Polk County Arraignment Report

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. DOUGLAS R. GROSS

White Male / DOB: 01/14/1959

Date of Offense: September 1, 2014

COUNT I: POSSESSION OF FIREARMS BY CERTAIN PERSONS, the above-named defendant, being a convicted felon, unlawfully possessed a firearm, and all against the peace and dignity of the State of Arkansas  constituting a  Class D Felony.

STATE OF ARKANSAS

vs. JOSEPH A. CHAPMAN

White Male / DOB: 04/13/1985

Date of Offense: August 29, 2019

COUNT I::MAINTAINING A DRUG PREMISES, Defendant did knowingly to keep or maintain any store, shop, warehouse, dwelling, building, or other structure or place or premise that is resorted to by a person for the purpose of using or obtaining a controlled substance, conduct constituting a Class C Felony.

COUNT II: POSSESSION OF A SCHEDULE VI CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WITH THE PURPOSE TO DELIVER, MARIJUANA, Defendant, unlawfully possessed marijuana with the purpose to deliver more than fourteen grams (143) but less than four ounces (4 oz.) by aggregate weight, including an adulterant or diluent, of a Schedule VI controlled substance, a Class D Felony. 

NOTICE: The State of Arkansas hereby notifies the defendant that it intends to pursue enhanced penalties pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 5-4-501 due to the fact that he has been convicted of more than one (1) felony but fewer than four (4) felonies.

STATE OF ARKANSAS

vs. MATHEW M. EVANS

White Male / DOB: 06/28/1966

Date of Offense: August 30, 2019

COUNT I:: POSSESSION OF A SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, defendant, unlawfully possessed METHAMPHETAMINE, a Schedule II controlled substance, in an amount of less than Two grams (2g), a Class D Felony.

COUNT II: 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.

STATE OF ARKANSAS

vs. PATRICIA L. JACKSON

White Female / DOB: 01/22/1968

Date of Offense: September 3, 2019

COUNT I: POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE WITH THE PURPOSE TO DELIVER, Defendant, unlawfully possessed methamphetamine with the purpose to deliver in an aggregate weight of less than two grams (2g), constituting a Class “C Felony.

COUNT II: FURNISHING, POSSESSING, OR USING PROHIBITED ARTICLES, Defendant did knowingly introduce Methamphetamine, a controlled substance, into the Polk County Detention Center, constituting a Class “C” Felony.

COUNT III: USE OF A COMMUNICATION DEVICE, defendant, did unlawfully and feloniously and knowingly use a communication device, a telephone, in committing or causing or facilitating the commission of an act constituting a felony violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, constituting a Class “C” Felony.

NOTICE: The State of Arkansas hereby notifies the defendant that it intends to pursue enhanced penalties pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 8 5-4-501 due to the fact that she has been convicted of more than one (1) felony but fewer than four (4) felonies.

STATE OF ARKANSAS

vs. VICKY L. FUSSELL

White Female / DOB: 03/25/1968

Date of Offense: September 2, 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. SEAN D. BURNS

White Male / DOB: 08/08/1991

Date of Offense: September 3, 2019

COUNT I: DOMESTIC BATTERY IN THE THIRD DEGREE, SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE, defendant with the purpose of causing physical injury to a FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD MEMBER, constituting a Class “D” Felony.

COUNT II: TERRORISTIC THREATENING IN FIRST DEGREE, Defendant did unlawfully and feloniously, with the purpose of terrorizing another person, threaten to cause death or serious physical injury or substantial property damage to another person, constituting a Class “D” Felony.

COUNT III: RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY, defendant, did unlawfully enter a residential occupiable structure of another person with the purpose of committing in the residential occupiable structure any offense punishable by imprisonment, constituting a Class “B” Felony.

COUNT IV: REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO ARREST, Defendant did refuse to submit to arrest by knowingly resisting a person known by him to be a law enforcement officer effecting an arrest, constituting a Class “B” Misdemeanor.

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