(Mount Ayr, Iowa) – The Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office reports a woman was arrested Thursday afternoon on drug and assault charges. Authorities say 43-year-old Theresa Marcione, of Mount Ayr, was arrested at around 1:45-p.m., after she was confronted at the Casey’s General Store in Mount Ayr, for allegedly taking merchandise.

Marcione is also alleged to have assault the cashier. She was taken into custody for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Simple Assault.  Marcione was being held in the Ringgold County Jail on a $600 cash-only bond.

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