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Harlan Police report (10/23)

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October 23rd, 2018 by Ric Hanson

The Harlan Police Department has released a report on arrests that occurred over the past few days. On Tuesday (10/23), 62-year old Gary Lyn McCoy, of Harlan was arrested following a call for a disturbance in the 600 block of Cyclone Avenue.  McCoy was transported to the Shelby County Jail where he was charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and public intoxication. McCoy had previously been arrested last Saturday, on an active Shelby County warrant.

31-year old Mark Allen Kent, of Omaha, NE, was arrested Tuesday, on an active Shelby County warrant.  Kent was transported to the Shelby County Jail where he was charged with Theft 2nd degree.

Last Friday, 48-year old Nyakaka Deng Joka, of Denison, was arrested on an active Crawford County warrant following a traffic stop in the 1000 block of Highway 59.  Joka was transported to the Shelby/Crawford County line and turned over to a Crawford County deputy.