Dispatch Desk: Dec. 23-29

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

Sunday, Dec. 22
12:08 p.m.
Police were summoned to Dollar Tree, 112 W.P. Malone Dr., for a complaint of a shoplifter who concealed an unknown number of items under his shirt and left the store. An officer was able to identify a suspect, based on police interactions, from reviewing surveillance footage. The suspect’s probation officer aided in confirmation of his whereabouts based on the ankle monitor he was wearing. No arrest had been made at the time the report was filed.

Felony incident still under investigation: Commercial Burglary, 2800 block of Pine Street.

3:09 p.m.
Officers were summoned to the 1800 block of Caddo Street for a report of a suspicious vehicle on a vacant lot. Police found a blue Dodge pickup with a blown front passenger tire, then followed a trail of wheel/tire debris from the scene to a storm drain at the intersection of 23rd and Caddo. The vehicle, which the operator left unlocked and cleaned out and apparently removed the license plate, was towed from the scene by Sonny’s Auto and Wrecker, where it was left on a police hold until they could speak to the operator/owner.

Monday, Dec. 23
4 p.m.
A South 18th Street woman reported the theft of her children’s bicycles, taken from her yard sometime since the previous Thursday.

Christmas Eve
11:46 a.m.
A woman told police she had been receiving threatening text messages from an unknown individual. She was advised a report would be on file and of affidavit procedures.

Christmas Day

Felony incident still under investigation: Breaking or Entering of a Vehicle, 100 block of Apple Blossom Drive

Thursday, Dec. 26
1:18 a.m.
A woman ran from her South 10th Street residence to the county jail to report she had been the victim of domestic violence. Police observed lacerations and abrasions to her arms, apparently caused when the aggressor pulled her from a vehicle and pushed her to the ground. Informed of the make and model of the car the suspect was driving, police located the suspect, 28-year-old Davon Mikal Lacy, of Malvern, in the back seat of the vehicle, which was parked in the apartment lot. Lacy’s account of the incident corroborated the victim’s story, and he was arrested for third-degree domestic battery.

Felony incident still under investigation: Financial Identify Fraud, Cypress Drive

Felony incident still under investigation: Interference with Child Custody, 1200 block of Caddo Street

Felony incident still under investigation: Forgery, 2700 block of Caddo Street

Friday, Dec. 27

Juvenile report: Domestic-noncriminal

2:46 p.m.
A Fairfield Inn employee turned in a loaded Ruger 9mm semi-automatic pistol, which housekeeping had recovered from a vacated room. Provided with the tenant’s contact information, police made contact with the owner, who later collected the firearm and its accessories from the police department.

4:45 p.m.
A Walmart customer went to the police department to report her car had been keyed, possibly by another female whose vehicle she had hit with her driver door while exiting her own vehicle. The complainant, noting the rudeness of the other party, said the two examined the vehicle for damage but couldn’t find any. She shopped for 20 minutes, then returned to find the scratches along her own vehicle. She supplied officers with the suspect’s license plate number, which she recorded prior to entering the store because she had a feeling the other party would mess with her car. She was advised a report would be on file.

Saturday, Dec. 28

Juvenile report: Endangering the welfare of a minor-2nd degree

Clark County Sheriff’s Office

No new reports on file.

Arrests in Clark County

Sunday, Dec. 22
Elvin Scott, 37, Arkadelphia Police Department, parole hold

Monday, Dec. 23
David Smille III, 36, Arkansas State Police, failure to register vehicle, driving with DWI-revoked license, defective equipment

Friday, Dec. 27
Robert Woolridge, 49, APD, failure to appear x 6
Micah Grandstaff, 27, Gurdon Marshal’s Office, disorderly conduct, theft of property, public intoxication