Update: Police Still Looking for This Man

 About a month ago, issued a crime alert about Mark Christopher Bell, saying he was

After issuing a crime alert March 2nd, it took less than 24 hours for police to get a lead from a local resident, and Bell was arrested and released on bail. 

Police say since then, with Bell, and say he failed to appear in court last week.  So police issued a new warrant for his arrest on Saturday and are once again relying on the help of Golden Valley residents.

Police are asking you to call 911 if you've seen Bell or have any information as to his whereabouts.

"We won't say whether or not he's armed and dangerous," a Golden Valley dispatcher said Monday afternoon.  "But we will point people to his criminal record to figure out what kind of person we're dealing with."

Police cite a lengthy criminal history for Bell dating to 1983, including drug charges and episodes of burglary, forgery, robbery, fleeing police, weapons violations and theft.

for soliciting without a permit after a resident called police around three weeks ago. The caller told police that Bell was going door-to-door saying he needed help because his car had broken down on the highway.

Police found Bell and say they disproved his story and arrested him. He was booked and released, but didn't show up for his court date this week.

Police say Bell looked for opportunities to steal and often told people that he had just come from church, or that he needed money to get his vehicle out of impound or that his vehicle had broken down. Some people had given him cash and, in one case, someone actually drove him to a cash machine to give him money, police say.