Dispatch Desk: Feb. 3-9

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, Feb. 3
4:42 p.m.
A female complained about her male roommate’s practice of sending her videos recorded of her from inside the residence. The roommate, she said, has placed several cameras at common areas inside the residence and refuses to remove them. A female officer advised that, since both parties are on the lease, it is not a criminal offense to place cameras inside one’s home.

Tuesday, Feb. 4

Juvenile report: Terroristic threatening-1st degree

Felony incident still under investigation: Financial identity fraud, Foxwood Drive

2:45 p.m.
Officers were called to Carpenter Hill Apartments, 670 S. 6th St., for a verbal altercation between a resident and two occupants of a white Kia. The driver, it was reported, had exited the vehicle brandishing a firearm, then drove away from the scene. An officer fruitlessly searched the area for the vehicle. Minutes later police were summoned back to the complex to speak with the resident and learned there was a gun involved in the argument, which stemmed from a child custody dispute, but the suspect had not pointed it at anyone. A police detective determined to file the report under third-degree battery. No arrest was made.

5:05 p.m.
A woman reported being assaulted by a known female at a daycare center. The complainant said she was there to collect a friend’s paycheck and belongings, the latter of which she forgot on her way out. Upon re-entering the business, she said she was met with hostility as she was told to contact the daycare center owner if she wanted to gather the belongings. She complained that the worker pushed her toward the door. She was advised to contact the prosecutor’s office for civil procedures.

5:20 p.m.
Employees at Lucky Liquor reported a black-clad customer wearing an ankle monitor pocketed a fifth of booze and left the store. Reviewing security footage with a manager, an officer identified the suspect as Paul Andrew Owens, 53, and watched as he stashed a bottle of vodka in a jacket pocket. The officer paid Owens a visit at his Clay Street residence. Owens admitted going to the store but denied shoplifting. Based on the security footage, however, Owens was issued a citation for theft of property and given a court date.

5:49 p.m.
An officer heard a complaint from a man who fell victim to an online scam since December, when he began investing some $800 for his own financial gain but hasn’t seen any profit. The gentleman said he was part of an online trading company using the Discord app, adding he was duped into being contacted by the company’s owner. Upon further investigation he discovered that whoever contacted him used a slightly different user name than the owner. He was advised a report would be generated.

Thursday, Feb. 6

Juvenile report: Welfare concern

1:28 p.m.
Police were called to a welfare check at 923 Clinton St. after Water Department employees detected an odor and were unable to make contact with the resident since Jan. 15. Firefighters were called to breach the door, and upon doing so police entered and discovered the body of 63-year-old Billy John West lying in the bathroom floor. Investigators were called to the residence and determined there were no indications of foul play. The coroner and an undertaker responded to collect the body.

Friday, Feb. 7
12:15 p.m.
Police were called to Walmart for a complaint of a shoplifter who had been detained after exiting the store with a cart containing $307 worth of food. The suspect, Monica Diane Stovall, 48, of Arkadelphia, was transported to the jail and issued a citation for theft of property and served with an unrelated APD warrant.

4:21 p.m.
Officers were called to Walmart for a report of a known shoplifter who fled the store. The female suspect reportedly grabbed numerous shopping bags from self checkout and went through the store placing $373 worth of merchandise in the bags. The suspect, confronted near the exit, cursed and yelled at asset protection and proceeded out of the doorway, leaving the stolen items in a shopping cart. Loss prevention was advised that a report would be generated.

6:02 p.m.
Dispatched to a car accident at 26th and Pine streets, officers responded to find a black Chrysler 300 on the shoulder in the hedges in front of Walgreens. The driver, identified as Yoshike Aurberry, said she dozed off while waiting to turn onto 26th Street. An officer detected the odor of alcohol emitting from the vehicle and learned she had consumed a beverage. Upon exiting the vehicle, Aurberry had slurred speech and difficulty maintaining balance. After failing a series of field sobriety tests, Aurberry was transported to the jail, where she provided a breath sample and was charged with DWI-1, driving with a suspended license, open container of alcohol, failure to register a vehicle and careless and prohibited driving.

7:56-8:01 p.m.
A pair of 911 calls regarding a fight sent police to the southernmost parking lot at Walnut Square Apartments, 1010 S. 16th St. Police spoke with one caller, who said he investigated a commotion outside, and as he approached was struck in the face by a man in a gold-colored hoodie. The officer observed a person matching that description walking between apartments toward officers speaking with another party, 18-year-old Damaria Montrel Hendrix, of Bryant, who had also been struck in the face. Hendrix, unsteady on his feet and with slurred speech, was transported to the jail for public intoxication. An off-duty deputy went to an apartment to speak with Hendrix’s brother, Javion Montrelle Brown, 21, of Arkadelphia. The deputy was met with resistance at the doorway, where a female pushed him back and an agitated Brown exited, still cursing and yelling. After making a comment that he would “crack” an officer, Brown was instructed to surrender to arrest but instead became combative. Officers took Brown to the ground, but he freed himself and stood up. Officer Aaron Abbot then tasered Brown in the side torso, allowing police to safely handcuff him. Brown was arrested on charges of second-degree terroristic threatening, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

Saturday, Feb. 8
2:02 a.m.
After officers responded to a North 14th Street residence for a 911 call of a domestic disturbance, but found no one present, both parties later went to police separately and gave their accounts of the incident. No arrest was made.

6:30 p.m.
Officers were summoned to the Baptist Health Medical Center emergency room where a female was being treated for a dog bite on her hand. The 19-year-old said she was bitten while trying to break up a dog fight outside her North 10th Street apartment.

Sunday, Feb. 9
1 p.m.
A Malvern man reported someone broke into his rented storage unit at 2500 Country Club Road and stole $2,500 worth of hand tools, a 65-inch TV, an air fryer, an electric motorcycle, and an electric weed trimmer. He said he had been there the previous afternoon and left the unit locked with a padlock, but since then someone cut off the locks and replaced them with different locks.

Juvenile report: Runaway

Clark County Sheriff’s Office

Monday, Jan. 27

A deputy was called to Southfork Inn, 2085 Highway 53, for a welfare check on an upstairs tenant after a downstairs tenant complained of water leaking through the ceiling and hearing noises that sounded like fighting and items being broken. While en route, management gave a handyman the OK to kick in the door. The deputy arrived to find a 46-year-old male lying in bed and covered in blankets, barely breathing. He was transported to Baptist Health Medical Center-Arkadelphia. Management said at the time they didn’t need a report generated, but a week later requested one and estimated $4,500 in damages done to the room.

Technicians reported $6,000 in damages to a communications tower at Alpine Road and Skyline Drive, where they had been summoned to repair a repeater upon discovery of communication issues. It was unclear what caused the damage, but a technician noted wiring had been pulled out.

Sunday, Feb. 2
1 p.m.
A deputy responded to a nuisance dog complaint at East Main Street, Whelen Springs, where a resident complained her neighbor’s dog had escaped its fence and entered her property, possibly acting aggressively toward her toddler. The deputy spoke to the neighbor, Robert Motyka, 62, who said his dogs had never escaped the fenced-in area. Two dogs got out during the conversation but weren’t aggressive toward the deputy, who aided in wrangling the pups and pointing out how they were escaping. Motyka was given a citation and court date for violating the county’s nuisance animal ordinance. The deputy noted it was the fourth time the sheriff’s office had been called to the address for nuisance dogs.

Arrests in Clark County Arkansas

Sunday, Feb. 2
Brodney Jerrod Dixon, 39, hold for Mills County (Texas)
Nathaniel Cogburn, no age listed, failure to comply

Tuesday, Feb. 4
Donovan D. Roscoe, 30, failure to appear, failure to register vehicle, driving with a suspended license

Wednesday, Feb. 5
Jeremy Ring, 45, Caddo Valley Police Department, fleeing, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, failure to obey, speeding, driving with a suspended license, expired tags
Schuyler Marks, 33, no charges listed

Sunday, Feb. 9
Anthony Anderson, 59, hold for another agency
Dakota Lott, 27, CVPD, public intoxication
Ashia Hendrix, 39, failure to comply