328-STOP (7867).

Police in Council Bluffs say two men identified as transients, were arrested Monday evening following an investigation into an incident of trespassing at an unoccupied residence located at 1103 7th Avenue. Officers arrived on scene and located two men in the basement of the residence. They were identified as 54-year old Ricky Freeman and 34-year old David Simpson.

Officers on scene recognized David Simpson as a person of interest from a burglary that took place at 914 4th Ave. Simpson and Freeman were transported to the Council Bluffs Police Department for questioning by detectives. Based on a continuing investigation David Simpson was charged with Burglary 3rd in reference to the burglary that took place at 914 4th.

Ricky Freeman was charged with Disobedience to a Police Officer, because when officers first made contact with him at 1103 7th Ave., Freeman failed to comply with a lawful order of a police officer.

Anyone with additional information involving this crime or any other crime is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at (712)328-STOP (7867).

A call about a man fighting with staff at a bar in Thurman Monday night, resulted in the arrest of a man on four charges. The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office reports that at around 8:30-p.m., deputies were called to the Dog House Bar in Tabor, where a there was a man allegedly involved in a fight.

Deputies arrested 30-year old Jesse Ray Sparks, of Thurman, for Public Intoxication 2nd Offense, Criminal Mischief 4th Degree, and two counts of Assault. Sparks was also wanted on an active warrant for his arrest out of Page County. He was brought to the Fremont County Jail and held without bail, pending an initial appearance with a Magistrate.

The Tabor Police Department and Mills County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office with the call.

Jesse Ray Sparks

A man who authorities said was wanted on outstanding warrants, was arrested Monday afternoon in Council Bluffs, after an hour-long standoff. According to Council Bluffs Police, officers received a tip at around 1:45-p.m., that 26-year old Dylan Hoffman, of Council Bluffs, was at 3010 8th Avenue.

Upon arrival, no one answered the door, but officers had good information Hoffman was still inside the house. A short time later, the Pottawattamie County Communications Center received a phone call stating Hoffman was armed with a gun and would shoot officers if they did not leave. Officers set up a perimeter and tried to start negotiations with Hoffman.

About an hour later, Hoffman and two other adults exited the residence without incident. The investigation into the events were ongoing. Hoffman was arrested for four outstanding warrants. Another male who was inside home during the incident was arrested for a warrant as well.

Dylan Hoffman

As part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, the Council Bluffs Police Department will participate in the semiannual event this Saturday, sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Agency. The event is designated as “Council Bluffs Operation Medicine Cabinet” and involves the collaboration of several community organizations,  volunteers, and the City of Council Bluffs Recycling Center.

The rain or shine event will be located at Walgreens, 535 East Broadway in Council Bluffs, on the west side of the store near the drive through pharmacy lanes.  Hours are from 10-a.m. until 2-p.m., Saturday, Oct. 28th. Citizens are simply asked to drive through a designated lane, hand over their unused, expired prescription or over the counter drugs with no questions asked.

The Council Bluffs Police Department has helped to organize 15 Prescription Drug Drop Off event since 2010. The past events have collected more than 4,946 pounds of prescription and over the counter drugs with more than 2,722 residents dropping them off anonymously. Prescription drug abuse in the U.S. is increasing at an alarming rate, as are the numbers of accidental poisonings and overdoses. Studies show many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from home  medicine cabinets. In addition, many Americans do not know how to properly dispose of their unused medicines, often flushing them down the toilet or throwing them away, which are both potential safety and health hazards.

Prescription drug abuse is a huge problem and this drug drop off event is a great opportunity for citizens of Council Bluffs and anyone else, to help reduce this threat. Please clean out your medicine cabinets and make your home safe from potential drug theft and abuse.

The Adair County Sheriff’s Office, Monday afternoon, released a report on numerous recent arrests. At around 1:15-a.m. Saturday. 20-year old Cade Aaron McFarland, of Bridgewater, was arrested for the Domestic Assault of his brother, by choking, Interference with Official Acts, and Assault on Law Enforcement and/or others without injury. McFarland was released the following day on $5,000 bond.

On Friday, Oct. 20th, 35-year old Brandon Lee Glisson, of Boone, was arrested in Orient on a felony charge of Domestic Abuse Assault by impeding airflow/choking, with regard to an incident involving his girlfriend. Glisson was being held in the Adair County Jail on a $5,000 bond.

On Oct. 19th, 34-year old Millie Alisha Olcott, of Greenfield, was arrested on 3 counts of Unlawful Possession of a Prescription drug, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of a Controlled Substance/3rd or subsequent offense; Possession of Meth, and Possession of Drug paraphernalia. She was released later that day on $2,000 bond.

Also arrested Oct. 19th, was 31-year old Danielle Joeanna Freeman, of Orient, who was taken into custody on an Adair County warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault. She was being held on a $1,000 bond. 37-year old Jennifer Marie Woollums, of Adair (whose name was listed as Jennifer Marie Christensen, of Greenfield, on the warrant), was arrested Oct. 19th on an Adair County warrant for Violation of a No Contact Order and Theft in the 3rd degree, with regard to the alleged theft of checks belonging to another woman, and the purchase of items valued at around $522, with a forged signature. Woollums was being held on a $2,300 bond.

And, 22-year old Zachary Trenton Holder, of Greenfield, was arrested Oct. 17th in Madison County, on an Adair County warrant for Probation Violation. His bond was set at $5,000.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former FBI Director James Comey paid a weekend visit to Iowa, site of the first presidential caucuses. Cue the speculation. One of President Donald Trump’s best-known adversaries dined at a must-stop steakhouse for politicos and posed for a photo along a rural road with a neatly groomed field as a backdrop, as countless White House aspirants have before him.

However, it turns out, Comey was visiting his in-laws. With a new Twitter pseudonym — Reinhold Niebuhr — Comey revealed he was in Iowa with his wife Patrice, an Iowa native whose father was celebrating his 90th birthday.

The general manager of 801 Chophouse, Damon Murphy, said Comey and his party simply enjoyed their steak dinner. Trump fired Comey in May, roiling Washington.