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(Alleged) Theft of body wash results in an arrest in Council Bluffs

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February 22nd, 2019 by Ric Hanson

A man who allegedly stole a bottle of Old Spice body wash valued at about $4, was arrested Thursday night after he tried to run from a Sheriff’s Deputy. The Deputy responded at around 7:25-p.m. to the HyVee Drug Store on W. Broadway in Council Bluffs, after store employees reported an adult male was leaving the store with merchandise in his pockets that he did not pay for. The Deputy ordered the suspect, later identified as 25-year old Deion Jarell Fleming, to stop, when the man tried to run from the store. Fleming tripped and began to fall to the ground, as the Deputy grabbed him by the arm. The Deputy fell to the ground on top of Fleming, and placed him under arrest. After Fleming was escorted back to the store, the Deputy noticed the suspect suffered from a scraped left thumb. The Deputy applied a bandage for the injury.

Authorities say he was issued a ban and bar letter, prohibiting him from entering the store again. He was then transported to Pott. County Corrections and booked into the jail for Theft in the 5th Degree and Interference with Official Acts. And, a woman who was transported to the Pott. County Jail from the Douglas County, NE. jail, Thursday, was presented with a warrant Thursday, for being a Fugitive from Justice out of Sarpy County, NE. 30-year old Rebecca Sue Cardona had originally been brought to Pott. County, for Probation Violation.