Kelly Joe Hancock of Flippin, who entered a guilty plea to three cases from two counties and was sentenced to five years in prison during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court September 14th, has gotten into trouble again even before being sent to prison.
After his September 14 court appearance, Hancock was given a furlough and allowed to remain free until 6 p.m. September 18th. He was required to wear an ankle monitor and to remain on his current bond during his furlough period.
Hancock failed to turn himself in as required and allegedly failed to keep his ankle monitor charged. According to a Baxter County Sheriff’s Office incident report, Hancock was picked up by an agent for the company that issued his bail bond and returned to the Baxter County Detention Center at about 5:45 p.m. September 19th.
Because he overstayed his furlough, he now faces a failure to appear charge, which is a Class C Felony. A not guilty plea was entered to the new charge and Hancock was ordered to reappear in Circuit Court on January 25th.
His pleas on September 14th included two cases in Marion County and one in Baxter. The charges were mainly centered on his violent actions toward an ex-girlfriend. The 38-year-old Hancock was charged with first-degree stalking, possession of a firearm by a felon, terroristic threatening, criminal use of a prohibited weapon and possession of methamphetamine.
The affidavits in the various cases outline Hancock’s encounters with his ex-girlfriend. At one point, Hancock broke into the backdoor of the woman’s residence. A dispatcher informed deputies that the victim and a child could be heard screaming and that Hancock was allegedly screaming at the victim.
Hancock has threatened to kill the ex-girlfriend.
In addition, Hancock was charged with detonating what are described as “sparkler bombs” at the residence of a man he suspected was seeing his ex-girlfriend. The devices were set off in the early morning hours of July 1. The “bombs” consisted of several packages of fireworks sparklers wrapped tightly in black electricians tape with shrapnel — including rounds of live ammunition, pieces of metal and spark plugs — contained in the package.
Threatening text messages were also attributed to Hancock.
The ex-girlfriend took out an Order of Protection against Hancock in mid-January in which she details some of the alleged threats Hancock made toward her and members of her family as well. She asked that he be kept away from her property.
The Baxter County case involved drug related charges filed against Hancock in February. Baxter County deputies stopped a vehicle on U.S. Highway 62B in which Hancock was a passenger for various traffic offenses.
During the stop, a plastic bag containing about 3.2 ounces of suspected methamphetamine was found in Hancock’s right pocket and he was also found to be in possession of a set of brass knuckles.
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