(Council Bluffs, Iowa) The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office, Monday, said a man from Council Bluffs was arrested a little after 7-a.m. Friday, on Indecent Exposure and other charges. A Deputy observed 58-year-old Randy Joe Wilcox was completely nude when he riding his bicycle eastbound over the Avenue G bridge. When the deputy attempted to stop Wilcox, he turned around on his bike and attempted to flee back over the bridge westbound. The Deputy eventually caught up to the man. During the stop, items of drug paraphernalia and methamphetamine were found on Wilcox’ person. He was charged with Indecent Exposure, Interference with Official Acts, Possession of a Controlled Substance 3^rd Offense, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

The Sheriff’s Office reports also:

• 33-year-old James Perry Watkins was arrested after Deputies were called to the 100 block of 3^rd Street in Neola on August 29^th for a check welfare. Dispatch advised that a female had been assaulted by her boyfriend. Watkins was charged with Domestic Abuse Assault – Strangulation and Child Endangerment.
• 40-year-old Angela Michelle Marsh was arrested after Deputies were called to the 200 block of Dye Street in Carson on August 28^th for a disturbance. Marsh was charged with Assault Causing Bodily Injury or Mental Illness.
• 22-year-old Allee Rose Hart was arrested following a traffic stop at North 8^th Street and Kanesville Boulevard on August 29^th for Possession of a Controlled Substance (Marijuana) 1^st Offense.
• 50-year-old Timothy Jess Paulson Abboud was arrested on August 25^th for Operating While Intoxicated 1^st Offense and Carrying Weapons.
• 28-year-old Kenneth Lewis Pippin was arrested at Highway 59 and Highway 92 on August 26^th for Operating While Intoxicated 1^st Offense and Driving While License Denied, Suspended, Canceled or Revoked.
• 43-year-old Scott Wayne Casson was arrested on August 28^th for Operating Under the Influence 3^rd or Subsequent Offense and Driving While License Denied, Suspended, Canceled or Revoked.
• 33-year-old Cory Robert Kyle was arrested following a traffic stop on August 27^th for Driving While Barred.
• 44-year-old Timothy Shane Peffer was arrested on August 28^th for Driving While Barred.
• 27-year-old Dalton Gaston, of Omaha, was arrested following a traffic stop on August 28^th on a fugitive warrant out of Nebraska.
• 51-year-old Steven Craig Pleas, of Council Bluffs, was charged on August 25^th with Criminal Mischief 2^nd after he broke several sprinkler heads at the jail.
• and, 26-year-old Alberto Eduardo Elquezabal turned himself in on August 26^th on a warrant for Violation of Probation.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports a man and a woman were arrested on separate valid warrants for probation violation, Monday.  27-year-old, Clara Jane Heitshusen, of Farragut, and 28-year-old, Ozzy Ray Hunter, of Red Oak, were booked into Montgomery County Corrections and held on $10,000 cash bond, each.

And, Red Oak Police, Monday, arrested 48-year-old Tiffany Lea Palmer, of Red Oak, and a charge of Harassment in the 3rd Degree. Palmer was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 bond.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA — A man from Council Bluffs was sentenced Friday to spend 6.5 years in prison for being a Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm. 26-year-old John Allen Lindeman, Jr., who was sentenced in Council Bluffs U-S District Court, will serve three-years of supervised release after completing his term of imprisonment.

On November 19, 2020, Lindeman eluded law enforcement by driving back and forth between Nebraska and Iowa. Deputies with the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office eventually spotted Lindeman’s vehicle in a parking lot in Council Bluffs. Lindeman refused to exit his vehicle and instead reversed his car at a high rate of speed. He continued to resist until law enforcement was able to arrest him. Lindeman was found in possession of a pistol at the time of his arrest.

According to court documents, Lindeman pleaded guilty to Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm in April of 2021.
Acting United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office, Council Bluffs Police Department, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case.

(Indianola, Iowa/KCCI) – Officials with Simpson College released new details Monday on the death of a student. College officials said Blaine Schumacher died by apparent suicide on campus. The college said officials learned of the Schumacher’s death on Sunday, but the time of his death remains unclear. Indianola police said Schumacher was 22.

According to Simpson, Schumacher was a senior studying neuroscience and was also a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. The college said his death is not linked to campus events.

“We are devastated to learn of the death of one of our own,” Simpson College President Marsha Kelliher said in a statement. “During this difficult time, our priority is to care for each other. Our thoughts and prayers are with Blaine’s family, loved ones and the entire Simpson College community.”

Religious life community and counseling services are available for anyone on campus.