Search of Union House Yields Meth

PLATTSMOUTH – A 54-year-old Union man has been charged with possession of methamphetamine following a probation search on Tuesday of his residence.

Court records say Cass County deputies assisted the Nebraska State Patrol in the search the residence of Richard Schutten.

An arrest affidavit says a sheriff’s deputy found two bags containing meth inside a box that was in the kitchen of the house.

Schutten had been sentenced in Sarpy County to a year’s probation after willful reckless driving on Christmas Day 2017.

A methamphetamine possession charge has also been filed in Cass County against 28-year-old Natasha Ockenhouse of Louisville.  She is accused of possession on July 19.