Dispatch Desk: Flash rob strikes Arkadelphia gas station

The following incidents were gathered from reports filed Sept. 28 through Oct. 4, 2026, at the Arkadelphia Police Department and Clark County Sheriff’s Office. Arrested or cited individuals are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law. The Arkadelphian does not withhold names, so don’t even think about asking. 

Arkadelphia Police Department

Monday, Sept. 28

10:10 a.m.
Management at Jordan’s Exxon, 203 N. 10th St., reported that on Sept. 20, between the hours of midnight and 1:30 a.m., large crowds overran the convenience station. Security footage showed multiple unidentified suspects shoplifting merchandise. Employees claimed that several in the crowd flashed firearms, although the brief viewing of security footage did not reflect those claims. Management had not yet compiled an itemized list of the stolen drinks and snacks, though a preliminary estimate was around $750.

10:28 a.m.
A Walmart shopper reported misplacing $200 cash in the produce section. Discovering the money was missing, he revisited the section but did not locate the cash. It was hoped that a police report would aid him in accessing Walmart’s surveillance footage to help identify who retrieved the lost money.

11:27 a.m.
The property manager of Elliston Place Apartments, 222 N. 20th St., told police that there had been multiple complaints from residents over the weekend of juveniles vandalizing property outside the complex.

9:20 p.m.
Requested to patrol for a group of folks loitering outside River Walk Apartments, 201 S. 1st St., an officer pulled up to a parked vehicle, catching a whiff of marijuana as he approached. As the driver and a passenger exited, the officer saw a cloud of smoke rising from the vehicle. The driver, 18-year-old Keshawen Michael Summerville, of Arkadelphia, admitted to having pot in the vehicle but was evasive about its whereabouts. Asked to retrieve it, Summerville dug around in the vehicle but came out empty-handed. As Summerville had grasped at his waistband when the officer approached, and with the officer’s knowledge of him possessing firearms, he was instructed to turn around to be patted down for weapons. It was then that Summerville ran away in a southwest direction, entering a wooded area at 2nd and Clay streets. County deputies then joined the effort, with one locating Summerville at Third Street Baptist Church, where he admitted to fleeing from the officer. He was arrested for fleeing.

Tuesday, Sept. 29

Felony incident still under investigation: Theft by Deception (attempted), no location listed

6:12 p.m.
A pedestrian reported being attacked by an unknown male suspect near Carpenter Hill Apartments, 650 S. 5th St. The pedestrian — out of breath, sweating and with fresh cuts and scrapes on his hands and arms — said he was walking on 5th Street, where he saw children playing in a yard and a small group of people sitting on a porch. Those people waved him over, and as he entered the yard a man in a tan GMC pickup arrived and started yelling and cursing at him. Following a verbal altercation, the man exited the truck and made verbal death threats. The pedestrian said he then walked away as the man followed him in his vehicle, getting out and engaging in a physical altercation in the street. The pedestrian was able to escape and make it to the county jail to report the attack.

Thursday, Oct. 1

Juvenile report: 3rd-degree domestic battery

Felony incident still under investigation: Theft of a Motor Vehicle. No location is listed on the cover sheet.

Felony incident still under investigation: Residential Burglary. No location is listed on the cover sheet.

Friday, Oct. 2

8:02 a.m.
A Center Street woman reported an unwanted guest who was there to collect a debt. Police spoke with the guest, trespassing her from the property. A short time later officers were called to Ashbury Court for the same person harassing a resident for $20. The suspect, who left prior to police arrival at the second location, is known to both complainants.

3:28 p.m.
Police were called to McDonald’s, 3114 Pine St., for a store complaint of a trespasser. Upon arrival contact was made with the suspect, Skar King, 27, of Arkadelphia, who had been formally trespassed following his recent termination from the eatery. King was arrested for criminal trespass.

Felony incident still under investigation: Theft of Property valued between $1,000-$5,000. No location is listed on the cover sheet.

Saturday, Oct. 3

5:30 a.m.
A C Street man reported the theft of a debit card and an unauthorized transaction from his account.

Sunday, Oct. 4

12:30 a.m.
An officer patrolling Feaster Park discovered an abandoned backpack in one of the field parking lots. It was placed in lost and found pending reclamation by the owner. Call 870-246-4545 to contact APD.

1:21 a.m.
Police were called to 15th Street and Millcreek Drive for a report of an abandoned, wrecked pickup truck. It was determined that the northbound driver of the black Ford F-150 failed to negotiate the Y intersection, clearing the ditch and striking a tree. An officer found a mostly-drank bottle of beer in the floorboard, and the keys were found in the ditch. The vehicle was towed from the scene.

2:04 p.m.
Police were asked to remove an unwanted guest from a residence at Cox Trailer Park, 1319 N. 10th St. While speaking with the caller and owner of the camper, the suspect, 53-year-old Ronald Jeffrey Rathburn, of Brinkley, exited the camper exhibiting signs of intoxication. Due to his level of drunkenness, Rathburn was arrested for public intoxication.

7:22 p.m.
A customer of Mr. Suds Laundromat, 1309 Pine St., reported that a white female stole his laundry while he was inside his vehicle outside the establishment. The laundromat’s owner provided a photo of the suspect and her vehicle.

Clark County Sheriff’s Office

Wednesday, Sept. 30

12:46 p.m.
Deputies were called to 141 Brewer Road, Gurdon, where a delivery truck had struck a low-hanging utility line that subsequently toppled a power pole. Contact was made with the driver at Front Street. He said he phoned dispatchers after feeling the pole strike the side of his truck, and continued on about his deliveries after reporting the incident. He was advised to remain at the scene in the event of an accident.

Sunday, Oct. 4

3:12 a.m.
A deputy observed an SUV with no tag light turn onto Caddo Street. A traffic stop was made on 20th Street. The driver, Bruce Buckley, 39, of Arkadelphia, jumped out of the vehicle and ran to the passenger side where his mother sat, yelling about her needing medication. Buckley ignored the deputy’s instructions to sit on the ground, and provided a false name and date of birth. Buckley submitted to a series of field sobriety tests, all of which he failed. Buckley resisted arrest, and it took two APD officers’ assistance to place him in custody. He was arrested for DWI, driving with a suspended license, resisting arrest, obstructing governmental operations and refusal to submit to a chemical test.