Felony Friday: Chicken house burglar caught on camera

This is a roundup of felony charges filed Sept. 18 through Oct. 2, 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:

Chicken house burglar caught on camera

An Amity man could be cooped up in a prison cell for a few years after he was caught in a chicken house where he wasn’t invited.

On July 2, Clark County deputies were sent to a poultry home on Nutt Road for a complaint of trespassers on the property. By the time law enforcement arrived, the unwelcome guests had already winged it. However, camera surveillance of the property led Amity Police Chief Garry “B.J.” Johns to promptly identify Gene McKinnleyd Tigue, 35, of Amity, based on his face and tattoos.

The surveillance system reportedly showed the suspect take one of the cameras.

Police caught up with Tigue to make an arrest on Aug. 21. Bond was set at $50,000 during a first court appearance held Aug. 24.

Tigue was formally charged with Breaking or Entering, a Class D felony, as well as misdemeanor Theft of Property and Criminal Trespass.

Gurdon man accused of tossing fentanyl out window during DWI arrest

Arkansas State Police are accusing a Gurdon man of throwing a baggie of fentanyl to the highway shoulder during a traffic stop.

On the afternoon of July 29, 54-year-old Jeffrey Troxel was driving a pickup truck on US Highway 67 when a trooper reportedly observed him cross into the oncoming lane of traffic and swerving in his own lane.

During a traffic stop, the trooper noticed the smell of alcohol on Troxey’s person and inquired whether he’d been drinking. Troxel replied that he’d only drank a jar of pickle juice, but ultimately admitted to consuming alcohol. A field breathalyzer showed him to be over the limit, and he was arrested and taken to the county jail, where he refused a chemical test.

After reviewing video footage of the traffic stop, troopers reportedly observed Troxel throw a baggie out of the passenger window. A trooper went to the scene and reportedly located a bag containing a white crystallized substance, and stored it as evidence. The substance was originally thought to be methamphetamine; however, Troxel is formally charged with Possession of Fentanyl, a Class C felony, in addition other the misdemeanor DWI charge.

His bond was set at $5,000 during a first court appearance on July 31.

30 counts of child porn for Gurdon man

Formal charges have been filed against a Gurdon man we previously reported was arrested for possessing child pornography.

Ivie Little Harris, 44, has been charged with 30 counts of Pandering or Possessing Visual or Print Medium Depicting Sexually Explicit Conduct Involving a Child, each a Class C felony. 

Given Harris’s status as a habitual offender convicted of four or more felony offenses, prosecutors are seeking a sentence enhancement. With the enhancement, Harris could face 3-30 years in prison for each charge if he’s convicted.

Following his arrest, bond was set at $200,000 during a first court appearance held Sept. 2.

Amity man arrested for threats with sawed-off shotgun

A hot-headed Amity man is accused of brandishing of sawed-off shotgun and a Samurai sword at his nemesis.

Jerry Dale Ness, 58, was arrested Sept. 13 following a heated exchange with another man, who rang police when an intoxicated Ness reportedly walked onto his porch and made death threats with the firearm, a Samurai-type sword, and knives.

A deputy arrived and spoke with an unarmed Ness, who explained that he had been in an argument with the caller. A police affidavit doesn’t say what the argument entailed. While the deputy spoke with Ness, he turned and punched the caller’s vehicle, leaving a dent in the body that would need repairing.

Ness refused to surrender to arrest, instead attempting to flee on foot before another deputy at the scene promptly took him to the ground and made the arrest.

The caller then invited the deputies inside, where they located the loaded weapon in question, as well as ammunition matching a shell Ness held in his hand at the time of his arrest.

Police note that Ness has an “extremely lengthy” criminal history of violence, with past convictions of felony offenses that prohibit him from possessing a firearm.

Bond was set at $75,000 during a first court appearance held Sept. 16.

Ness has been charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Certain Person, a Class B felony, as well as Class D felonies Terroristic Threatening, Aggravated Assault, Criminal Use of a Prohibited Weapon and Possession of a Defaced Firearm. Prosecutors are seeking sentence enhancements on each charge given Ness’s status as a habitual offender.

Eyewitness helps solve case of stolen gun

A watchful neighbor is to thank for helping solve an apartment break-in and the theft of a firearm.

Meanwhile, 18-year-old Darius Rashawn McClellan, of Arkadelphia, is facing felony charges in connection with the reported burglary and theft.

On the night of July 17 Arkadelphia police were summoned to a North 10th Street apartment complex for a report of a residential burglary. An eyewitness of the incident told police she observed the suspect enter and exit an apartment, then get into a vehicle at a nearby residence on Buck Lane. She also provided a detailed physical description of the suspect.

The residents of the burglarized apartment returned home to find a revolver was missing, along with its case and 6 rounds of ammunition.

According to a police affidavit, the property manager of the complex became involved in the investigation when she went to the Buck Lane residence, where the suspect was seen getting into the vehicle, and spoke with the suspect’s mother, who agreed that the description and clothing worn matched that of her son.

Later that night police were informed that the mother had returned the firearm and attempted to negotiate its return by requesting no charges be filed against McClellan.

Three days later officers spoke with the mom, who returned the 6 bullets and told them where they could find the pistol case. All the stolen items had been returned to the owner by July 20.

McClellan was arrested July 23. Bond was set at $35,000 during a first court appearance on July 24.

McClellan is charged with Residential Burglary, a Class B felony, and Theft of a Firearm, a Class D felony.

Wheel and tire theft solved

It took five months to solve the case of stolen wheels and tires, but a Clark County man was reunited with his belongings after they were found on another vehicle in another county.

Casey Bowser, 41, of Hot Springs, is accused of stealing the wheels and tires from a pickup truck left parked at a residence on Center Ridge Road near Amity.

Deputies learned of the theft on March 17. It was additionally reported that the perpetrator had poured something in the vehicle’s fuel tank.

Police learned from two individuals that Bowser was likely responsible for the incident, as he was identified on surveillance video driving through the property around the time of the theft.

By late August the complainant got information that his wheels were seen on a pickup truck in neighboring Hot Spring County. Police ultimately located the wheels, and the new owner was cooperative in returning them, later telling police that Bowser, his roommate, had shown up earlier in the year with the wheels and tires, which he bought from Bowser.

Bowser was incarcerated on other felony at the time investigators penned the affidavit. He was served with an arrest warrant for the theft charges on Sept. 8. Bond was set at $45,000 during a first court appearance.

Bowser is charged with Theft of Property valued between $1,000-$5,000, and 2nd-degree Criminal Mischief, each a Class D felony. Prosecutors are seeking a sentence enhancement given Bowser’s status as a habitual offender.

Threats with ball bat land man in jail

On the afternoon of July 20 Arkadelphia police responded to a disturbance on Gresham Street. One of two victims in the incident told officers that Clyde Jerome Williams confronted her over accusations that he had stolen $400 cash from her.

Williams, 52, told police that he retrieved a baseball bat from his vehicle after the first victim insulted him with an obscenity. Williams added that he took the bat inside to confront the second victim in an effort to get him to confess to the theft.

Officers watched a video showing Williams yelling and swearing as he approached the residence, and at one point making a death threat.

Williams was served with an arrest warrant on July 22..

Bond was set at $35,000 during a first court appearance.

He is charged with Terroristic Threatening, a Class D felony.

Task force finds pills, gun during home search

Agents with the Group 6 Narcotics Enforcement Unit found a firearm and a pain pill during a July 2 search of an Arkadelphia residence.

The agents were executing a search warrant at Warner Keith Buckley’s South 22nd Street home when they found a .38 caliber handgun, and in his wallet located a hydrocodone pill.

Buckley, 48, is a convicted felon.

He is charged with Possession of a Firearm by Certain Persons and Possession of a Schedule II Controlled Substance, both Class D felonies. Prosecutors are seeking a sentence enhancement on each charge given Buckley’s status as a habitual offender.

Bond was set at $25,000 during a first court appearance.

Police find drugs in home visit, search of parolee

Katy Louise Crawford, 56, of Gurdon

On Sept. 8 agents with the Group 6 Narcotics Enforcement Unit, along with Arkansas Probation and Parole, paid a home visit to the 2nd Street residence of Katy Louise Crawford.

Inside the residence, agents located marijuana, methamphetamine and paraphernalia. The meth weighed 7.5 grams.

Crawford was arrested at the scene. Bond was set at $45,000 during a first court appearance.

She is charged with Possession of a Schedule II Controlled Substance, a Class C felony. Prosecutors are seeking a sentence enhancement given Crawford’s status as a habitual offender.

Shoplifter caught with pills in purse

On the evening of Sept. 17 Arkadelphia police were called to Walgreens for a store complaint of a shoplifter. Officers arrived and were directed to the accused shoplifter, identified as 54-year-old Twylla Louse Buckley, of Arkadelphia.

A search of Buckley’s purse revealed not only two boxes containing eyelashes stolen from the store, but also 14 Percocet pills for which Buckley did not have a prescription.

She was arrested at the scene.

Bond was set at $2,500 during a first court appearance.

Buckley is charged with Possession of a Schedule I/II Controlled Substance, a Class D felony, as well as misdemeanor Theft of Property.