Felony Friday: Prosecutor seeks harsher sentence for accused Walmart burglar

This is a roundup of felony charges filed Feb. 13-27, 2026, by the Clark County Prosecutor’s Office. Some defendants may also have misdemeanor charges against them, but most are not included here. The following names and charges, which are contained within public documents, are gathered from online court records available through ARCourts. Defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Here’s a rundown of felony cases filed in the past two weeks:

Prosecutor seeks harsher sentence for accused Walmart burglar

Prosecutors are seeking extra prison time for a Central Arkansas man who allegedly broke into Arkadelphia’s Walmart Supercenter and a nearby church in January.

Chad Andrew Hulsey, 39, of North Little Rock, is the defendant.

Given his status as a habitual offender, the state is seeking sentence enhancements for each of the six felony counts against Hulsey.

The charges and their potential punishments with the enhancement are as follows: 1st-degree Criminal Mischief causing damages exceeding $25,000, Class B, 5-40 years in prison; two counts of Burglary, Class C, 3-30 years in prison for each count; Aggravated Assault, Class D, up to 15 years in prison; 1st-degree Criminal Mischief causing damages between $1,000-$5,000, Class D, up to 15 years in prison; Possession of a Firearm by a Certain Person, Class D, up to 15 years in prison.

Fired excavator goes on shopping spree with company account

A Hot Springs man recently terminated from a Clark County contractor company allegedly went on a spending spree using his former boss’s business account.

Detectives with the Arkadelphia Police Department allege that Jonathan Terrell Mitchell, 36, is responsible for the theft. On Feb. 23, 2026, Hartsell Farms & Excavating LLC reported the theft when it was brought to the owner’s attention that several unauthorized purchases had been charged to his business’s account at Hardman Lumber Co. in Arkadelphia.

Mitchell’s employment with Hartsell Farms had been terminated on Jan. 16. Detectives reviewed surveillance video and photos, since that date, of Mitchell making purchases from the hardware store. Company invoices showed that Mitchell had signed various names in the signature area, none of which were his.

It was also learned that several of the items purchased there had been pawned at Arkadelphia Pawn & Gun, 201 Robey St. Investigators were able to match the serial number of a recovered item from the pawn shop with the merchandise Mitchell bought at Hardman, and the pawn ticket showed Mitchell as the seller.

In total, it is alleged that Mitchell ran up more than $1,700 on the Hartsell account.

Mitchell is charged with 2nd-degree Forgery, a Class C felony punishable by 3-10 years in prison and/or a fine of up to $10,000; and Theft of Property valued between $1,000-$5,000, a Class D felony that carries a prison sentence of up to 6 years and/or a fine of up to $10,000.

Search warrant reveals crack and gun in safe

Narcotics agents weren’t fooling around when they asked for the code to a safe.

On Jan. 31 agents served a search warrant at Tydaliah Davisia Le Hollins’s residence at 1602 Walnut St., where a silver lock box was located in the master bedroom belonging to Hollins, 23.

Asked by agents for the code, Hollins replied that she didn’t think the search warrant allowed them to look in the box. Hollins refused to provide the code until an agent started searching for a tool to break into the box.

Upon opening the box with the provided code, an agent found 0.8 grams of crack cocaine and a 9mm pistol.

Hollins was arrested and transported to the Clark County Detention Center.

Hollins is charged with Simultaneous Possession of Drugs and Firearms, a Class Y felony punishable by 10-40 years or life in prison; and Possession of a Schedule I/II Controlled Substance, a Class D felony that carries a prison sentence of up to 6 years and/or a fine of up to $10,000.

Traffic stop in “borrowed” car leads to drug arrest

Narcotics agents made a felony drug arrest during a routine traffic stop earlier this month.

On Feb. 11, authorities conducted a traffic stop on Mount Zion Road on a vehicle displaying an improper license plate. The driver, 60-year-old Anthony Anderson, of Gurdon, explained that he had borrowed the car, but was only able to produce an insurance bill from 2025.

The traffic stop escalated when Anderson, asked to step out of the vehicle, appeared to be shielding the front of his pants by leaning against the car during a pat-down for weapons. A Parole Fugitive Task Force was on scene and advised that Anderson had a search waiver due to a suspended license. A search of the vehicle revealed methamphetamine in a lock box. The drugs weighed 16.2 grams.

Anderson was transported by a deputy sheriff to the county jail, where he surrendered a bag of meth weighing 0.48 grams that he had concealed between his pants and boxers.

Anderson is charged with Possession of Methamphetamine with Purpose to Deliver, a Class A felony; and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia to Ingest, Inhale, Etc., a Class D felony. The state is seeking a penalty enhancement on both charges given Anderson’s status as a habitual offender.


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