(Sidney, Iowa) – Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports a woman from Nebraska was arrested Tuesday evening, in connection with the theft of items from previously flooded properties. Deputies responded at around 5:48-p.m. to the 1300 block of Western Avenue, for a report of a suspicious person at a previously flooded residence. They located a suspect, 46-year-old Cynthia Unger, from Omaha.

Unger told the deputies she was collecting scrap metal from the flooded properties. She was then placed under arrest on a Class-C Felony charge of Theft 1st from a disaster affected building. Unger was being held at the Fremont County Jail on $10,000 bond.

The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office and Fremont County K9 Unit responded to the call.