A weekend traffic stop in central Nebraska led to the arrest of two people on the US Marshals Services Most Wanted List.
Just before 10:00 a.m., Saturday, January 4, Lexington Police issued an alert for a red SUV involved in a gas drive-off at a Lexington convenience store. A short time later, a trooper stopped a red 1999 Nissan Pathfinder matching the description on westbound Interstate 80 near the Darr Exit in Dawson County.
The driver of the vehicle, 30-year-old Shane E. Houke , of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was wanted by the US Marshals Service Northern Iowa Fugitive Task Force on multiple warrants for Failure to Appear, Contempt of Court on Conspiracy to Commit a Felony and False Use of a Credit Card.
A passenger in the vehicle, 30-year-old Dawn M. Lagrange, of Cedar Rapids, was also wanted by the US Marshals Service Northern Iowa Fugitive Task Force on multiple warrants for Illegal Use of Credit Cards, Conspiracy to Commit a Felony, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Gathering Where Controlled Substances are Used.
Both Houke and Lagrange were lodged in the Dawson County Jail.