2A Thursday, April 10, 2014
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LOCAL NEWS EWITT POLICE REPORT April 4, 2014 - At approximately 6:00 p.m., a man came to DeWitt Police Department to report that he had been in an accident with a golf cart. He said he was pulling out of the east parking lot onto Hwy 1 to go north and the golf cart was pulling out from the west parking lot going straight. He said the vehicles then struck each other and told me what he thought the driver’s first name was, but he did not know the last. I talked to an Adam’s employee, and although he was not aware of the accident, he gave me the name of the most likely culprit. On April 5, 2014, Officer Brad Bazarow went to Adam’s Industrial Iron Works and spoke with the man and had him provide a statement. Officer Bazarow also learned there had been a passenger. In the statement, the driver states that he was about halfway into the intersection when the other vehicle took off and hit him. Upon examining the first driver’s car, I noted damage to the driver’s side, primarily a busted headlight housing and several dents along the body near the bottom of the body panels. I also saw green paint consistent with the color of the golf cart running down the side of the car. Officer Bazarow saw the golf cart and told me that three NAPA brand batteries were damaged and that the cart had extensive body damage on the driver’s side. April 5, 2014 - At 5:56 p.m., I, Officer Johnathan Powell, was dispatched to the DeWitt Baseball Field to take a report for a parking lot accident. Upon arrival, I spoke with a lady who told me while she was parked at the field, someone hit her vehicle. She said she was out of the vehicle at the time and does not know who hit her vehicle. I noticed damage on the front driver’s side fender and bumper. It appeared that the plastic on the bumper was cracked and that the fender was dented and the paint was scratched off. April 3, 2014 - At approximately 8:28 p.m., I, Officer Johnathan Powell, was running stationary radar on Whitehead Drive at Purdy Pipeyard when I saw a vehicle approaching from the rear at a high rate of speed. I estimated the vehicle’s speed to be over 50 MPH and confirmed with my radar that the vehicle was traveling at 55 MPH. I then initiated my blue emergency lights and stopped the vehicle at Whitehead Dr. and Main St. I approached the vehicle, identified myself, and told the driver that I stopped him for driving 55 MPH in a 40 MPH zone. The passenger of the vehicle told me that the driver doesn’t speak English. I told him that I need identification from the driver. The driver provided me with two identification cards that were written entirely in Spanish. I attempted to run the name of the driver through ACIC in multiple ways, with no results. Because I could not identify the driver, he was placed under arrest for speeding (55/40) and no driver’s license and transported to Arkansas County Detention Center. Officer Bazarow was able to obtain identifying information
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on the passenger of the vehicle. The passenger did not have a driver’s license so I inventoried the vehicle and it was towed by Roger Capps. I contacted Arkansas County Detention Center to follow up and Lt Tom Russell told me that ICE confirmed that the driver has a work visa. Because he is here legally, I released him on his own recognizance. April 5, 2014 - At approximately 3:02 a.m., I , Officer Bobby Hopson, was patrolling southbound on S. Washington at 5th St. when I noticed a white 2003 Toyota Sequoia (AR:753 TFZ) in the parking of Hopewood Apartments with its lights on. At this time I turned westbound onto 5th St. and that’s when the vehicle pulled out to the edge of the roadway and sat as if the occupants were seeing where I was heading. Since I had never seen the vehicle at the apartment complex in the three months I had worked at DeWitt P.D., I continued driving slowly westbound on 5th St. watching the vehicle in my driver side mirror. As I approached S. Main St. the vehicle pulled out of the apartment complex and traveled westbound on 5th St. also. The vehicle followed in behind me until we got to Paw Paws Fish Market on 5th St. at S.Madison St., were I pulled over and let it go by. Once I let the vehicle pass I got behind it and followed it to the intersection of 5th St. at S. Monroe St., where it came to a stop at the intersection stop sign and turned on its right turn signal. At this time I initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle because the driver did not give its right turn signal continuously during the last one hundred feet traveled. The driver continued on across S. Monroe St. where he came to a stop on 5th St. At this time I approached the driver side and advised the driver the reason for the stop and asked to see his drivers license, insurance, and registration. As the driver was looking for the information requested I could see what appeared to be needle track marks on the inside of his right arm. The driver then gave me a driver’s license and the front seat passenger, by request, gave me an I.D. As well. During this time, the driver became extremely agitated at me for stopping him and said that I was harassing him. I then asked him to step to the rear of his vehicle and speak with me. When he exited the vehicle he took a sheath containing a knife off of his belt and tossed it back in the vehicle. He then met me at the front of my patrol unit where I asked him if he had anything illegal on him. He said he didn’t and gave me verbal consent to search his pockets. After searching the pockets, I asked him if I could search his vehicle and he gave me verbal consent. I then had the passenger exit the vehicle and come to the rear along with a pit bull that was in the vehicle. I then began the search of the vehicle on its driver side and upon looking between the driver seat and center console I seen a clear 1ml Hypodermic syringe with a needle attached, lying on the floor between them. I removed it from the area and sat it on the driver’s side floor board and continued searching the vehicle. During the search the driver asked if the passenger could watch me search the vehicle and I allowed her to stand on the passenger side and watch. No other contraband was found during the search. After searching the vehicle I approached the driver and asked him if he had ever shot up methamphetamine and asked if I could see his arms. He showed me both of his arms and that’s when I saw needle track marks on both. He said the needle track marks were old track marks from his past days of drug use. I then went to the trunk of my patrol unit and performed a field test on the plunger part of the Hypodermic syringe because it had a wet clear liquid on it. The field test gave a positive result for methamphetamine at this time. I then placed him into custody and allowed the passenger to leave with the vehicle with no charges. The driver was transported to
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the Arkansas County Detention Center to be booked on the charges of Possession of Drug ParaphernaliaMethamphetamine and Giving a Improper Turn Signal. Pictures were taken for evidence. The evidence was properly labeled and secured in lock box pending prosecution.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Government Arkansas County Quorum Court meets the second Tuesday of each month at 9:30 a.m. in the courthouse. Crocketts Bluff Volunteer Fire Department meets the third Monday of February, May, August and November at 7 p.m. at the fire station. You do not have to be a board member to attend. DeWitt Airport Commission meets the second Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at DeWitt City Hall. DeWitt/Arkansas County Housing Authority Board of Commissioners meets the third Monday of each month at 10 a.m. DeWitt City Council meets the second Monday of each month at 6 p.m. DeWitt Municipal Waterworks meets the second Monday of each month at 3 p.m. at the water office. DeWitt School Board meets the second Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. in the district office. Gillett City Council meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. (November-March) or 7 :30 p.m. (April-October). St. Charles City Council meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the St. Charles Museum. St. Charles Zoning Commission meets at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at the St. Charles Fire Department. The St. Charles Volunteer Fire Department meets the first Monday of every month at 7 p.m. at the fire station at 610 Broadway. The St. Charles Fire Department Auxiliary meets the second Monday of every month at 7 p.m. at the fire station at 610 Broadway. Club Meetings American Legion and Auxiliary meets the first Thursday of each month at Camp Doughboy at 6:30 p.m. Arkansas County Diabetic Support Group meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. in the Arkansas County Bank Community Room. Caring and Sharing Food Pantry is open the second and fourth Tuesday and Thursday of each month from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Court Square in DeWitt. Unity Baptist Church Community Clothes Closet is open the first Monday of each month from 4-6 p.m. and the second and fourth Tuesday and Thursday of each month from 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Delta Medicine Assist Program will be open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at Baptist Medical Health Clinic in Stuttgart. DeWitt Alcoholics Anonymous meets every Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the DeWitt City Hall courtroom. Use the east door. DeWitt Athletic Booster Club meets the first Monday of each month in the DeWitt High School library at 5:30 p.m. DeWitt Band Parents Association meets the third Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. in the DeWitt High School band room. DeWitt Chamber of Commerce meets the third Thursday of each month at noon at a location to be announced. The DeWitt Community Book Club meets the second Monday of each month at PCCUA DeWitt campus at 5:30 p.m. Anyone who is interested in reading a variety of fiction and nonfiction and discussing books with other readers is welcome to attend. DeWitt Hospital Auxiliary meets the second Tuesday of each month at noon at PCC-DeWitt. DeWitt Lions Club meets every Tuesday at noon at The Catfish Shack. DeWitt Rotary Club meets every Wednesday at noon at The Catfish Shack. 40 et 8 meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. at Doughboy. The Gillett Civic Group meets the second Thursday of each month in the community room at the Planters and Merchants Bank. Grand Prairie Charitable Christian Medical Clinic is held the second Tuesday of each month, 6 p.m., at 115 N. Adams in DeWitt. The Grand Prairie Historical Society meets the third Thursday in Jan., April, July and October. The Grand Prairie Quilt Society meets the second Wednesday of each month at 9:30 a.m. at the Stuttgart Public Library. The Grand Prairie Ruritan Club meets the third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at The Willows
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