Photo: Jimmy Lynn Sutterfield Jr.
Following a four-hour bench trial in late January last year, Jimmy Lynn Sutterfield Jr. of Gassville was found guilty of several criminal charges and sentenced to six years in prison by Baxter County Circuit Judge John Putman. Three open cases were tried simultaneously in which Sutterfield’s charges included possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, theft and criminal mischief.
Sutterfield filed notice he intended to appeal his convictions. He changed his mind during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Monday and announced he would drop his appeal.
His appeal had been delayed, when it was discovered the attorney handling the matter for Sutterfield had filed a timely notice of appeal in two of the cases, but inadvertently did not file such a notice for the third case.
Photo: Thomas Harvey
A man who has a long string of crimes on his record returned to Baxter County Circuit Court Monday, where he pled guilty to his newest charges and was sentenced to five years in prison.
Sixty-four-year-old Thomas Harvey of rural Mountain Home has been in and out of court, jail and prison and on probation or parole since 1989.
Harvey’s latest arrest came in early January, when he was picked up on felony charges of maintaining a drug premise and possession of drug paraphernalia.
He also faces a misdemeanor charge of hindering apprehension.
The January arrest was the culmination of several incidents that began Nov. 3 last year.
Photo: Embry Parks (from left), Christopher Kozik and Marguerita Jackson Three people arrested after police responded to a loud, alcohol-fueled argument at a