Dispatch Desk: Feb. 24 – March 2

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. 24
7:56 a.m.
Officers responded to Powdermill Apartments, 2801 Twin Rivers Dr., for a domestic disturbance in progress. Police arrived and were met at the parking lot by a female who said her child’s father showed up uninvited, and a heated argument ensued before he stole her phone and fled the area. She was advised of affidavit procedures.

Tuesday, Feb. 25
4:07 p.m.
A Powdermill Apartments woman reported someone left flowers on her porch, then started getting numerous phone calls and texts from an unknown number. A friend called the number, but the party that answered immediately hung up. Investigators ran the number through a search engine and discovered it was a fake number.

4:11 p.m.
A man reported being duped by an online scam. He received an email that appeared to originate from the Federal Trade Commission saying his Social Security number had been connected to multiple crimes. The parolee said he followed instructions and called the number provided, speaking with individuals with heavy accents who directed him to withdraw $1,000 from his bank account, buy gift cards with the amount and provide them with the card numbers. The reporting officer noted that the email originated from a .com address rather than .gov, and advised him to monitor his credit reports for fraud.

9:55 p.m.
An officer took a report of a domestic battery from a Walnut Street woman. Police attempted to make contact with the male suspect at his Wade Street home but learned from another party that he had left on foot.

11:28 p.m.
Officers responded to the emergency room at Baptist Health Medical Center for a complaint of a terroristic threat against an ER doctor who refused to prescribe a medication to a highly intoxicated patient. The doctor wasn’t convinced that the suspect would carry through with the death threats but wanted the incident documented.

Wednesday, Feb. 26
8:24 p.m.
Officers responded to Carpenter Hill Apartments, 670 S. 6th St., for a 911 call about a pregnant woman beating at the door saying someone was trying to kill her. An officer made contact with the female, who said she wanted to be an exotic dancer and had been lured to Arkadelphia from Malvern by a named male who promised he was starting a business and had an opportunity for her. She said she got hot and asked the man to turn down the thermostat, but he wouldn’t and so she went to knock at a neighbor’s door. Police also spoke with the male, who denied picking her up so therefore wasn’t going to offer her a ride back to Malvern. The lady requested a medical evaluation and was given a courtesy transport to the police department, where paramedics checked her and transported her to the emergency room for further evaluation and treatment.

Thursday, Feb. 27
9 a.m.
A woman reported being the victim of identity theft when her sister used her name and birthdate during a December traffic stop in Faulkner County. The complainant said she learned on this date that she had an arrest warrant there and that her driver’s license was in danger of suspension. She said she has been in contact with Faulkner County law enforcement to begin the process of clearing her name.

5:50 p.m.
A woman reported receiving harassing phone calls and text messages from an unknown number. An officer reviewed messages shown to him and determined there were no threats made. The complainant was advised of the protection order process and that the residence would be placed on extra patrol.

Saturday, March 1
7:55 a.m.
A hit-and-run parking lot accident was reported at Carpenter Hill Apartments. Damage to the vehicle was confined to the rear passenger bumper and taillight. 

1:30 p.m.
Police were requested at Cox Mobile Manor, 3027 Pine St., where a couple reported a neighbor’s dog had attacked their small 13-year-old dog. They had been sitting on their porch when the neighbor approached with his unleashed pit and asked if they wanted a puppy from a new litter. The pit reportedly bit the smaller dog’s throat and slung it around; the husband managed to free the dog from the pit so they could retreat inside. Contact with Animal Control was not made; a message was left for him to contact the pit bull’s owner on Monday.

Juvenile report: Welfare concern

Felony incident still under investigation: Residential burglary, Clinton Street

Sunday, March 2
4:18 a.m.
A Pecan Street woman called 911 from a neighbor’s phone after her boyfriend took her phone and locked her out of the house during a domestic disturbance, then fled the area in a vehicle. Officers made contact with the female as she was attempting to break a window to regain entry to the residence. She was successful in doing so, then advised of warrant and no-contact procedures.

Clark County Sheriff’s Office

Friday, Feb. 28
8:30 a.m.
City officials in Gurdon reported someone had unscrewed the top of a fire hydrant in Beirne, causing a significant loss of water pressure in the area and spraying water all over the roadway and in the yard of a Highway 51 residence. Damages were estimated at $2,000.

3 p.m.
Deputies were summoned to a Trigg Lane (DeGray) residence, where a grass fire had gotten out of hand, and were met by 4-5 large dogs that gave chase and forced Deputy Chase Kersey to retreat to his vehicle. Deputy Steven Holt maced a dog, and the other canines fled. Both deputies then ran to the backyard to find the homeowner, who had fallen while trying to contain the fire. She was helped to her feet and removed from the yard, coughing excessively and with a melted/burned shirt and scrapes to her arm. With rakes and shovels they found in the backyard, the deputies attempted to contain the fire, which by this point had burned a garden and was headed toward the caller’s residence, a shed, and a neighbor’s home and barn. DeGray firefighters arrived on scene and doused the blaze that had fully engulfed the shed. Other fire departments — Arkadelphia, Caddo Valley, Hollywood, Gum Springs and Curtis — were called to assist, as well as the Arkansas Forestry Division, to establish a perimeter. 

Sunday, March 2
1:20 a.m.
A traffic stop at Phillips 66 on Highway 53, Gurdon, resulted in the arrest of 44-year-old Tempe Lavinia Buck, of Gurdon. A “fidgeting” and “nervous” Buck gave consent to search the vehicle, then exited the car and hid a meth pipe in the leaves on the ground. The arresting deputy confiscated that pipe and another on her person. Buck was transported to the jail for two charges of possession of drug paraphernalia.

Arrests in Clark County Arkansas

Monday, Feb. 24
John Prince, 56, failure to comply

Tuesday, Feb. 25
Kenneth R. Ross, 60, failure to comply, white warrant
Francisco Ortiz, 19, failure to appear for trial, possession of a firearm by a certain person, violation of a no-contact order

Wednesday, Feb. 26
Trevonte D. Buford, 26, bond revocation
Zane Sherome Huddleston, 21, probation violation
Denny Austin Powell, 26, probation violation
Colton Pipkin, no age listed, failure to appear

Thursday, Feb. 27
Divimic (sic) N. Medore, 25, failure to comply with terms of probation
Delonce Woodson, 29, failure to comply with terms of probation
Robert Howard, 31, Arkadelphia Police Department, failure to appear

Friday, Feb. 28
Jujuan Marks, 30, probation revocation
Tyree A. Cobb, no age listed, failure to pay child support
Anthony Montrel Tate Jr., 26, violation of suspension or probation

Saturday, March 1
David Richardson, 33, failure to pay child support