Dispatch Desk: Tuesday, July 18

The following incidents were gathered from reports filed at the Arkadelphia Police Department and Clark County Sheriff’s Office. Names of arrested individuals were collected at the Clark County Detention Center on Crittenden Street in Arkadelphia. They are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law. The Arkadelphian does not withhold names from the arrest log, so don’t even think about asking.

Arkadelphia Police Department

Monday, July 10
1:06 p.m.
A report of an assault on a pregnant woman sent officers to an apartment at 120 North 20th street. Officers arrived to find the pregnant woman at the apartment where her child’s father was living with his girlfriend. The man was angered when the two women exchanged text message evidence of his relationship with the expectant mother. Statements from the two women differed on exactly what happened when the pregnant woman tried to enter the apartment to confront the father either pushed her to the floor and against a wall or caused her to trip and fall into the wall. Apparently the girlfriend broke up the confrontation. Baptist EMS evaluated the woman who fell but did not transport her to the hospital. The police incident report did not indicate that any arrests were made at the apartment.

Police opened a felony investigation regarding residential burglary.

Tuesday, July 11
3:12 PM
Police received a report of a delivery truck knocking down a utility line. The accident occurred in the 1400 block of Phillips Street near 14th street. The driver said he had met another semi truck and had to pull over far enough to avoid a collision which was apparently far enough to snag the overhead Suddenlink cable. The incident report did not indicate that the driver was ticketed.

9:30 PM
A 66-year-old white male was taken into custody for criminal trespass, public intoxication and disorderly conduct when police responded to a call from a resident on Elaine Circle. The man, who said the woman was his on again, off again girlfriend tried to force his way into the home to talk to her. The woman slammed his head in the door in an effort to keep him out. Apparently the man was sober enough to realize he could not pull his head out of the door and would have to go forward. He was able to gain access where he encountered the woman’s actual boyfriend. A loud argument between the two men was underway when officers arrived. Both men were initially detained until police determined the second man did live at the address with the homeowner and was just trying to get the intruder to leave.

10:51 PM
A resident at the Chateau Apartments on 1038 Pine Street reported her car was damaged between 4 p.m. on Monday and 10 p.m. on Tuesday. Evidence at the scene was consistent with a red vehicle parked immediately to the left having hit the vehicle when backing out, damaging the rear door, rear quarter panel and tearing the rear bumper loose on one side. The suspect vehicle and driver remained unidentified at the time of the report.

Arkadelphia police assisted another agency with an incident involving a juvenile.

Wednesday, July 12
3:57 PM
Officers met with a woman at the police station who wanted to report a domestic battery that occurred about an hour earlier at her residence on Country Club Drive. The woman said she had arrived home to find her boyfriend in her bed talking to another female on the phone. When she told him to leave he got upset, punched her in the face and left on foot. The complainant did not provide any other information while at the police department, but the incident report noted that there were no visible signs of an altercation other than a small scratch on the woman’s elbow. She was informed of affidavit procedures.

10:54 PM
An Iron Wood Circle resident reported that her granddaughter came to her home to borrow her cell phone and attempted to make several Cash App purchases using the grandmother’s debit card, which she was able to freeze before the transactions were completed. While she was visiting her grandmother the 29-year-old female reportedly also stole four steaks from her refrigerator. The grandmother was informed about warrant procedures and steps she could take to get a no-contact order.

11:43 PM
Police removed an 18-year-old female from a home on North 14th Street after the owner reported that her son had snuck the girl into the house without his mother’s permission. According to the mother the girl had previously been removed from the house by police for trespassing. Police took the suspect into custody and transported to the Sheriff’s office where she was issued a citation for criminal trespass and left in the custody of the jail staff.

Friday, July 14
An investigation involving a juvenile and aggravated robbery was opened on this date.