Dispatch Desk: Sept. 4-8

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

Wednesday, Sept. 4

Juvenile report: Terroristic Threatening of school employee

9:31 p.m.
Officers responded to an apartment at the 1000 block of South 16th Street for a disturbance involving multiple parties, and also for a report of the possible theft of numerous items of electronics. It turned out that the missing items had been moved, with permission, to another apartment while the resident was incarcerated. The items were retrieved, and all parties went their separate ways.

Thursday, Sept. 5

Juvenile report: Missing Person

Police investigated a breaking or entering at the 1300 block of Lee Street.

Police investigated a felony theft somewhere on Clay Street.

Police investigated a forgery at the 500 block of Main Street.

Friday, Sept. 6

Juvenile report: Public Intoxication

Police investigated a residential burglary at the 500 block of South 10th Street.

7 p.m.
Officers were summoned to the Emergency Room at Baptist Health Medical Center in reference to a man who was being treated for dog bites. The South 11th Street patient, with lacerations to his left shoulder and right forearm, relayed that he was walking in the neighborhood when a brindle pit bull attacked him. He was unable to provide information related to the dog’s owner, and was advised to phone police should he see the dog again.

Saturday, Sept. 7

Police made an arrest for possession of methamphetamine at the 3000 block of West Pine Street. Additional details weren’t included as the Arkadelphia Police Department doesn’t disclose information contained in felony incident reports.

Sunday, Sept. 8

Police investigated a breaking or entering at the 400 block of 16th Street.

Clark County Sheriff’s Office

Tuesday, Sept. 3
6:30 a.m.
Criminal trespass was reported at a vacant Hearn residence, where the homeowner advised that her security cameras captured an unknown individual walking around the home’s exterior and nosing through her belongings. A deputy checked the home to find no evidence that entry had been made.

Wednesday, Sept. 4
1:52 p.m.
The theft of water services was reported at the 2200 block of Smithton Road, Gurdon, where someone had removed the lock and water meter and installed a makeshift PVC adapter with a water hose attached to it. The responding deputy advised the water department employee to remove and dispose the jerry-built water line. The meter was removed, and the undamaged lock was replaced.

Saturday, Sept. 7
2:48 a.m.
A deputy was dispatched to the 4700 block of US Highway 67, Curtis, for a resident’s complaint of trespassers attempting to steal a UTV. The homeowner said he was awakened by his home security system, and confronted the thieves as they were pushing the side-by-side. The would-be thieves, who said “their girls” had dropped them off there, apparently fled the scene on foot.

Arrests in Clark County

Thursday, Sept. 5
Romell Juan Rivera, 25, theft by receiving, fraudulent use of a credit card
Christopher E. Gray, 43, continued detention
Jerry Henery, 68, DWI-1st

Friday, Sept. 6
Charles York, 41, Arkadelphia Police Department, public intoxication

Saturday, Sept. 7
Jamie Roberts, 32, Caddo Valley Police Department, continued detention
Tenyia Hawks, 54, APD, possession of a Schedule II controlled substance (meth) x 2, possession of a Schedule IV controlled substance x 2

Sunday, Sept. 8
Earnest Young, 22, CVPD, DWI
David Boddie, 44, Arkansas State Police, fleeing, fleeing on foot, driving with a suspended license
Britney Palmer, 26, domestic battery, endangering the welfare of a minor