The Harlan Police Department reports there were three recent arrests conducted or citations issued. On Monday (11/2), 33-year old Craig Steve Mumm, of Harlan, was cited for Driving While Suspended. On Oct. 24th, 58-year old Kevin Todd Sparks, of Harlan, was arrested for “Unnecessary Noise.” And, on Oct. 22nd, 63-year old Dale Eugene Stinn, of Harlan, was charged with Theft in the 5th Degree, and Improper Use of Registration.

There were also two separate, non-injury accidents investigation by Harlan Police. One, on Oct. 26th, involved a chain reaction collision that involved vehicles driven by Mason Rhodes, of Defiance, Hallie Funk, of Portsmouth, Hayden Hillgartner, of Earling, and Owen Monson, of Irwin. The accident happened when the Rhodes’ 2005 Buick Park Avenue struck Funk’s 2013 Hyundai Sonata in the rear, as both were traveling south on Highway 59. The impact pushed the Sonata into Hillgartner’s 2003 Ford pickup, which in-turn, struck Monson’s 2012 Nissan Altima.

The second accident happened on Monday (11/2), as 2017 Freightliner semi driven by Adam Wuesthoff, of Blair, NE., was traveling north through a fast food restaurant parking lot at 1904 Chatburn, in Harlan. The semi trailer caught the trailer hitch on a 2019 Ford pickup registered to Marvin Thraen, of Harlan. The pickup was pulled into a 2015 Ford Explorer, registered to Amber Jacobsen, of Harlan.