The charges against those arrested are allegations and the cases are still pending in the courts. Individuals charged and whose names appear in this column may submit documentation to us at a later date that the charges have been dismissed or that they have been found innocent and we will include that information in this space in a timely manner.
STATE OF ARKANSAS vs. MELTON RAY CANNON
White Male / DOB: 05/17/1965
Date of Offense: December 13, 2018
COUNT I: POSSESSION OF A SCHEDULED VI CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, Defendant did unlawfully possess a Schedule VI controlled substance with an aggregate weight, including an adulterant or diluent, of four ounces (4 oz.) or more but less than ten pounds (10 lbs) constituting a Class D Felony.
STATE OF ARKANSAS vs. VICKIE RAMIREZ
White Female / DOB: 02/19/1977
Date of Offense: August 23, 2019
COUNTI: POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, defendant did possess with the purpose to use the drug paraphernalia to INJECT, INGEST, INHALE, or otherwise introduce METHAMPHETAMINE into the human body, constituting a Class D Felony.
COUNT II: REFUSAL TO SUBMT TO ARREST, defendant did refuse to submit to arrest by knowingly resisting a person known by her to be a law enforcement officer effecting an arrest, constituting a Class B Misdemeanor.
STATE OF ARKANSAS vs. MATTHEW W. HACKWORTH
White Male / DOB: 12/19/1984
Date of Offense: 08/22/2019
COUNT I: POSSESSION OF A SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, defendant, unlawfully possessed METHAMPHETAMINE, a Schedule II controlled substance, in an amount less than 2 grams, said possession constituting a Class D Felony.
STATE OF ARKANSAS vs. DAVID HOWELL
White Male / DOB: 08/03/1981
Date of Offense: 08/14/2019
COUNT I: FAILURE TO APPEAR, defendant, did unlawfully fail to appear to answer a felony charge in CR 2019 152, without reasonable excuse, subsequent to having been lawfully set at liberty upon condition that he appear at a specified time, place, and court, and all against the peace and dignity of the State of Arkansas.
STATE OF ARKANSAS vs. CRYSTAL THACKER FARMER
White Female / DOB: 03/25//1988
Date of Offense: August 24, 2019
COUNT I: POSSESSION OF METH WITH THE PURPOSE TO DELIVER, defendant, unlawfully possessed methamphetamine, a Schedule II Controlled Substance, with the purpose to deliver, in an aggregate weight of less than two grams (28),
COUNT II: POSSESSION OF SCHEDULE VI CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, defendant unlawfully possessed a Schedule VI Controlled Substance, marijuana, with an aggregate weight of less than four (4) ounces,
COUNT III: POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, defendant, did possess with the purpose to use drug paraphernalia to manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain or conceal methamphetamine, constituting a Class “B” Felony.
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