The Clarinda Police Department is investigation several recent incidents of theft and vandalism. Chief Keith Brothers says on Tuesday, October 9^th, the Illinois-Iowa road Construction Company reported that four road constructions signs and stands had been stolen from the area of Shenck Road & the US. Highway 71/State Highway 2 bypass sometime between October 8^th and 9^th.

Last Friday, a Clarinda resident reported that a 1996 Dodge truck they owned was vandalized, while the vehicle was parked at their residence located in the 400 block of West Stuart Street. The vehicle had been pelted with eggs sometime that same day. No damage was estimate available.

On Thursday, October 4^th, a Clarinda resident reported someone had vandalized her 2000 Chevrolet truck. The box of the truck had received multiple dents from some type of blunt object. The truck was damaged while it was parked in the Parkview apartment complex lot, located at 1001 E. Main Street. The incident is believed to have occurred sometime between October 3^rd & 4^th. Damage to the truck is estimated at $1,500.00.

That same day, another Clarinda resident reported vandalism to his 2005 GMC truck while it was parked in the 300 block of W. Grant Street. The incident occurred sometime between October 3^rd & 4^th. The vehicle had been pelted with eggs. Damage to the truck is estimated at $200.00.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports today (Wednesday), the arrest on Columbus Day (Monday), of 44-year old David Lee Jordan, of Atlantic. Jordan was charged with OWI 2^nd Offense and Driving Under Suspension. He was brought to the Cass County Jail and  released the following day on his own recognizance. On Sunday, 30-year old Jason Thomas Eilts, of Wiota, was arrested in Cass County on a Dallas County warrant. Eilts was brought to the Cass County Jail and later transferred to Dallas County.

Officials said also, 18-year old Nicholas Wayne Renner, of Atlantic, was arrested October 3rd, on a charge of Theft in the 3^rd Degree. Renner was taken to the Cass County Jail and was released on his own recognizance the following day. On October 5th, 27-year old Rose Ellen Points, of Council Bluffs, was arrested in Cass County on a warrant for Probation Violation. Points was taken to the Cass County Jail where she was being held on $10,000 bond.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office this (Wednesday) morning, released additional details about an accident that occurred at around 10-p.m. Tuesday, north of Atlantic. Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a one-vehicle accident on Eastland Road. Upon investigation, it was determined a 1995 Chevy Monte Carlo owned and driven by 47-year old Lana Jo Knight, of Atlantic, was traveling east on Eastland Road, when Knight swerved to avoid a deer on the road. Her car entered the north ditch and rolled onto its top.

A passenger in the vehicle, 19-year old Brandon Allen Anderson, of Atlantic, was transported to the Cass County Memorial Hospital by Medivac ambulance, after complaining of head and neck pain. Damage to the vehicle is estimated at $5000. Knight was cited for Failure to Maintain Control.