2 arrested in armored car theft

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Federal officials in Des Moines say the FBI has arrested a Moline man and his cousin from Wisconsin in the March 19 theft of some $260,000 from an armored car parked outside a Davenport bank.

Mark Bladel, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office, says 25-year-old James Hohlfeld of Moline appeared Thursday at a Davenport courthouse and was ordered held on charges of bank theft. Bladel says Hohlfeld's cousin and co-defendant, Dylan Trones, was arrested in Wisconsin and appeared Thursday at U.S. District Court in Madison.

According to a criminal complaint, Hohlfeld and Trones stole the money and some $1,800 in stamps from an armored car belonging to the Rochester Armored Car Service. The complaint said Hohlfeld onced worked for Rochester and was familiar with the company's routes and procedures.