Man charged with harassment after sending more than 150 messages to ex

Brandon Twyman
Brandon Twyman, 38, of Ava, is charged in Ozark County court with one class E felony charge of harassment. Twyman was arrested Sept. 23 and was held without bond. He was scheduled to appear for a bond reduction hearing at 9 a.m. Oct. 15.
According to the probable cause statement prepared by Ozark County Deputy Josh Sherman, on July 27, a dispatcher notified the officer that a woman had reported that her ex-boyfriend, Twyman, was on his way to her workplace in Gainesville, and she was concerned for her safety. Sherman met the woman at work in his patrol vehicle around 8:43 p.m. that night and met with other staff members there.
“Some of the staff relayed they were in the process of changing some of the keypad codes as the ex-boyfriend may have known the codes and didn’t want him to have entry into the [workplace].” Sherman wrote in the report. “[The victim] reported her now ex-boyfriend, Brandon Twyman, has been sending her messages since he left the Ozark County Sheriff’s Department Jail the Tuesday prior (7/23/24) and has not stopped with the messages…”
The woman said that in the four days it had been since he began messaging her, she had received more than 150 messages through Facebook messenger, and several were aggressive in nature and included physical threats to kill himself, kill her and various messages about their children. The woman told Twyman multiple times to stop and only speak about the children and when to schedule to see them. She said if he refused to do that, she would have to block him.
The woman told the officer that she believed if he found a ride, he would show up at her house or her work and create a confrontation.
Sherman wrote that the woman was visibly upset to the point of shaking at the time he spoke with her. She said she would attempt to complete an ex-parte order of protection and file it with the courts. She said they have a child together, and they do not have a court-ordered parenting agreement.
Sherman said he saw the messages on Facebook messenger and recognized them coming from Twyman’s profile with a photo of him, as he had arrested him the week prior.