The following incidents were gathered from reports filed Oct. 19-25, 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, Oct. 19
Management at A-Town Fitness reported a previously trespassed individual had gained access to the gym the previous night and worked out for an hour. Based on surveillance footage, the trespasser likely phoned a known person already inside the gym to let him in.
Police opened a felony investigation of a residential burglary at Carpenter Hill Apartments, 670 S. 6th St.
10:34 a.m.
A female reported her boyfriend took her vehicle without permission after a domestic disturbance that turned physical.
A downtown shop owner reported her car window was shattered by a rock thrown from a string trimmer operated by a city employee. She was informed a report would be generated and forwarded to Town Hall.
9:20 p.m.
An officer patrolling Pine Street observed Mark Anthony Chambers, 54, of Pine Bluff, and Tracy Lashall Stone, 24, of Arkadelphia, on the sidewalk near Domino’s. A dispatch check confirmed the officer’s suspicion that Chambers had a warrant for his arrest. After handcuffing Chambers, he made verbal threats toward the officer. Stone then became irate and was placed in custody. En route to the jail, Chambers continued making threatening statements. Stone, meanwhile, busied herself by imitating Houdini, un-cuffing one of her wrists before reaching the jailhouse. She made a threatening statement once the handcuffs were reapplied. Stone proceeded to damage jail property, and was ultimately placed in a restraint chair. Chambers was charged with failure to appear and six counts of 2nd-degree terroristic threatening. Stone was cited for 2nd-degree terroristic threatening, criminal mischief, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and public intoxication.
Police opened a felony investigation of a breaking or entering. No location is listed.
Tuesday, Oct. 20
8:29 a.m.
Officers were summoned to the Youth Sports Complex to meet Parks & Rec staff who complained that someone with an ATV had done donuts in the soccer fields overnight, causing an estimated $1,000 in damages. Police searched the area for ATVs but were unable to locate anything noteworthy.
Police opened a felony investigation of financial fraud.
2:04 p.m.
A North 10th Street man filed a noise complaint over his neighbor’s barking dogs. The neighbor, Dominique Arline Hinkle, 38, has a court order outlining scheduled times her dogs are allowed to be outside. Confirming the scheduled times through the District Court office, a policeman went to Hinkle’s residence and observed her dogs outside barking. Hinkle was cited for violating the city’s noise ordinance.
5:34 p.m.
A Gresham Street man reported a 20-something-year-old male in a white SUV drove by and shot his windshield with a BB gun, causing a quarter-sized crack. The complainant could not provide further information about the suspect, but said the incident stemmed from a verbal altercation earlier in the day at a gas station.
Juvenile report: Domestic battery
10:45 p.m.
Officers took a report of a welfare concern on a female whose whereabouts were unknown.
Wednesday, Oct. 21
1:58 a.m.
Police were called to Elliston Place Apartments, 222 N. 20th St., for a relative’s report of an unattended death of a 73-year-old male with health conditions. The coroner’s office was contacted and determined the cause to be natural, and a local funeral home took possession of the deceased.
Juvenile report: Battery
3:47 p.m.
A Main Street man reported the target of harassment from a known female.
Thursday, Oct. 22
9:53 a.m.
A Jonesboro man reported an unauthorized transaction to his debit card, with the merchandise purchased being shipped to an Arkadelphia address. He suspected his card number was recently stolen when he used it at the local Walmart. Police ran a search of the address through actDataScout, developing persons of interest. No arrest was made.
Police opened a felony investigation of breaking or entering at the 1600 block of O’Connell Street.
1 p.m.
A female reported being the victim of financial identity fraud. She answered a call from her financial institution’s phone number, with the caller alerting her to two purchases made in New York. He would text her a “mock” fraud alert, which she would need to reply Yes to but not worry about the $100 charge as it would not deduct from her account. She then checked her bank account to discover eight fraudulent charges, each in the amount of $100.
Friday, Oct. 23
11 a.m.
A female reported a known male had been trying to catfish her with multiple social media accounts. She was instructed how to obtain a protection order through the prosecutor’s office.
5:17 p.m.
An elderly woman reported the theft of $400 cash and credit cards from her purse, likely by a known male she had hired for yard work.
Sunday, Oct. 25
2:30 a.m.
Following a deputy’s traffic stop on Highway 7 east of Arkadelphia, a city officer heading back to town clocked a Dodge Charger traveling at 124 mph. The speeding motorist overtook several vehicles, including the police officer, who gave chase with lights and sirens on. The speeder turned off his/her taillights and increased speed, also passing the deputy who entered the pursuit. The chase continued into the middle of the city, ending at the intersection of Caddo and Pine streets, where the deputy drove through the island and struck a sign and other objects, damaging his patrol car. The fleeing vehicle turned east onto Pine Street. The sheriff instructed the officers to terminate the engagement.
7:05 p.m. – 7:55 p.m.
Police responded twice to a Haddock Street residence for a domestic disturbance. No arrest was made.
Clark County Sheriff’s Office
Monday, Oct. 19
6:10 p.m.
An Arkadelphia truck driver reported someone stole approximately 30 gallons of diesel fuel from her semi, which she had parked at Southfork Truck Stop the previous day.
Tuesday, Oct. 20
8 a.m.
Firemen and deputies responded to a Nature Trail residence for a fire reported near Killingsworth Trailer Park. Contact was made with the homeowner, 71-year-old James Giles, who admitted to burning some trash in a barrel a day or two prior and pouring the ashes along the fence line. Advised it was illegal to burn during the countywide burn ban, Giles was cited for unlawful burning.
2:41 p.m.
A Hays Road, Okolona, man reported someone had dumped a storm door on his property on Oct. 18.
Thursday, Oct. 22
A deputy responded to a Falls Circle residence for a complaint that a neighbor’s pit bull entered his yard and attacked his dog. The deputy spoke with the neighbor, who had already put her dog up and said she would not let it roam again.
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