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Police Beat for Saturday, April 22nd, 2023

By Bruce Kropp Apr 22, 2023 | 10:53 AM

Centralia Police made two separate possession of methamphetamine arrests.  35-year-old Megan Schulte of South Locust was taken to the Marion County Jail for possession of meth and a hypodermic needle.  33-year-old Bailey Bryan of 17th Street in Centralia was also taken to the Marion County Jail.

20-year-old Patience Phelps of Hickory Ridge in Centralia was arrested by Centralia Police on two counts of aggravated battery to a police officer and a single count of resisting arrest.

41-year-old Edwin Steinkamp of Sanders Street in Wamac was arrested by Centralia Police on a Marion County misdemeanor warrant in a pending theft case.   He remained in custody in lieu of $2,500 bond.

The Marion County Sheriff’s Department is investigating criminal damage and theft of parts from a tractor on Friday while it was parked at a residence on Gaston Road in rural Salem.  The missing parts are valued at $1,800.