A Midway man has been arrested on multiple charges involving sexual contact with children, Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery said Monday afternoon. Loy Gene
Photo: James Edward Tyler Davis
One of the two men charged with the June 2019 murder of 20-year-old Tyler Wade Pickett of Mountain Home appeared in Baxter County Court Thursday.
Twenty-seven-year-old James Edward Tyler Davis of Norfork and 38-year-old Jeffery Scott Shepherd of Mountain Home were both charged with first-degree murder and battery in connection with Pickett’s death.
Photo: Jeffery Scott Shepherd
Davis appeared in Baxter County Circuit Court by way of a video hookup from the Varner Unit of the state prison system.
He is serving time there on a conviction from Benton County not related to Pickett’s murder.
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Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery is cautioning area residents about reports of children seen walking on frozen sections of Norfork Lake."The Sheriff's
Photos: (from left) Matthew Braden and Lakota Tripp
The second of two Kansas men, who stole vehicles to make their way to Arkansas and ended up crashing one of them in the parking lot of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie at Midway, pled guilty to the charges against him in Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday.
Twenty-one-year-old Matthew Braden was sentenced to six years probation and ordered to pay $2,500 restitution for damage done to a sign at the Eagles Aerie.
The other man involved in the incident, 24-year-old Lakota Tripp was sentenced to five years in the Arkansas Department of Correction, with three suspended and two to serve in December last year.