The Creston Police Department reports Timothy Alvin Newton, of Lamoni, was arrested Thursday afternoon. Newton was taken into custody for Theft in the 3rd Degree, with regard to an incident at the Creston Wal-Mart store. He was being held in the Union County Jail on a $2,000 bond. And, a man residing in the 200 block of Myrtle Street, in Creston, reported to police late Thursday morning, that sometime between 9-p.m. Wednesday and 10-a.m. Thursday, someone took a blue scooter from his property. The loss was estimated at $600.

(7-a.m. News)