The Creston Police Department reports three arrests. A little after 2-a.m. today (Wednesday), 30-year old Cody J. Courtney, of Thayer, was arrested at 403 E. Townline in Creston, for Possession of a Controlled Substance/3rd or Subsequent Offense. Courtney was being held in the Union County Jail on a $5,000 bond. He was also being held on a Madison County Warrant for Failure to Appear on the original charge of Possession of Paraphernalia ($300 bond) and a Polk County Warrant for Criminal Mischief 4th degree ($1,000 bond). The Creston Police K9 “Jax” assisted in Courtney’s arrest.

Late Tuesday night, 46-year old Shannon Gandee, of Creston, was also arrested at 403 E. Townline, for Possession of a Controlled Substance 1st Offense. She was being held in the Adams County Jail on a $1000 bond. The Creston Police K9 “Jax” also assisted in her arrest.

Tuesday afternoon, 50-year old Matthew Baulder, of Panora, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center in Creston, on a Union County Warrant for Theft in the 5th Degree. Baudler was released from the Union County Jail on a $300 bond.