One person was arrested and two thefts were investigated recently, in Creston. Police say 60-year old Jeff E. Mendenhall, of Corning, was arrested just after 6-a.m. today (Wednesday), on charges of Driving While Revoked and Driving While Barred. Mendenhall was taken into custody at 806 Laurel St. in Creston and brought to the Union County Jail, where he was being held on $2,000 bond.

Creston Police say a woman who resides on N. Oak Street reported Monday, that someone had taken her Utility Cart from 401 W. Adams Street. The cart, valued at $100, was stolen sometime between 2-pm and 2:45-p.m., Sunday. And, a woman on W. Howard St. in Creston reported Monday, that someone had taken her Dell laptop computer with a charger, that was in a black computer case on her back porch. The computer was stolen sometime over the past couple of days. The loss was estimated at $230.

One person was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon in Red Oak, for probation violation. Red Oak Police say 26-year old Kyle Wayne Pack, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 4:45-p.m. at Cubby’s in Red Oak, on an active warrant for allegedly violating the terms of his probation. Pack was on probation related to his original charges of OWI and Careless Driving. Pack was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $250 bond.

Later in the evening, a Nebraska man was arrested in Red Oak, also on a Montgomery County warrant for Violation of Probation. 39-year old Floyd Robert Johnson, Jr., of Omaha, was taken into custody at around 8:20-p.m. at 106 W. Coolbaugh Street. Johnson was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $10,000 bond.