Kathleen Pieri-Brown (Photo courtesy of Baxter County Sheriff’s Office)
A Mountain Home woman, Kathleen Kelley Pieri-Brown entered a guilty plea to some drug-related charges against her and no contest to others during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court.
The 41-year-old Brown was sentenced to six years in prison.
She was last booked into the Baxter County Detention Center on March 21 on an outstanding warrant. According to the probable cause affidavit, a jail staff member found drugs in Pieri-Brown’s personal property.
The substances tested positive for both methamphetamine and Fentanyl.
She was charged with possession of a controlled substance and with having those substances in the county jail.
Baxter Bulletin
The Baxter County Sheriff s Office is accepting applications for a full-time jailer at the Baxter County Detention Center.
Applicants must be available to work any shift and any day, including weekends and holidays. They must be at least 18 years of old, have a high school diploma or GED, be free of any felony convictions in any jurisdiction, pass a physical exam and psychological evaluation, and meet all other minimum qualifications for the position as established by state mandates. They should also have reliable transportation.
Pay is negotiable for applicants with previous experience in the field. For those with no experience, starting pay is $12.16 per hour. All county benefits such as paid insurance, vacation, sick leave, and state retirement program are provided.
Jeanine McFarland (Photo courtesy of Baxter County Sheriff's Office) A local convenience store employee is accused of stealing funds from the business through
A Mountain Home woman has been arrested for allegedly stealing jewelry from her employer. Charged with a felony count of theft of property is 33-year-old Whitney Lynann Roof.
According to the probable cause affidavit in the case, the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by the victim Monday about the theft of jewelry from her home on Old Tracy Road. The victim told investigators she started noticing items missing last summer. This past week she did a complete inventory and discovered more pieces of jewelry missing.
The victim says she has security system with cameras, a coded keypad on the front door and keeps her home locked when she is not there. There have been no attempts at forced entry into the home. Because of this, the victim believed the thefts may have been done by two women who do house cleaning and have access to her home.
Photo: Timothy Allan Clark
An inmate in the Baxter County Detention Center has picked up additional charges after he allegedly stole drugs from the jail nurse’s medication cart. Thirty-year-old Timothy Allan Clark of Calico Rock was being held for the Arkansas Department of Corrections following his arrest in February for non-payment of fines and revocation of a bench warrant. He picked up six new charges, including five felonies, for the incident in the jail.
According to the probable cause statement, the jail nurse was distributing medications to inmates when he discovered approximately 26 doses of Suboxone missing from the medication cart. After searching the area for the missing drugs, officers began to review security video where it was determined the medication cart had been stored adjacent to the door leading to the G hallway after the morning medications had been distributed and prior to the afternoon distribution.