COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Three Iowa child sex cases against a Nebraska jail officer have been consolidated. The Daily Nonpareil reports that Shawn Beu has pleaded not guilty to the charges, which include sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child pornography. His trial is scheduled to begin June 1 in Pottawattamie County District Court. A judge has barred most of the court documents from public scrutiny.

Beu was arrested on warrants after a search of his Council Bluffs home. He’s a corrections sergeant at the Douglas County Jail in Omaha.

Police in Creston say one person was arrested and one theft was reported, Thursday. Authorities say 19-year old Trey Mills, of Kent, was arrested Thursday afternoon for Driving While Barred, following an accident at the exit from a school drive onto Townline Road. Officials say Mills was driving a 2000 Chevy Lumina southbound from the drive and failed to yield at the stop sign. His car struck an eastbound 2005 Dodge Caravan driven by 43-year old Tammy Reed, of Kirksville, MO., causing $7,000 damage. No injuries were reported. He was cited for the traffic offense and arrested on the Driving While Barred charge. Mills was later released from the Union County Jail on a $2,000 bond.

And, a Creston man residing in the 800 block of N. Lincoln Street reported Thursday evening, that someone had stolen a 1989 Blue Diamond gooseneck trailer that was parked in the old Creston Wal-Mart parking lot off New York Avenue. The incident happened sometime between March 14^th and 31^st. The loss was estimated at $3,000.

Police in Red Oak report two people were arrested on separate charges, Thursday. Thursday night, 22-year old Blake Mitchell Wilkinson, of Red Oak, was arrested for on an active Montgomery County warrants charging him with violating the terms of his probation. Wilkinson was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $1,000 bond.

And, 49-year old Kristine Myers Ryan, of Elliott, was arrested at around 2-a.m. Thursday, for possession of a controlled substance/marijuana. She was taken into custody following a traffic stop in Red Oak. Ryan was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $1,000 bond. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department K-9 unit assisted Red Oak Police in making the arrest.

Police in Red Oak say an accident Thursday evening caused $1,600 damage, but no one was injured. Officials say the accident happened at around 6:10-p.m., when 16-year old Kyla Gass, of Red Oak, stopped at the intersection of 4th and E. Hammond Streets, but then proceeded into the intersection, where the 2002 Chevy Cavalier she was driving was struck by a northbound 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix, driven by 20-year old Andrew Parker, of Red Oak. Gass was cited for Failure to Yield from a stop sign.