WEST BURLINGTON POLICE EARLY THIS(MON) MORNING ARRESTED THREE LOCAL MEN ON DRUG CHARGES.
IT BEGAN WITH A REPORT OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY AROUND 4 O’CLOCK IN THE WALMART PARKING LOT ON AGENCY. QUESTIONED AND TAKEN TO THE DES MOINES COUNTY JAIL WERE 40-YEAR OLD PATRICK WRIGHT OF FORT MADISON…45-YEAR OLD DAVID HAND AND 29-YEAR OLD PAT ROBINSON, BOTH OF BURLINGTON. ALL THREE WERE CHARGED WITH POSSESSING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, BELIEVED TO BE METH.
MEANWHILE, WEST BURLINGTON POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING A NOVEMBER 23RD BREAK-IN AT UNCLE RONNIE’S…..ATTEMPTED BURGLARIES AT U-S CELLULAR AND BICKEL’S…AND THE THEFT OF SOME CASH FROM THE ELECTRONICS DEPARTMENT AT WALMART. IN THE UNCLE RONNIE’S BURGLARY, SOMEONE SMASHED THE DOOR AND MADE OFF WITH A CASH REGISTER, LATER FOUND IN A NEARBY FIELD.
