(Creston, Iowa) – The Creston Police Department reports 24-year-old Samantha Rose Lauer, of Creston, was arrested Monday night at the Creston Walmart Store. Lauer was taken into custody for shoplifting (Theft in the 5th Degree). She was cited, and then released from the scene.

Authorities report also, 54-year-old Christopher Joseph Cooklin, of Muskogee OK., was arrested this (Tuesday) morning, at the intersection of Sumner/Adams Street. Cooklin was charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.  He was being held in the Union County Jail on a $300 bond.