Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers reports his officers, Monday, arrested an unidentified 13-year old male from Clarinda, in connection with a string of burglaries that occurred during the early morning hours of Saturday, November 28th. Ding’s Honk-n-Holler Liquor Store, the Clarinda Lied Recreation Center and the Clarinda Community Center were all forcibly entered, resulting in damage and the theft on consumable goods and an undetermined amount of cash.

The juvenile was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Southwest Iowa Juvenile Detention Center pending additional action by the Page County Attorney’s Office and Page County Juvenile Court Services. He is alleged to have committed three counts of burglary in the third degree, theft in the second degree and criminal mischief in the second degree.

An investigation into the burglary and thefts continues.