This is a roundup of felony charges filed in recent days by the Clark County Prosecutor’s Office. Some defendants may also have misdemeanor charges against them, but they are not included here. The following names and charges, which are contained within public documents, are gathered from online court records available through ARCourts. Defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
State vs. Tenyia Hawks. Possession of a Schedule I/II Controlled Substance – 2 counts, habitual, Class D Felony. Prosecutor: Dan Turner. Defense: Not listed. On the afternoon of Sept. 7, 2024, officers with the Arkadelphia Police Department were called to West Pine Exxon for a welfare check on a woman who was bathing herself with windshield wash at the fuel pumps. Police questioned the female outside the store, who by that point had gone inside to clean the restroom floor and sink. Asked if she was on medication, Hawks, 54, of Hot Springs, produced a pair of prescription medication bottles containing Adderall and Xanax; a third bottle containing other prescription meds and methamphetamine behind the driver’s seat of her vehicle. Hawks was arrested at the scene.
State vs. Nicholas Drew Martin. Forgery-2nd Degree, Class C Felony. Prosecutor: Dan Turner. Defense: Clinton DeWitt. On Sept. 16, 2024, the plant manager of Shields Lumber Co. contacted the Clark County Sheriff’s Office to report that Martin, a former employee, had stolen another employee’s paycheck while he was at the plant asking to be re-hired. Authorities learned that Martin, 29, had allegedly taken the stolen check to an Arkadelphia bank and forged the other employee’s name in order to have it cashed. Police interviewed Martin the following day and got a confession about the forgery.
State vs. Katelyn Marie Flanary. Breaking or Entering (9 counts); Theft of Property-Credit/Debit Card, both Class D felonies. Prosecutor: Gregory Vardaman. Defense: Not listed.
State vs. CJ Harden. Breaking or Entering (9 counts); Theft of Property-Credit/Debit Card, both Class D felonies. Prosecutor: Gregory Vardaman. Defense: Not listed. CLICK HERE for details about Flanary and Harden.
State vs. Christopher Devon Penny. Nonsupport (between $10,000-$25,000). Class C Felony. Prosecutor: Dan Turner. Defense: Not listed. According to an affidavit filed by the Arkansas Office of Child Support Enforcement, 34-year-old Penny owes $21,265 in child support, which he was directed to pay weekly in 2011 but last provided support in August 2023.
State vs. Harrison T. Vines. Possession of a Firearm by a Certain Person, Class D Felony. Prosecutor: Dan Turner. Defense: Bob Sanders. On the evening of Sept. 15, 2024, Arkansas State Police conducted a traffic stop on Vines’ vehicle at the intersection of old Highway 51 and Arkansas Highway 7 after observing defective license plate lights. With an active search waiver on file and a Clark County warrant for a battery charge, the state trooper searched the vehicle to find an open container of alcohol and a .17 caliber HMR rifle, located in the back seat. A state police dispatcher checked Vines’ criminal history to find he had a pair of felony convictions in 2020. Vines, 26, told the trooper the firearm belonged to the father of his passenger and that he was transporting it to him. He was arrested at the scene.
State vs. Nathanial Lee Sims. Sex Offender Failing to Register, Habitual – Class C Felony. Prosecutor: Dan Turner. Defense: Not listed. Responding to Little Caesars pizzeria for a complaint about a possibly intoxicated male “getting loud”, the Arkadelphia Police Department made contact with Sims, 52, and discovered through dispatch that he was a Level 4 registered sex offender residing within the Clark County Sheriff’s Office jurisdiction, but had not registered.
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