Tobacco shop, bath salts robbery arrest in Bloomington

Local police teamed up with the U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force to arrest 24-year-old John A. Harness. He was arrested Friday in Normal on a warrant charging him with armed robbery. Police say Harness is accused of robbing Global Tobacco at gunpoint, taking money and bath salts. State officials have been investigating the so-called bath salts, which can be abused and snorted to get high.