(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said Saturday, that 43-year-old Jeffrey Christopher Potter, of Elliott, was arrested at around 7:45-a.m., Saturday. Potter was arrested in Elliott, on a Pottawattamie County warrant for Violation of Probation. His bond was set at $2,000.

And, the Sheriff’s Office says for the third time in the past week, 54-year-old Richard James Linfor, of Red Oak, was arrested. He was taken into Saturday morning on two Page County Bench Warrants for Violation of Probation, on original charges of: Burglary/3rd Degree; Criminal Mischief/4th Degree; and Felon in Possession of a Firearm.  During the arrest, Saturday, authorities say “Linfor thought it would be a good idea to take off running. After a two block foot pursuit, he was arrested in the 500 block of Grimes Street, in the creek bank.”

The Sheriff’s Department added, “He went to jail winded and tired.”  Linfor was charged with Interference with Official Acts, and was being held on a $4,300 bond.