(Updated with additional details)

The Mills County Sheriff’s Department reports two people were arrested this (Wednesday) morning on theft charges associated with missing vehicles. 41-year old Shelly Dawn Race, of Shenandoah, and 48-year old Carl Allen Race, of Clarinda, were taken into custody following a traffic stop. They were each charged with two counts each of Theft in the 2nd degree. Carl Race also faces a Violation of Protection Order charge, for which there is no bond. Shelly and Carl Race’ bond on the other charges was set at $10,000 each.

The couples’ arrested stems from an investigation into the theft of pickup. The Page County Sheriff’s office says it was notified that a  1993 Chevy 2500 Standard Cab pickup owned by David Mellencamp of rural Clarinda, which was reported stolen Tuesday, had been recovered this (Wednesday) morning, during the traffic stop in Mills County.  Also found with the stolen pickup was a 2007 Suzuki DR-650SE motorcycle that had been reported stolen Tuesday. The cycle is owned by Larry Athen, of rural Shenandoah. 

Sheriff Lyle Palmer said the motorcycle’s information was not released to the press, as an investigation was being conducted and a press release could have compromised the immediate investigation.  Both vehicles were entered as stolen through the NCIC system for Law Enforcement when they were reported.

In other news, deputies in Mills County deputies arrested 26-year old Mackenzie Ann Meggison, of Malvern, Tuesday, on a warrant for being a fugitive from justice, issued out of Omaha. Meggison was being held in the Mills County Jail without bond.

(12-p.m. News)