PRESCOTT — A former Clark County lawman with a sketchy history pleaded no contest to a felony charge accusing him of breaking into the Prescott Police Department’s squad room and stealing from his colleagues there.
According to court records posted online, 37-year-old Joshua Kyle Waldrum’s no contest plea to one count of Breaking or Entering occurred in a Nevada County courtroom, where under terms of the plea he signed a consent order for decertification of his law enforcement credentials that would bar him from working as a police officer in Arkansas.
Additionally, Waldrum was sentenced to three years of probation under the First Offender Act, ordered to pay a $500 fine, $400 in restitution to PPD, plus costs and fees. Standard conditions of probation were applied, though he was authorized to hunt with archery equipment using a release trigger.
Waldrum’s decertification will be included to the agenda of the October meeting of the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training (CLEST).
8N Prosecutor Ben Hale was prosecutor in the state’s case against Waldrum, who was represented by Arkadelphia attorney Jonathan Huber. 8N Circuit Judge Joseph Short presided over the case.
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