On Monday, the Ottumwa Police Department received a report of two persons possibly being armed near the intersection of East Main and North Street in Ottumwa.  Officers began to check the exterior of 2121 East Main for one of the suspects.  While checking the residence, a male identified by police as Lorenzo Langarcia age 21, exited the front of 2202 E. Main and began to walk in the direction of officers.

Langarcia observed officers approaching and then ran back into the residence of 2202 E. Main.  Ottumwa Police Officers established a perimeter of the residence and obtained a search warrant to search the residence for Langarcia.  Additional police personnel were called in to assist in the apprehension of Langarcia.

Langarcia was eventually found hiding in an attic portion of the residence and taken into custody on his outstanding arrest warrants for:

· Controlled Substance Violation, a Class D Felony

· Eluding

· Violation of Probation, Original Charge Delivery of Methamphetamine

· Violation of Probation, Original Charge Carrying Weapons

· Violation of Probation, Burglary 1st Degree

After Langarcia was taken into custody, several members of his family became upset and approached officers causing a disturbance.  Langarcia’s mother, identified as Reynalda Camacho, age 57, of 2202 E. Main, was arrested and charged with 2 Counts of Assault on a Police Officer, both serious misdemeanors.  These charges are a result of Camacho grabbing a hold of one officer and later spitting on another officer.  Langarcia is being held in the Wapello County Jail with a $152,000 cash only bond. Camacho was released on a police citation for her charges.  When officers were conducting their initial search for Langarcia, officers observed firearms and ammunition inside the residence.  Officers subsequently obtained a 2nd search warrant to search for and seize the firearms and any additional contraband inside the residence.

A criminal charge is merely an accusation and a defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.