Stolen vehicle report leads to meth charge
SIDNEY, IA - Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports the Sunday arrest of a Clarinda woman suspected of vehicle theft and methamphetamine distribution.
A sheriff’s office press release says deputies responded to a report of a stolen vehicle in Farragut and a Mills County report that a suspect had fled on foot near Emerson, Iowa.
A Fremont County K9 unit and Mills County drone unit assisted in the search. The sheriff says Tabatha Rose Ann Holste, 44, was located hiding in a creek south of Emerson.
The press release says a quarter pound of methamphetamine was found during a jail search of Holste in Sidney.
She was held on a $100,000 bond for suspicion of possession with intent to distribute, theft and possession of contraband in a correctional facility.