(Creston, Iowa) – The Creston Police Department reports three people were arrested on drug charges this (Monday) morning (Jan. 6th). Authorities say that at around 12:22-a.m. 32-year-old Ashley Dawn Vandel, of Creston, was arrested at Division/Howard Streets. Vandel was charged with Possess Drug Paraphernalia. She was taken to the Union County Jail and later posted a $300 bond before being released. Also arrested in connection with the same incident, was: 38-year-old Melissa Kay Stephenson, of Leon. Stephenson was charged with Possess Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of Controlled Substance – Methamphetamine, 1st Offense, and Possession of a Controlled Substance, Marijuana 1st. Stephenson was taken to the Union County Jail where she was being held on a $2,300 bond; and 40-year-0ld Santos Olivera-Martinez, of Creston, was arrested for Possess Drug Paraphernalia and Possession of Controlled Substance – Methamphetamine, 1st Offense. Martinez was taken to the Union County Jail where he was being held on a bond of $1,300.

At around 12:45-a.m. Sunday, Creston Police arrested 39-year-old Jordyn Dell Lavola Swanson, of Creston, on charges that include Interference with Official Acts, Public Intoxication, and Disorderly Conduct – Loud Raucous Noise. Swanson was taken to the Union County Jail and later released of her own recognizance. Early Saturday morning, 30-year-old Paul Reymond Harpin, of Creston, was arrested for OWI – 1st Offense. Harpin was taken to the Union County Jail and posted a $1,000 bond.

And, Friday evening, 55-year-old Charles Leon Harris, of Creston, was arrested by Creston Police on a Union County Warrant of Failure to Appear on an OWI – 1st Offense charge. Harris was taken to the Union County Jail posted a $1,000 bond before being released from custody.