Court News


Adam Bartlett
Adam D. Bartlett Jr., 32, originally from the Bakersfield/Caulfield area, is the suspect of two police pursuits and a variety of other suspected crimes over the weekend. He  is still at large, according to Ozark County Sheriff Cass Martin.  The string of incidents began on Oct. 4 when officers with...
Auden Vaneperen of Gainesville is charged with tampering in the first degree after he allegedly stole and returned a motorcycle belonging to another Gainesville man. According to the probable cause statement filed by Sgt. Seth Miller of the Ozark County Sheriff’s Department, a woman reported that...
Ryan Hampton of Summit, Arkansas, is in the Ozark County Jail after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend at her home in Theodosia. According to the probable cause statement filed by Lt. Matt Rhoades of the Ozark County Sheriff’s Department, Hampton’s girlfriend said the defendant started arguing...
A warrant has been issued for Joshua Allen Barnes of Tecumseh after allegedly threatening a family with a rifle. According to the probable cause statement filed in the Howell County court, deputies responded to a call shortly before 4 a.m. Sept. 25 from a home on County Road 6350 near West Plains...
Clifton Dale Roark, 57, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, was indicted by an Ozark County grand jury for financial exploitation of the elderly and stealing by deception in a July 2022 incident. According to the felony indictment filed Sept. 8, 2023, Roark agreed to install solar equipment at the...
A warrant with a $7,500 cash-only bond has been issued for the arrest of Justin L. Akridge of St. Louis in connection with a case in which he’s charged with possession of fentanyl, possession of methamphetamine and unlawful use of drug paraphernalia. Online records indicate he has not yet been...

Gena Studdard
Gena Studdard, 53, of Wasola, is being held in the Ozark County Jail without bond in connection with an Ozark County indictment of statutory sodomy in the first-degree, child molestation in the first-degree and statutory sodomy in the second degree that was filed Sept. 8. The charges come with...

Daniel Eric Johnson
Daniel Eric Johnson, 34, and John N. Wiggins, 48, are each charged with failing to register as a sex offender as required by law based on a prior conviction.  Johnson was charged after Ozark County Deputy Jeffrey Lane observed him driving a white Chevrolet Silverado on Sept. 11.  According to the...
Before Circuit Judge Craig Carter Sept. 6, Cotter, Arkansas, resident Tiger Wood Tolliver, pleaded guilty in Ozark County court to the class D felony of possession of fentanyl.  He was given a suspended imposition of sentence and placed on supervised probation for a term of 5 years. He is also...
Aaron Bradley Perry, 29, of Isabella, is charged with assault in the second degree and violating of an order of protection for an adult. He is being held in the Ozark County Jail.  According to the probable cause statement prepared by Ozark County Sheriff Cass Martin, at 2:34 p.m. May 1, the...

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