Dispatch Desk: May 5-11, 2025

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

Saturday, May 3
10:15 p.m.
Officers were called to a residence at the 200 block of Clay Street for a report of a physical altercation happening in the front yard. Upon arrival police witnessed Joshua Pipkin attempting to break into the side door of the residence. Pipkin complied with an officer’s request to join him in the roadway, where he stood with a state trooper while the APD officer spoke with Pipkin’s female relative, who relayed that Pipkin had punched her in the face before attempting to force entry in the residence. The lady didn’t wish to pursue charges against Pipkin, nor did another female at the scene with two children. Pipkin was arrested for public intoxication and endangering the welfare of a minor. En route to the jail, Pipkin allegedly threats to kill everyone inside the jailhouse, as well as the entire on-duty police shift and their wives, and both Clark County court judges. He was placed on continued detention for nine counts of terroristic threatening and left in the care of jail staff.

Monday, May 5

An officer took a report of domestic abuse. The victim was connected with the prosecutor’s office for advice on options.

5:11 p.m.
Officers were called to a residence at the 2600 block of Golden Street for a complaint of a protection order violation, with the suspect on the property at the time of the call. Upon an officer’s arrival the complainant advised that the suspect, 26-year-old Christian Thomas Hujanen, had fled on foot in the direction of Walnut Street. Other officers en route were made aware, and observed Hujanen on Walnut Street near Center Street. He was taken into custody without incident on the charge of violating an order of protection. The complainant advised he had not made direct contact with Hujanen, and that he phoned 911 as soon as he saw him knocking at the front door.

9:01 p.m.
Officers responded to Walmart of a complaint of a shoplifter who’d been detained after concealing food items. The suspect, identified as Angela Monique Smith, 40, of Arkadelphia, was cited for theft of property.

Felony incident still under investigation: Theft between $1,000-$5,000, 2400 block of Barkman Street

Felony incident still under investigation: Forgery 1st, West Pine Street

Tuesday, May 6

Felony incident still under investigation: Abuse of an adult, Twin Rivers Drive

Juvenile report: Domestic battery 3rd

Juvenile report: Domestic battery 3rd

Wednesday, May 7
12:09 p.m.
Police were summoned to the 800 block of South 24th Street for an active domestic disturbance when the caller witnessed a male and female being violent toward each other. Officers made contact with the male, Michael Sim Flora, 47, who said the two had gotten into an argument over a cell phone when the female began throwing items. While speaking with Flora, dispatchers advised of an active protection order out of Garland County, with the female listed as the petitioner; it was also discovered that Flora had an active failure to appear warrant in Clark County. He was arrested for violating the order and for failing to appear. The victim, with obvious signs of physical abuse, would tell police that Flora showed up and, during the arguing, grabbed her by her hair and began kicking her in the face. Flora was additionally cited for third-degree domestic battery.

5:55 p.m.
Officers again responded to the South 24th Street residence, where Flora alleged that the aforementioned female, in the company of another male, broke into his house while he lay asleep. He reported that the male, identified as Jamie Alvin Crumley, 47, of Hot Springs, put him in a stranglehold, but that the pair fled once Flora was able to break free and grab a kitchen knife. Flora said they entered through a window. Officers observed an open window, but no suspicious marks on his body. Moments prior to police arrival the female had requested a civil standby to gather her belongings from Flora’s residence; she and Crumley arrived while Flora was making his complaint. She said she went to the residence thinking Flora was still incarcerated following the previous altercation, and when confronted by their arrival, he began yelling and throwing knives. Officers stood by as the female gathered her property, and took Crumley into custody for a parole violation warrant.

Thursday, May 8

Felony incident still under investigation: Aggravated assault, 1600 block of Caddo Street

2:40 p.m.
Officers were requested at a Caddo Street residence for a complaint that someone at Pioneer Inn had threatened him with a knife. The complainant said he was in his backyard when he confronted the tenant for staring at him. Though neither party left their respected parties during the harsh words, the tenant reportedly displayed a kitchen knife and made a threat. Police spoke with the tenant, who gave the same account. Both parties were advised of affidavit procedures. The responding officer, noting that neither party left their residence, found no grounds for an arrest or citation.

4:20 p.m.
The driver of a daycare van complained of an unknown white male who approached the vehicle in Walmart’s parking lot, swearing and making obscene gestures claiming the driver attempted to run him over. The male was reported to have a grey beard, long hair and a hat, and carrying a guitar. Police searched the area of Walmart, but to no avail. Someone in the parking lot said the man left in a grey truck.

4:49 p.m.
A Killingsworth Trailer Park resident reported the theft of a Nintendo Switch gaming console from his vehicle, likely by a known male he’d transported to various locations in town. He was unable to give exact details, including the suspect’s surname or his exact address.

Friday, May 9

Juvenile report: Battery 3rd

5:54 p.m.
Officers returned to a Caddo Street residence for trouble between neighbors, this time the complainant reporting the Pioneer Inn resident had been making gestures all day and later trespassed onto his property. Confronting the tenant, he backed away and returned to motel. Police spoke with the intoxicated tenant and learned he had taken a shortcut through the complainant’s yard. He was instructed to stay away from the residence and to sober up lest he want to be arrested for public intoxication.

Saturday, May 10
1:55 a.m.
While on patrol, an officer observed a pickup fail to stop at 12th and Caddo streets, and made a traffic stop at the eastern parking lot of First Presbyterian Church. Contact was made with the driver, who had been at a party where officers were sent for multiple noise complaints; police had told party-goers to get a designated driver should they leave. At the traffic stop, Eldaryl Dewayne Palmer, 52, exhibited signs of intoxication and failed a series of field sobriety tests. He was arrested for DWI, refusal to submit to a chemical test, failure to obey a stop sign and no proof of liability insurance.

Juvenile report: Domestic battery 2nd

Sunday, May 11
Noon
An officer responded to the Clark County Detention Center to aid a jailer in separating two female inmates who had gotten into fisticuffs in a holding cell. The aggressor was placed in a restraining chair in another holding area.

Clark County Sheriff’s Office

Thursday, May 8
11:50 a.m.
A deputy took a delayed report of an accident involving a Hot Springs man who, on April 29, while pulled over on Reynolds Road to wait out a thunderstorm, was struck by an unknown vehicle. The other vehicle side-swiped the driver’s side door and left the scene without stopping.

8:30 p.m.
Deputies investigated a Marbury Road woman’s complaint that a known male, hired for a plumbing job, had removed a water line from beneath her house after he wasn’t paid. Police went to the Arkadelphia residence of Richard Smyser, 44, and heard his side of the story. Ultimately, given the damages to the water line and that water was leaking into the roadway, Smyser was arrested for criminal mischief.

Arrests in Clark County Arkansas

Monday, May 5
Johnny Crow, 41, failure to appear, failure to pay child support

Tuesday, May 6
Jeremy Ring, no age listed, no charges listed
April Cook, 37, APD, third-degree domestic battery

Wednesday, May 7
Chandra Lusk, 26, failure to appear

Thursday, May 8
Sergio Chavarria, 39, Caddo Valley Police Department, first-degree forgery

Friday, May 9
Josh Bromley, 40, APD, first-degree domestic assault

Saturday, May 10
De’onte Bailey, 19, APD, continued detention
Luis Manuel Henriquez-Lopez, 28, Arkansas State Police, DWI, no liability insurance, no seat belt, improper lane change, no driver’s license, refusal to submit

Sunday, May 11
Daniel Varney, 37, CVPD, public intoxication, criminal trespass