(Red Oak, Iowa) – Police in Red Oak arrested two people Tuesday afternoon, in connection with the theft of lottery tickets. Authorities say 22-year-old Jessica Andrea Nuñez, and 21-year-old Kaleb Rylie Toepfer, both of Red Oak, were arrested a little after 3-p.m., Tuesday, in the 400 block of N. 3rd Street. Nuñez was arrested on with two felony counts of lottery ticket theft and Theft in the 2nd Degree. Toepfer was arrested as an Accessory after the fact (stealing lottery tickets) – Felony, and Theft in the 2nd Degree, an Aggravated Misdemeanor.

Red Oak Police say the pair were arrested following an investigation involving the Iowa Lottery Authority, which resulted in the discovery of more than 500 stolen Lottery tickets and about $1,600 in profit from those tickets. Bond for both suspects was set at $5,000 each. They were being held in the Montgomery County Jail.