Mena Police Department: August 17-23, 2014

August 17, 2014

A Mena woman reported losing her wallet.  Her ATM card was used several times in Waldron.  Case is pending further investigation.

August 18, 2014

A local woman reported that someone had kicked in the front door of her apartment.  Case is pending further investigation.

Employees at a local emergency transport facility reported that someone had cut one of the tires on an ambulance.  Case is pending.

August 19,2014

Report was taken of someone cutting television cable wires at a local residence.  Case is pending.

Employees of a local retail store reported a man and woman taking a cart filled with merchandise and leaving without paying for it.  Case is pending review of surveillance tapes.

August 20, 2014

A local woman reported that an acquaintance is harassing her and will not leave her alone.  Officers talked to the suspect, and he agreed to stop bothering the woman.  He advised that he did not know that the victim did not wish to have a friendship with him and that he would leave her alone.

Report was taken that sometime during the late evening someone gained access to the local swimming pool and vandalized the area.  Case is pending interview of suspect.

A 16-year-old Mena youth was charged with theft of property (shoplifting) after officers were called to a local grocery store.

Manager of a local convenience store reported that someone had written two checks on two separate occasions that proved to be forged.  Case is pending.

Jessica M. Fox, 33, of Mena was arrested on an outstanding warrant for failure to pay fines and courts.

August 21, 2014

Two Mena youths, ages 16 and 17, were charged with criminal trespass and breaking or entering after they entered an impound yard to retrieve items from a vehicle.

David Padjuodis, 38, of Mena was charged with having a suspended driver’s license and having no proof of insurance after officers were called to an accident on a local street.

Kevin Mark Sullivan, 54, of Mena was charged with public intoxication officers were called to a local convenience store.

Joseph Nevil Evans, 30, of Mena was arrested on a warrant for failure-to-appear.

August 22, 2014

Kevin Mark Sullivan, 54, of Mena was charged with criminal trespass.

A local man reported that someone had stolen a slide-in trailer hitch from his vehicle.  Case is pending.

Officers found a gray colored firearm case with several kinds of ammunition in it in the men’s room at Janssen Park.

August 23, 2014

No criminal reports filed.

Officers completed an additional five reports and worked five accidents.

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