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Union County Sheriff’s report (9/2)

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September 2nd, 2020 by Ric Hanson

The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports one arrest and one accident took place recently. Late Tuesday morning, 34-year old Michael Edward Baker, of Creston, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center on two Union County warrants for probation violation. Baker was released from the Union County Jail on $4,000 bond.

And, at around 3:20-p.m. Saturday, a 2010 Honda Civic driven by 65-year old Dorthea Raue Ellis, of Murray, was traveling northbound on Yellow Rose Avenue in Union County, when the vehicle went out of control on the gravel, just south of 130th Street. The car entered the west ditch and rolled onto its passenger side. The damage was estimated at $3,500. Ellis – who wearing her seat belt – was extricated from her vehicle by mechanical means. She complained of pain, but was not treated at the scene or transported to a hospital.