Missoula woman arrested for car theft

Tiffany Arcand, a 21-year-old Missoula woman, was arrested by Eureka Police Sept. 14, after she allegedly stole an automobile from a home in Eureka.

In the affidavit of probable cause the arresting officer, David Blessing of the Eureka Police Department wrote he was dispatched to the home of a Eureka resident whose vehicle, a 2014 Subaru Crosstrek, had been stolen.

The victim described the scene to Officer Blessing.

“[Victim} stated that a female with white sunglasses and shoulder-length hair got into the vehicle and drove off,” Blessing wrote.

The report did not indicate whether or not the keys were left in the car.

Less than an hour after Blessing was dispatched to the victim’s residence, Deputy Dale White of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office apprehended Arcand with the stolen vehicle.

“At 1253 hours Deputy Dale White, with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, had located and stopped the stolen vehicle on Millsprings Road and Costich Lake Drive,” Blessing wrote in his affidavit. “I arrived on scene at 1255 hours and the deputy had already detained the female driver, Tiffany Arcand. Eureka Dispatch contacted [victim], the vehicle owner. [Victim] arrived on scene and identified the vehicle as belonging to her. She stated that she did not know Tiffany Arcand.”

Arcand was transported to the Lincoln County Detention Center and, after being advised of her Miranda rights, declined to speak with officers without an attorney present.

She was cited for felony theft of a motor vehicle and a misdemeanor count of driving while suspended.

Arcand was released on her own recognizance and is due in Lincoln County Justice Court Oct. 14 for a preliminary hearing in front of Justice of the Peace Jay Sheffield.