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Oklahoma fugitive captured in DeKalb County
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A man wanted for embezzlement in Oklahoma was arrested by the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department Friday.Rodney Scott Anderson, 44, of Duncan City, Oklahoma was charged with being a fugitive from justice after a deputy on a routine traffic stop discovered his identity. According to Sheriff Patrick Ray, Anderson was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by a deputy on Highway 70 on April 27.Once his identity was checked through the National Crime Information Center, it was revealed that Anderson was wanted in Jefferson County, Oklahoma on charges of embezzlement.His bond is $50,000, and he will be in court May 3.Meanwhile, Smithville Police have charged a 41-year-old Michelle Byars with four counts of forgery.According to Police Chief Randy Caplinger, an officer arresting Byars on a failure to appear warrant on March 29 found her to be in possession of a check belonging to another person.An investigation allegedly revealed that she had stolen several checks belonging to this person.Byars reportedly forged the name of this other woman on at least four checks, passing three at Save-A-Lot and another at Ace Hardware.Her bond is $6,000.The sheriff's department arrested 54-year-old Gregory Scott Redmon and charged him with theft of property under $500 on April 26.Redmon reportedly went onto property on Old Snow Hill Road and took an octagon-shaped flower pot, valued at less than $500, from a home there.His bond is $1,500 and he will be in court May 3. Jason Allen Moseley, 31, has been arrested by city police and charged with two counts of theft of property over $500.Chief Caplinger reports that on Wednesday, April 4, Police investigating complaints that small utility trailers had been stolen from two different homes on Jennings Lane reportedly discovered that the trailers had been sold to a pawn shop in McMinnville.The trailers were recovered and Moseley was arrested for the theft.His bond is $5,000.