The Atlantic Police reports 1 arrest and 2 traffic accidents over the weekend in Atlantic. On Friday (9/20) 49-year-old David Kirchner of Atlantic was arrested for shoplifting. He was transported to the Cass County Jail and booked in.
On Saturday (9/21) Atlantic Police report an accident around 10:06am in the 300 block of East 3rd Street. A vehicle driven by Bryan Rutherford of Atlantic struck a legally parked vehicle owned by Bruce Petterson of Atlantic. Rutherford was traveling west on 3rd Street and became distracted and drifted to the right striking the parked vehicle. Damage to both vehicles totaled $5,000. Rutherford was also cited for no proof of insurance.
Atlantic Police report another incident where a vehicle struck another legally parked vehicle at 1:20pm Sunday (9/21). James Hildebrand of Atlantic was backing out of a drive at 404 Crombie Street and backed into a legally parked vehicle owned by Deborah Hart of Atlantic. Hart’s vehicle suffered $2,000 damage.