Lang
6/26/21
A suspect in a recent catalytic converter theft in North Liberty is now charged with also allegedly stealing them in Iowa City.
42-year-old Chad Arment of Edina, Missouri was originally booked into the Johnson County Jail at 5:15 Tuesday afternoon. Arment was arrested after North Liberty Police say they found him in possession of four catalytic converters near the corner of Brook Ridge Avenue and St. Andrew’s Drive just after 2:30 Tuesday morning. It was determined that one of them was taken from a 2014 Ford F150 parked at Junge Ford on North Madison Avenue for service. Junge Ford is about a mile north of where Arment was found.
Iowa City Police now say Arment stole a catalytic converter off of two vehicles parked at a business on Dolphin Drive between 4 and 4:30am on Monday morning. Still shot surveillance cameras allegedly caught Arment in the act.
Arment is charged with 2nd Degree Theft and 4th Degree Criminal Mischief for the Junge Ford incident. He now faces additional charges of 2nd Degree Criminal Mischief, 4th Degree Criminal Mischief and 2nd Degree Theft for the Dolphin Drive incident. If convicted on all charges, he faces a maximum of 17 years in prison.