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Red Oak Man arrested for Third Time in One Week

By Tom Robinson Jan 8, 2023 | 6:48 AM

(Red Oak) A Red Oak man faces numerous charges following his third arrest in the same week in Montgomery County.

Deputies arrested 54-year-old Richard James Linfor of Red Oak at 8:24 a.m. on Saturday for two Page County Warrants, Violation of Probation on original charges of 3^rd – Degree Burglary, 4^th-Degree Criminal Mischief, and Felon in Possession of a Firearm. Additionally, Linfor took off running, leading Deputies on a short foot pursuit. Officers caught him in the 500 block of Grimes and charged him with Interference with Official Acts. Deputies transported Linfor to the Montgomery County Jail and held him on a $4,300.00 bond.

In a separate case; deputies arrested 43-year-old Jeffrey Christopher Potter of Elliott, on a Pottawattamie County Warrant for Violation of Probation. Deputies transported Potter to the Montgomery County Jail and held him on a $2,000.00.

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