The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports 4 recent arrests.

On Thursday at 11:00am deputies arrested 27-year-old Andrew Dean West of Malvern on 2 warrants for Violation of Probation.  West was taken into custody and held on $10,000 bond.

Also Thursday at 7:42pm deputies arrested two individuals at the same location.  Deputies arrested 21-year-old Dylan Wayne Thorne of Glenwood on a warrant for Child Endangerment and Gathering.  Thorne was arrested on Garfield Lane along with 22-year-old Destiny Renae New who was arrested on the same warrant.  Both were taken into custody and held on $5,000 bond each.

On Friday deputies arrested 36-year-old Christina Mae Robbins of Glenwood for OWI 1st Offense.  Robbins was arrested on 221st Street at 12:30am and was held on $1,000 bond.

Officials with the Iowa Department of Corrections report an inmate assigned to the Clarinda Correctional Facility has died. Authorities say 51-year old Gregory Eugene Simmons died Wednesday morning at the Clarinda Regional Health Center. He had been vomiting excessively in his cell at the Correctional Facility. When emergency medical assistance arrived on the scene, they found Simmons was not breathing and did not have a pulse.

Emergency workers immediately began CPR and other life saving measures, but were unsuccessful. Simmons was then transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead at Noon, on Wednesday.

Officials say while it is believed Simmons died of unknown natural causes, an autopsy was ordered to determine the cause of death. However, initial indications were that there was no trauma, injury or foul play involved. Simmons was serving a 25 year sentence out of Marion County for Sex Abuse Second Degree. His sentence began December 13th, 2010.

Officers with the Council Bluffs Police Department this (Friday) morning served an additional arrest warrant on a Council Bluffs man who was already facing one felony count, and one aggravated misdemeanor count, of Sexual Exploitation of a minor. A warrant for a felony count of Sexual Abuse in the 2nd degree was filed against 36-year old Shawn Beu. The warrant was served at the Pottawattamie County Jail, where Beu remains held on a $25,000 bond.

Since Beu’s arrest, the Council Bluffs Police Department has received inquiries from some concerned parents, who have children that have had contact with Beu in the past. Authorities say they want the public to know that they are investigating a single incident, with one victim. At this point in the investigation, officials have found no evidence indicating that there are other victims.

Beu is a corrections sergeant for Douglas County in Nebraska. Council Bluffs police say an investigation of Beu began after the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children passed a tip to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Police in Des Moines, Thursday afternoon, arrested a man wanted in Red Oak on felony Theft and Forgery charges. 32-year old Gordon Leroy Currin, III, of Des Moines, was arrested on a valid Red Oak Police Department warrant for two counts of felony Theft in the 2nd degree, and two felony counts of Forgery. Currin was brought to the Polk County Jail and held until Friday (today), and then transferred to the jail in Montgomery County, where he was being held on a $5,000 cash bond.