This is a roundup of felony charges filed Dec. 6-20, 2024, by the Clark County Prosecutor’s Office. Some defendants may also have misdemeanor charges against them, but they may not be listed 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. Here’s a rundown of felony cases filed in recent weeks:
Multiple forgery charges for man accused of stealing car, credit cards
A Gurdon man stands accused of six counts of Forgery and two counts of Theft of Property for allegedly taking a woman’s car, without her consent, to Pine Bluff.
A detective with the Clark County Sheriff’s Office was made aware of an Oct. 13 complaint of vehicle theft from a Charity Road residence. The complainant told police she believed Antonia Darsel Alexander had taken the vehicle the night before, and that he was either headed to or already in Pine Bluff. She phoned police later that same day to notify them that her credit/debit card was in the stolen vehicle, and that it had been swiped multiple times.
Police found the stolen Cadillac CTS in Pine Bluff. An Arkadelphia towing company hauled it back to Clark County, where the detective found the victim’s ID and her credit/debit card, along with another person’s cards.
Police say Alexander racked up $493 worth of charges to the victim’s card.
Each count of Forgery carries a prison sentence of 3-30 years, and each Theft of Property count is punishable by up to 15 years in prison. Alexander is being charged as an habitual offender.
Amity man caught with pants down
A Clark County man is accused of committing a lewd act outside his Amity home.
Christopher Kevin Mangrum is charged with Public Display of Hardcore Sexual Conduct. The 56-year-old drew the ire of a next-door neighbor whose daughter reportedly witnessed Mangrum, pants to his ankles, pleasuring himself outside their Thompson Street home.
Amity police were summoned to the scene. A probable cause affidavit doesn’t reflect whether Mangrum was still in the act when an Amity officer arrived.
Mangrum was transported to the Clark County Jail, where he was held on continued detention until charges were determined.
If convicted, Mangrum faces up to 6 years in prison and/or a fine of up to $10,000. He’s also charged with Indecent Exposure, a misdemeanor offense.
Court records note that Mangrum refused to meet with his attorney, a public defender, via a Zoom call on Dec. 16. His arraignment was set for Jan. 7.
I-30 speeder catches drug possession charge
Fellow motorists traveling on Interstate 30 on Nov. 24 didn’t take kindly to Jason Shane Stubblefield’s driving habits: they called 911 to report an eastbound driver traveling at a high rate of speed.
A Clark County deputy sheriff set up at the Gum Springs exit, where he waited for the speedy traveler and conducted a traffic stop on Stubblefield’s vehicle.
Met by a nose-full of marijuana’s odor, a probable cause search was conducted. The deputy found not only pot, but also methamphetamine, meth paraphernalia and a brown, powdery substance that field-tested as fentanyl.
Stubblefield, of Carrollton, Texas, was taken into custody. The 49-year-old, who lived with his mom at the time of his arrest, faces up to 6 years in prison and/or a fine of up to $10,000 for the charge of Possession of a Schedule I/II Controlled Substance-Methamphetamine; an additional charge of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia carries the same punishment.
Stolen debit card nets fraud charges
A Clark County couple had their bank account wiped clean, and authorities say they know who is responsible.
The couple told police they had moved from a Hollywood Road residence, and, since moving, their bank mailed a new debit card to their former address.
Living at their old address was 34-year-old James Brandon Skinner, who is accused of using the card at an Arkadelphia ATM and three local businesses, where he allegedly racked up $844 in charges and withdrawals.
Investigators obtained surveillance footage from two of the businesses, including Walmart, where the store’s asset protection investigator identified Skinner as the suspect seen in the videos.
According to an affidavit, the bank footage showed Skinner in a vehicle with two other unknown individuals.
He’s charged with Nonfinancial Identity Fraud and Theft of Property ($1,000-$5,000), both class D felonies punishable by up to six years in prison and/or a fine of up to $10,000. A third misdemeanor charge for Fraudulent Use of a Credit/Debit Card carries a penalty of up to one year in jail and/or a fine of up to $2,500.
Dorm damager dodges docket date
An Arkadelphia woman convicted of causing mayhem in a Henderson State University dormitory didn’t keep her court date, resulting in a new felony charge against her.
Mahali L. Bey, also known as Cherish L. Roberts, is serving a 6-year probation sentence for a trio of felony charges dating to 2022, when she entered an ex-lover’s dorm room and smashed a television set and laptop computer.
Initially charged with Breaking or Entering and Criminal Mischief, the 33-year-old Bey (or Roberts) was slated for a Dec. 3, 2024, court appearance, which she skipped.
Pot dealer fails to appear for plea date
After a no-show in Clark County Circuit Court, 28-year-old Ja’Quan Renard Counts faces new felony charges for Failure to Appear.
Counts was initially charged in 2018 for felony possession of marijuana when narcotics agents, probing complaints of drug activity and executing a search warrant, found 9 ounces of marijuana in his Cook Lane, Caddo Valley, residence.
With three probation revocations since his original sentence, Counts was scheduled for a plea date on Sept. 3, 2024, but failed to show.
Truck thief a no-show in court
A Bismarck woman who drove away from a local liquor store in a stolen vehicle is again wanted — this time for failing to appear for a revocation hearing.
Courtney Machelle Pelton, 39, was initially charged for felony Theft of Property after stealing a DeGray Liquor customer’s Nissan pickup as he shopped inside the libation station. Caddo Valley police used surveillance footage to confirm the customer’s complaint, and the store manager was able to pick Pelton from a six-person lineup to be the suspect in the video.
Pelton was sentenced to supervised probation in 2021. Her file was re-opened three months after the sentence for revoking conditions of probation. Set for a court date in March 2023, Pelton, however, was a no-show.
Country Club thief doesn’t keep court date
A Gurdon man convicted in 2022 for stealing tools from Red Martin Country Club is wanted for failing to appear in court.
Denny Austin Powell had a Dec. 10 court date in Clark County Circuit Court, but wasn’t there when the judge called out his name.
Powell, 26, is serving a 5-year probation sentence for the initial charges of Breaking or Entering and Theft of Property. Court records indicate that Powell has a habit of not showing up for court dates, as he was charged again in 2022 for revocation and failure to appear.
Owing child support, Camden man a no-show in court
Owing more than $15,700 to the mother of his child(ren), Lee Roy Powers was charged in 2017 for nonpayment of child support.
Having pleaded in that case, court filings indicate that Powers, 55, had since made only one payment, now owing more than $25,000. Listing a Camden address, his whereabouts were unknown when conditions of his probation were revoked in March 2024.
Powers was due in Clark County Circuit Court on Dec. 10 but failed to appear.