Two arrested for narcotics, theft in West Burlington

Two people were arrested after West Burlington Police say they left a Wal-Mart without paying for items.

The West Burlington Police Department received a report of two people leaving Wal-Mart, 324 W. Agency Road, without paying for several items on Wednesday, April 24. Officers conducted a traffic stop on the suspects’ vehicle in the parking lot and K9 Maverick was deployed to conduct an open air sniff around the vehicle. K9 Maverick alerted to the presence of illegal narcotics and the vehicle was searched. Officers found methamphetamine, marijuana, Loprazolam, morphine, amphetamine capsules and other prescription narcotics in the vehicle.

Matthew Reisinger of Pella, Iowa and Shalayla Sickels of Bloomfield, Iowa were arrested and taken to the Des Moines County Correction Facility. Reisinger is charged with possession of a controlled substance third offense, a class D felony.

Sickels is charged with:

• Theft third degree, an aggravated misdemeanor,
• Possession of contraband in a correctional facility, a class D felony,
• Unlawful possession of a prescription drug, a serious misdemeanor,
• Six counts of possession of a controlled substance second offense, aggravated misdemeanors,
• Failure to affix a drug tax stamp 10 or more dosage units, a class D felony.

Reisinger and Sickles are both awaiting initial court appearances.

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