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Bluffs woman arrested after found passed out in a stolen vehicle

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March 8th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Police in Council Bluffs arrested a woman early this (Tuesday) morning, after finding her passed out in a stolen vehicle. Authorities say 31-year old Amber Coulter, of Council Bluffs, faces a charge of Theft in the 2nd degree, and was being held in the Pottawattamie County Jail.

Her arrest occurred after officers were called to 901 N. 35th Street in Council Bluffs, at around 2:15-a.m., for a female passed out in a vehicle. Police who found Coulter in the driver’s seat of the vehicle, noticed that the ignition was damaged and that the license plates displayed did not belong to the vehicle.

Amber Coulter

Amber Coulter

After the officers woke Coulter up, she denied stealing the vehicle, and claimed instead that she had borrowed it from a friend.