Citizen report leads to arrest of Joplin man on robbery warrant, 129 grams of meth confiscated

(From the Joplin Police Department)

Incident Spotlight

On 9-23-17 at 2:39 a.m. our officers responded to a suspicious vehicle call at 605 West 25th.

Caller said a white pickup truck kept driving back and forth in the apartment complex. Officer located the pickup occupied several times. They arrested the driver, James E Colley, 34, Joplin for a Jasper County robbery warrant with $500,000 cash bond and a probation and parole warrant with no bond. He was also found to be in possession of approximately 129 grams of meth, other people's identifications and a counterfeit $100 bill.

Those new charges resulted in an additional $10,000 cash bond over the weekend.

Thank you to the alert citizen for reporting suspicious activity.