Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Several arrested in unrelated incidents

Two Gurdon residents were arrested March 3, after an alleged theft at a construction site at Gurdon Primary School.

Sumer D. Ellis, 20, and Christopher Young, 18, both of 604 E. Beech Street, were arrested after they were allegedly seen trespassing at the construction site, according to a police report on file at the Gurdon Police Department.

The report indicates that officers were called after two people were seen around the construction site. While following up on a lead, the report indicates that the officer went to Ellis and Youngs residence. Young reportedly returned to the officer two items he took from the site: tin snips and a pair of Robogrip plyers.

Young was charged with criminal trespass and theft of property. Ellis was charged with criminal trespass. Both were released with citations.

Also on March 3, officers arrested Eddie S. Watkins, 43, of 672 Jones Road, Perla, on charges of domestic battery after allegedly hitting a woman at a residence on Haynie Road, according to police reports.

The report says that Watkins left town before Gurdon officers could locate him. His vehicle description was given to the Arkadelphia Police Department and the Clark County Sheriffs office, and he was later spotted on I-30 near Arkadelphia.

The report indicates that Watkins was taken into custody by the Arkadelphia Police Department. He was booked into the Clark County Jail and was held over to appear before a judge.

Other reports on file at the Gurdon Police Department include:

March 8

 A resident of South 8th Street reported that two guns, a drivers license and multiple credit cards had been stolen from a locked vehicle.

 A resident of E. Cherry Street reported a lost cell phone.

March 5

 A resident of 3rd Street reported being harassed.

March 3

 A resident of Crestwood Apartments reported being threatened by Jeremiah Burtness, 25, of 108 E. Beech Street. Burtness was arrested for terroristic threatening.

 A resident of Haynie Road reported being harassed by telephone.

Clark County Sheriffs Office

March 6

 Deputies assisted firefighters at the scene of a kitchen fire on Shiloh Road.

 An employee of a business on Technology Drive reported his vehicle was damaged on the parking lot of the plant.

 An employee of a business in the Clark County Industrial Park reported his vehicle was keyed while parked at his workplace.

March 5

 The tires of a vehicle were slashed on a vehicle parked at a manufacturing plant in the Clark County Industrial Park.

March 4

 An Okolona resident reported hitting a deer with her vehicle while driving on Sticky Road.

 Officers were called to a domestic disturbance on Highway 53 near Gurdon.

 A resident of Central Road reported his vehicle had been egged.

 A W. Reynolds Road resident reported his yard had been vandalized with toilet paper.

March 3

 A county truck stop reported the theft of $35 in fuel.

 A resident of Highway 51 S. reported receiving harassing phone calls over a vehicle that had been sold.

 Deputies arrested Robert Earl Johnson, 44, of 900 S. 5th St., Gurdon, for public intoxication after they were called to a residence regarding a disturbance.

March 2

 A Caddo Valley police officer reported striking a deer with a patrol car on U.S. 67.

March 1

 A resident of Copeland Ridge Road reported a man standing beside a vehicle on the side of the road shooting a gun. The man left before deputies arrived.