Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Two men arrested Sunday

Clark County Sheriff Troy Tucker and several deputies made two arrests late Sunday afternoon after a month-long investigation into a burglary case.

Larry E. Standridge, 45, of Amity, was arrested for residential burglary and theft of property.

The arrest on Standridge was made after the investigations which began in September found a house located on West Texas Street in Amity was burglarized.

Items stolen from the home included chain saws and several power tools. However, some of these items were recovered.

Several witnesses were interviewed, which led officers to issue a warrant for the arrest of Standridge. After several attempts to serve the warrants the sheriff's office was unsuccessful.

On October 17, the sheriff's office received information from two separate hog farming operations located near Amity that they had some storage buildings which had been burglarized. Items taken from the buildings were power tools and a gasoline powered generator.

On Sunday, October 21, the Clark County Sheriff and deputies, along with several troopers with the Arkansas State Police received search warrants for two locations in Amity. The first was on West Texas Street and Doster Road in Amity.

Officer's found collected several stolen items from both residences. However, they arrested Standridge at the Doster Road residence.

Also arrested was Jerry W. Barkman, 28, of Amity. Barkman was living at the residence on Doster Road. Barkman was charged with theft by receiving.

Both men are being held in the Clark County Detention Facility in Arkadelphia where they will remain in custody pending appearances in circuit court.

Additional charges against the two men are pending review of the case by the persecuting attorney's office.