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Creston Police report numerous arrests over the past week

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October 5th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

The Creston Police Department has issued a report on arrests and incidents that took place over the past week. On Sunday, 22-year old Colleen Corell, of Hudgins, VA, was arrested at the Creston Dollar General Store, for Theft in the 5th Degree. She was cited and released from the scene on a Promise to Appear. And, 19-year old Dakota Nix, of Independence,  was arrested at the Creston Wal-Mart, Sunday, also for Theft in the 5th. She was released from the Union County Jail on a $300 bond.

On Saturday, 30-year old Alex Richard Cunningham, of Creston, was arrested at his residence, on a Union County Warrant for Violation of Probation, on the original charge of Possession of Controlled Substance/2nd and Harassment/1st Degrees. He was also additionally charged with Violation of a No Contact Order. Cunningham was being held at the Union County Jail without bond until seen by the magistrate.

On Friday, 32-year old Danny Fry Jr., of Creston, was arrested for Harassment in the 3rd Degree. He was later released from the Union County Jail on a $300 Bond. 47-year old Chuck Allen Johnson, of Des Moines, was arrested Friday at 203 N. Oak, for Public Intoxication. He was later released from the Union County Jail on a $300 Bond. Friday morning, 27-year old Brandon Scott Lawrence, of Creston, was arrested at his residence, on a Union County Warrant for Theft in the 5th. He was released from the Union County Jail on a $300 Bond. And at around 5:40-a.m. Friday, 34-year old Michael Matherly, of Creston, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, on three Union County Warrants for:

  • Failure to Appear on the original charges of Harassment 1st and Threat – Explosive or Incendiary Device
  • Failure to Appear for Bond Revocation Hearing on the original charge of Assault on Persons in certain Occupations (2 counts).
  • Failure to Appear on the original charge of Possession of Controlled Substance 1st.

Matherly was being held in the Union County Jail on $7000 cash only bond. In other news, Creston Police said that on Sunday morning, a woman reported her garage was broken into and a piano tuning kit was stolen. The incident happened in the 300 block of S. Maple Street. The loss was estimated at $125. And, a Creston man reported that sometime between 3-p.m Saturday and 9:24-a.m. Sunday, someone broke into his vehicle and took some cash. The loss was estimated at $200. The incident occurred in the 200 block of S. Birch Street, in Creston.

A Creston woman reported to Police, Sunday, that sometime between 9-p.m. Saturday and 8:30-a.m. Sunday, someone broke into her vehicle that was parked at her residence in the 200 block of S. Maple Street, and stole cash and the vehicle registration. The loss was estimated at $7.00. And, Friday night, a man residing in the 500 block of Livingston Street, in Creston, said that someone had keyed his vehicle while it was parked at the Creston High School. The incident happened sometime between 6:30-p.m. Friday and 10-p.m. The damage was estimated at $250.