Two people were arrested on drug charges in Creston, Friday afternoon. 27-year old Brandon Haley, of Clarinda, and 28-year old Tyler Elmore, of Creston, were arrested at 424 New York Avenue, in Creston. Haley was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana-2nd offense, and later released from the Union County Law Enforcement Center on a Promise to Appear in court.

Elmore was being held in the Union County Jail on charges that include: Possession with the Intent to sell/Marijuana (Under 50 kilograms); Failure to Affix a Drug Tax Stamp; Criminal Mischief in the 4th Degree; two counts of Assault on Persons in Certain Occupations; Possession of Drug Paraphernalia; Possession of a Controlled Substance/Meth-1st offense. His bond was set at $14,000.

And, a Creston woman residing in the 900 block of N. Birch Street, reported to police Friday, that sometime over the past week, someone broke into her residence and took several items, including:

• A cedar chest;
• A camelback trunk
• 2 ceramic Christmas trees
• 3 rings
• a full-size vacuum cleaner and a travel-size vacuum cleaner
• a wood trencher
• a crockery churn,
• some change and a bank.

The loss was estimated at $5,175 altogether.