A number of people were put on probation for various crimes during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court last week.
Jonathan Rouse of Gassville was given 48 months probation after pleading guilty to criminal use of a prohibited weapon and possession of drug paraphernalia.
The 38-year-old Rouse was arrested following execution of a search warrant at his residence on Dupont Lane in the Gassville area on April 25th last year.
According to court records, a number of controlled buys of methamphetamine had been made at the residence.
During the search, numerous items of drug paraphernalia were found throughout the residence, garage and a camper located outside the home.
The items seized included spoons with what was described as “pill residue” where pills had been dissolved for injection, used syringes and smoking devices.
A .410-gauge sawed off shotgun was found in the garage. Investigative records indicate that Rouse himself advised the officers that the weapon was his.
Eddie Wayne Pattison of Gassville was sentenced to 60 days in the county jail to be followed by 36 months of probation after admitting that he had failed to register as a sex offender as required by law.
The 45-year-old Pattison admitted that during a period of about five months earlier this year, he had not lived at his registered address and was instead living with a woman in Northwest Arkansas.
Pattison was convicted of two counts of second degree sexual assault in June 2005 after he engaged in sexual contact with an 11-year-old female.
Christopher Studivant of Mountain Home was sentenced to 90 days in the county jail and put on probation for four years on charges of video voyeurism.
According to court records, while Studivant was an employee of a local clothing store, he took pictures of women in the dressing rooms with his phone.
A female customer reported that she was trying on swim suits and noticed an individual holding a phone under the door of the stall taking pictures.
Kelsey Crabaugh of Cotter was sentenced to 48 months probation after pleading guilty to possessing methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. The items were discovered in February during a sobriety checkpoint on State Highway 126.
During a search of the vehicle in which Crabaugh was a passenger, a large handbag identified as belonging to the 25-year-old Crabaugh was found. Drugs, a glass smoking pipe and a set of digital scales were found inside the purse.
Michael Howard was given three years probation after admitting that he had failed to meet sex offender registration requirements. Howard had been living at a local motel but checked out and left no forwarding address. As a sex offender, he is required to keep law enforcement advised of any address changes.
According to Howard’s former attorney, Public Defender John Russo, Howard has never committed a sex-connected offense. He said that Howard was convicted in 2002 in Missouri of “false imprisonment” and that in 2007-2008, the Missouri Legislature passed a law requiring anyone accused of that crime, no matter the circumstances, to register as a sex offender.
Russo told the court at one point there was an effort in Missouri to change the law.
Aubra Terry was put on probation for 36 months after pleading guilty to drug-related charges. The vehicle driven by Terry was stopped on Cardinal Street in Mountain Home about 2:30 a.m. on May 9th because of a non-working brake light. The Mountain Home Police Officer conducting the stop reported that Terry appeared to be under the influence of a drug.
In talking with the officer, Terry admitted that she had smoked marijuana with her son earlier in the evening. She also admitted that there was a small amount of methamphetamine in her purse. A search of the purse revealed an eyeglass containing two bags of a crystalline substance, a glass smoking pipe with narcotic residue and small baggies. The substance field tested positive for methamphetamine.
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