Social media postings lead law enforcement to fugitive

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A rural Mountain Home man, who evaded capture in August, was taken into custody Friday afternoon thanks to his social media yard sale postings.

Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery says 31-year-old Jason Michael Biddle was arrested on several outstanding warrants and drug charges. Biddle had at least three outstanding felony bench warrants issued by the Baxter County Circuit Court.

The warrants were issued in July and August upon affidavits of officers from various agencies, including charges stemming from a vehicle pursuit with Arkansas State Police on August 23rd in which Bidddle was not captured. Authorities had been searching for Biddle since the warrants were issued.

In their search, authorities observed Biddle had listed various articles of property on a Facebook yard sale page. Utilizing a fake account, investigators arranged to meet Biddle at a business east of Henderson to purchase some of the items he had listed for sale. Biddle and investigators arrived at the appointed place and time, leading to the fugitive’s arrest. When Biddle was taken into custody, he was found to have approximately 2.5 grams of methamphetamine on his person.

Biddle was taken to the Baxter County Detention Center and booked on charges stemming from three warrants, as well as a felony count of possession of a controlled substance with purpose to deliver, methamphetamine, from Friday’s arrest.

Felony charges from the three warrants include failure to appear, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia, fleeing, carrying prohibited weapon and furnishing prohibited articles, as well as numerous misdemeanor charges.

Biddle is being held without bond pursuant to two of the arrest warrants. He will also be facing a parole violation. Biddle is scheduled to appear in Baxter County Circuit Court to answer to the charges later this month.

Biddle has been booked into the Baxter County Detention Center a total of 28 times since 2004. Investigators are also looking into the articles Biddle had listed for sale and how he obtained them.

Agencies involved in the arrest were the Sheriff’s Office, 14th Judicial District Drug Task Force, and the Mountain Home Police Department.

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