Arrest made after money stolen during drug deal

After driving off with their customer’s money, two men were arrested on the west side of Bloomington on Monday night.

A woman called on her cell phone to tell police officers she had just been robbed and was following the green Toyota with the suspects near Rockport Road and Rogers Street.

When officers caught up with the two vehicles and stopped them behind the Big Red Liquors on West 17th Street, they detained the two men in the Toyota, Dustin A. Follette, 22, and Chad J. Carnahan, 30.

The woman initially said a car pulled up to her with occupants whom she recognized. She happened to have $25 in her hand when she walked up to the car. The driver snatched it away and drove off. She flagged down a person in a car, and they followed the man with her money.

She later admitted she was trying to buy Xanax from the men.

Follette faces preliminary charges of conspiracy to deal a controlled substance, theft and driving while suspended, and Carnahan faces preliminary charges of dealing a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance, theft and resisting law enforcement.

The woman was not arrested.