The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports a Shelby County man was arrested Tuesday evening on a warrant for Probation Violation. 27-year old Jonathan Anthony Montoya, of Earling, was taken into custody following a traffic stop in Walnut. Montoya was also charged with Driving While License Revoked. He was booked into the Pottawattamie County Jail.

Wednesday afternoon, a Pott. County Sheriff’s Deputy arrested a man from Illinois, for being a Fugitive From Justice. 29-year old Raymond Portner, of Crystal Lake, IL., was arrested following a traffic stop for speeding and another moving violation. A records check indicated he was wanted out of Clay County, Missouri. Portner was booked into the Pottawattamie County Jail.

And, a pursuit Wednesday afternoon, resulted in a crash and the arrest of a Shenandoah man. The Pott. County Sheriff’s Office says 34-year old Brian Joseph Freemont, of Shenandoah, was charged with Eluding and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Authorities say a deputy in the median of Interstate 29 at mile marker 57, noticed a gold Ford Taurus drive by with no plates or in-transit tags. The vehicle also had extremely dark window tint.

As he turned his cruiser around to conduct a traffic stop, the Taurus sped up and ultimately rear-ended a Chevy Equinox. The collision disabled the car. The driver, identified as Freemont was arrested on the aggravated eluding charge. A female passenger in the vehicle, 30-year old Starr Selene Walker, of Winnebago, NE., was arrested for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Two glass pipes containing a white residue were taken into evidence.

INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) – Authorities have identified the second victim of a plane crash in south-central Iowa’s Warren County. The Warren County Sheriff’s Office identified the man as 23-year-old Neil Jackson, of Jerome, Idaho. He and 22-year-old Alex Winter, of Indianola, Iowa, died when the Piper PA-11 crashed Friday just north of Indianola, near Laverty Field.

A Federal Aviation Administration report says Jackson was a licensed commercial pilot for single-engine airplanes, and Winter was a student pilot. The two were on a training flight when the plane went down. The crash cause is being investigated.

Council Bluffs Police arrested a man on Eluding, Reckless Driving and OWI/1st offense charges, following a pursuit that began at around 12:30-a.m. today (Thursday). 59-year old David Lanegan, of Council Bluffs, was arrested after the vehicle he was driving became stuck as he tried to drive through a median.

The incident began when officers initiated a pursuit on a vehicle after it nearly struck a police cruiser and was driving erratic in the area of N. 16th St and Avenue F, in Council Bluffs. Officials say Lanegan was suspected of being intoxicated.

He failed to yield for officers and continued north on N. 16th St onto Interstate29 north, where the vehicle attempted to drive through the median and got stuck. Lanegan was booked into Pottawattamie County Corrections on the charges mentioned.

Other than damage done to the suspect vehicle upon it attempting to drive through the median, no injuries or property damage are believed to have occurred.