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, April 7
Felony incident still under investigation: Shoplifting less than $5,000, Glendale Court
12:38 p.m.
Police were made abreast of a vehicle that had been stuck and abandoned at Rose Hill Cemetery. An officer conducted an extensive search of the grounds, eventually locating the sedan well off the west branch of the main entrance, behind some of the lower grave plots near the ravine dividing the cemetery. There were several ruts and holes left behind in the driver’s attempt to leave. Running the license plates, the policeman was able to make contact with the owner, 20-year-old Killian Gleaves, of Arkadelphia, who relayed that he’d gotten the vehicle stuck the previous evening. Asked how the car ended up there, he said he thought it was the road. He’d contacted a wrecker service to retrieve the vehicle but was informed it might take a few days to let the ground dry up from recent rains. The officer advised Gleaves he would be responsible for any damages caused by the vehicle’s retrieval, and was cited for second-degree criminal mischief.
8:15 p.m.
Officers responded to a residence at the 1700 block of Hunter Street for a verbal dispute over a parking space, with one female apparently becoming irate over the other parking in front of her residence. Police told the other lady to move her vehicle.
Wednesday, April 9
1:30 p.m.
A North 27th Street man reported the theft of lawn equipment from his carport, including a Stihl weed trimmer, an EGO weed trimmer, a Stihl chainsaw and a pair of EGO battery chargers. The complainant was unsure when the items were stolen because he hadn’t used them since the fall.
Thursday, April 10
Felony incident still under investigation: Breaking or entering, 2700 block of West Pine Street
Felony incident still under investigation: Theft of a vehicle, 900 block of North 26th Street
Felony incident still under investigation: First-degree battery, 1300 block of Cutler Street
Felony incident still under investigation: Theft of a firearm, 800 block of Highway 67 South
Felony incident still under investigation: Terroristic threatening-1st degree/threatens to cause death or serious physical injury, Goza Middle School
Felony incident still under investigation: Theft of property valued between $1,000-$5,000, Caddo Street
6:36 p.m.
Officers were called to perform a welfare check on a suicidal female. She was transported to Baptist Health Medical Center-Arkadelphia for assessment and treatment.
Saturday, April 12
12:02 a.m.
City police were advised by a Group 6 Narcotics agent that he was attempting to perform a traffic stop on a swerving Volkswagen Jetta on Pine Street, but the vehicle wasn’t stopping, passing about eight city blocks and driving slowly. The vehicle turned onto North 26th Street when off-duty Deputy Chase Kersey jumped into the moving vehicle with the driver and put the vehicle in park. The driver, Eliseo Espinoza-Mendez, 35, of Arkadelphia, was detained and, through the use of a Spanish translator, performed a series of sobriety tests, each of which he failed. Espinoza-Mendez was arrested for DWI, driving without a license, failure to maintain control and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle.
8:25 a.m.
A Mill Creek Drive woman reported finding the back glass of her vehicle broken, likely caused by a known male. She was advised of warrant procedures, no contact orders and the civil process for restitution, and informed the property would be under extra patrol.
Felony incident still under investigation: Financial identity fraud, 700 block of South 10th Street
Sunday, April 13
Juvenile report: Runaway
Clark County Sheriff’s Office
Wednesday, April 9
6:50 p.m.
A Gurdon woman reported being harassed and threatened by a known male. A deputy advised the complainant of civil procedures and how to obtain a no-contact order.
Arrests in Clark County Arkansas
Monday, April 7
Cora C. Tomihka, 54, failure to appear
Christopher Williams, 30, driving with a suspended license, fictitious tags
Tuesday, April 8
Jessica Metcalf, 38, DWI-drugs, endangering the welfare of a minor, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia
Randall Dedner, 29, hold for another agency
Michael Buckley, 20, failure to appear
Brooke L. Holman, 38, Arkadelphia Police Department, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to obey traffic sign, failure to report an accident
Mercedes Smith, 18, Caddo Valley Police Department, failure to appear for a trial
Wednesday, April 9
Robert Mauldin, 55, possession of a Schedule II controlled substance with purpose to deliver, possession of a Schedule IV controlled substance with purpose to deliver, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a Schedule II substance not cocaine or meth
Maurien Ross, 26, failure to comply with terms of probation
Seth Howell, 46, possession of a Schedule II controlled substance
Thursday, April 10
Kevin Mitchell, 36, APD, first-degree battery, possession of firearms by a certain person, aggravated residential burglary
Friday, April 11
Patrick Weisse, 32, failure to comply
Saturday, April 12
Ben Gardner, 47, Arkansas State Police, continued detention
Sunday, April 13
Tyler Spark, 27, driving with a suspended license, driving without a license
Jerry Morris, 48, APD, DWI-1st, open container
Isaiah Homan, 27, APD, violation of a no-contact order, terroristic threatening
Monday, April 14
Rashad Bowie, 31, failure to appear x 2, driving with a suspended license, failure to stop for a school bus
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