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Forceful cellphone theft leads to charges, arrest

By Brian Hagen

06/12/2023

Christopher Heston/Credit: Atchison Co Sheriff

(KAIR)--An Atchison man, accused of forcefully stealing a cellphone from another man, is jailed in Atchison County in connection with last month's crime.

According to a release from Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson, 33-year-old Christopher Heston was arrested Thursday morning, in the 400 block of Commercial Street, taken into custody on an Atchison County District Court warrant charging him with theft and aggravated robbery, as well as for an additional court warrant charging him with theft.

Wilson, in the release, explains that the aggravated robbery charge stems from the night of May 27, when Heston allegedly used force to take a cellphone from a 38-year-old man, in the 1300 block of South 8th Street. He then, Wilson says, is alleged to have used a mobile pay app on the phone to commit theft.

Additionally, Heston is accused to stealing a cellphone from a 25-year-old woman on the night of May 27, in the 100 block of Atchison's River Road.

Following his arrest, Heston was booked into the Atchison County Jail.

His surety bond is set at $100,000.

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