On November 5, 2020, John W. Bates III, age 30, of Ursa, Illinois was arrested by the Lewis County Sheriff's Office on an outstanding warrant for one count of stealing a motor vehicle, a class D felony.  This arrest stems from an investigation in La Belle, Missouri during August of 2020.

Mr. Bates remains lodged in the Lewis County Jail in lieu of a $5000 cash/corporate surety bond.

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