Dispatch Desk: July 1-7

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 1
7:25 p.m.
Officers were summoned to a South 21st Street residence for a domestic disturbance with death threats made, apparently because a female suspect was upset that her ex-husband was dating again. No arrest was made.

Tuesday, July 2
1:02 a.m.
A Circle K clerk reported the theft of a cell phone, which he had briefly left unattended outside the store, after a break, to check out a customer. Surveillance footage showed the customer exit the store, take the phone and leave in a blue Nissan SUV with a white top. Officers’ attempts to identify or locate the suspect were unfruitful.

3:22 a.m.
While on routine patrol an officer witnessed a named suspect standing behind the Beehive beside a Dumpster near the donation dock. As he pulled into the adjacent parking lot he witnessed the male suspect with a large trash bag on the handle bars of a bicycle. He was stopped and detained based on numerous recent reports of theft from the dock, the time of night and prior knowledge that a large percentage of the donations are left on the dock bagged as they were in the suspect’s possession. After identifying the suspect, the officer explained that the items on the dock were Beehive property, and questioned him about the bag in his possession. The suspect said he removed the property from the Dumpster. The officer removed the property from the bags, photographed the contents, re-bagged the merchandise and released the suspect. A daytime officer reviewed surveillance footage revealing that the suspect had indeed removed property from the dock. Attempts to relocate the suspect were not successful.

4 p.m.
Malika Hendrix, 30, of Arkadelphia, was arrested at Walmart for theft of property and criminal trespassing following a store report of a shoplifter not scanning some items. Hendrix had previously been banned from the store for similar allegations.

11:09 p.m.
Obie Johnson, 38, of Arkadelphia, was arrested at 405 N. 16th St. for violating a protection order. Police had been summoned to a residence across the street for a woman’s complaint that Johnson had been there causing problems. The complainant said she had been allowing Johnson to reside in her apartment across the street, from which he eventually emerged while officers were at the scene. The arresting officer noted he had prior knowledge of an active court order requiring Johnson to stay 100 yards away from the complainant.

Thursday, July 4
3:20 a.m.
Officers responded to a Pecan Street residence for a welfare concern.

7:09 a.m.
A Wade Street man reported someone, likely a known suspect, had climbed atop his Pontiac G6 and jumped, causing damage to the vehicle’s roof.

8:09 a.m. – 11:09 a.m.
Michael Alvin Buckley Jr., 19, of Fordyce, was arrested at 811 Wade St. for theft of property and obstructing governmental operations. Police had initially been summoned to 815 Wade St. for a report that the aforementioned car-bashing vandal was back on the property. That suspect led police on a foot chase, running through multiple yards and jumping multiple fences along Walnut Street. One policeman tasered the suspect, but a good connection was not made; a followup shot had the same results. Officers lost sight of the suspect in a wooded area at the 1000 block of South 11th Street.

During the pursuit, Sgt. Jody Evans’s cell phone had fallen off his person; it was alleged that Buckley, who had given officers a false name, had taken the phone. An officer called Evans’s number to hear an “M.J.” answer the phone, but attempts to get him to exit the residence were unsuccessful. A female came out but wouldn’t allow police inside without a warrant; her mother arrived and was able to clear the residence of all suspects, including Buckley, who continued giving officers a fake name until they showed him a photo of his driver’s license and got him to admit his true identity. Following his arrest and multiple attempts to get aid in locating Evans’s phone, the younger female surrendered the phone, along with its case and SIM card, which had been removed from the device.

The suspect who fled on foot remained on the lam.

9:13 a.m.
A Bearden woman reported fraudulent use of her debit/credit card, alleging that an employee of a fast food establishment in Arkadelphia had stolen the card. She said she made a purchase at the drive-through window the previous night but forgot to claim her card, then later got a notification of an attempted-but-failed purchase at a Wing Stop. Surveillance footage showed the cashier give the card to management, who put it directly into the safe.

10:18 p.m.
A man reported that his vehicle was struck by an unknown object — possibly fireworks — while he was traveling near 3rd and Main streets. The reporting officer observed no damage to the vehicle.

11:33 p.m.
Officers were dispatched to the area of 5th and Crittenden streets, near the Clark County Courthouse, for reports of a black male shooting a gun at passing vehicles. The reporting officer observed the suspect walking in the area, activated his emergency lights and exited his patrol unit. The officer drew his weapon and ordered the suspect to lie on the ground. The compliant suspect relayed that he had a pistol. Police handcuffed the man and removed the pistol from his right front pocket, and he was detained in a police car. An officer was sent to the complainant’s Clinton Street residence, where several people were gathered but none would answer questions. Meanwhile, a check of the gun returned clear, and the intoxicated gun toter was given a courtesy ride to his South 10th Street residence. Police seized the firearm for the night, informing the subject he could retrieve it when he sobered up.

Friday, July 5
Juvenile report: Harassment

Police were summoned to Circle K for a report of an irate female in the parking lot. Police discovered that the woman was upset with her ex-boyfriend and that the two, driving separate vehicles, had gotten into a verbal altercation at Malone and Pine before ending up in the gas station parking lot. Police spoke with both out-of-town parties before sending them on their way.

Saturday, July 6
7:47 p.m.
A Carpenter Hill Apartments woman reported receiving threats from a neighbor.

Sunday, July 7
Juvenile report: Disorderly conduct/Refusal to submit/Terroristic threatening

10:43 p.m.
An officer responded to a North 20th Street residence for a complaint of threats made.

Clark County Sheriff’s Office

Monday, July 1
2:16 p.m.
Theft of a firearm was reported from a vehicle at a Caraway Road residence. The firearm was described as a desert tan Kimber 9 mm semi-automatic pistol.

Thursday, July 4
11:38 a.m.
Deputies were summoned to a Greenville Road residence for a welfare concern.

12:40 p.m.
Deputies were advised of a shoplifter at Little Mo’s Liquor, 8996 Highway 67 South, Gurdon. The named suspect reportedly concealed a fifth of tequila in the front of his shorts. Store personnel confronted the sticky-fingered sot, who retrieved the booze and left the store. The reporting deputy learned later that the shoplifter is out on bond with an ankle monitor, and a trace of the ankle monitor showed him to be at the liquor store at the time of the attempted theft.

Saturday, July 6
6:42 p.m.
Tryston Cole McKamie, 22, of Hope, was arrested at River Rats for resisting arrest, fleeing, disorderly conduct, public intoxication and endangering the welfare of a minor. Police had been summoned to a domestic disturbance while floaters were exiting the river. Identified as a suspect, McKamie was uncooperative with deputies and ultimately fled on foot. He was tasered more than once while reportedly resisting arrest.

Arrests in Clark County

Tuesday, July 2
Jamarkus Howard, 31, Arkansas State Police, DWI, driving with a suspended license, careless and prohibited driving, refusal to submit, no insurance

Jessica Burdue, 39, Caddo Valley Police Department, continued detention

Bobby Joe Holliman, 50, Act 570

Wednesday, July 3
Deavin Shorrock, 43, CVPD, public intoxication

Micheal Timothy Davila Jr., 22, CVPD, continued detention

Thursday, July 4
Tracy Almond, 50, Gurdon Marshal’s Office, hold for Garland County

Friday, July 5
Daniel Robinson, 27, child support

Saturday, July 6
Tararus Olden, 23, weekend