Posted June 19, 2023 05:34pm
(KAIR)--An Iowa woman is facing charges in Jackson County, arrested in a stolen vehicle after reports of someone allegedly opening mailboxes in the southern part of the county.
Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse, in a release, says the suspicious activity was reported Sunday evening, near Hoyt, shortly before 8:00.
Deputies located the suspect vehicle, driven by 28-year-old Tehya Rose Wright, near 126th and Q. Road, about an hour after the mailbox openings were reported.
It was determined by the deputies that the vehicle, a 2007 Toyota Corolla, had been reported stolen from Omaha, Nebraska.
The Mason City, Iowa resident was stopped, and arrested, taken into custody on theft charges.
Following her arrest, Wright was booked into the Jackson County Jail.