Barefoot woman tells cop she gave her flip-flops to Jesus
A Little Rock woman, 30-year-old Carri Lee Sisk, has been arrested and charged with criminal trespassing for refusing to leave a Midway convenience store.
According to the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office report, a store employee contacted law enforcement advising a woman was sitting under the store’s sign wearing a blue and white hoodie, shorts, flip-flops and a red backpack. The woman, later identified as Sisk, was reportedly acting strangely and said she was waiting for the prison bus.
When the officer arrived, he found Sisk still sitting under the sign. When he asked her what she was doing, Sisk reportedly said waiting for someone to bring her shoes. The officer said when the sheriff’s office was contacted, they were advised she was wearing flip-flops. Sisk told the officer she gave her flip-flops to Jesus because he was walking barefooted and needed them more.
The officer then asked Sisk if she had somewhere to go, and she said she was staying at the convenience store. When told she could not stay there because it is private property, Sisk asked the officer if she could come live with him.
Sisk then tried to enter the store and was refused entry. When the officer told her she had been asked to leave, she said she wanted to buy shoes in the store.
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Juvenile says he saw his uncle ‘smoking’ from gunshot
The son of a Marion County man, charged in a double homicide involving two relatives, says he saw his uncle “smoking” from where he had been shot in the altercation on the evening of September 1st.
The man arrested for the shooting, 32-year-old Donald Steven Beckwith Jr. of Yellville, was in court Wednesday and had his bond reduced. Beckwith appeared before Circuit Judge Gordon Webb and entered a not guilty plea. His bond was reduced from $1M to $350,000.
According to the probable cause affidavit filed Wednesday, officers responded to the scene of the shooting to find Beckwith standing in the front yard of the residence along Highway 14 South in Marion County, with a juvenile sitting on the ground behind him.
Officers were alerted to the incident by a 911 call from Beckwith’s girlfriend advising there had been a shooting at the residence. The woman had been alerted of the incident from a phone call from Beckwith saying she needed to come home and pick up their juvenile son because the Marion County man had just shot his uncle and grandfather.
Officers arrived at the scene and took Beckwith into custody without incident. Deputies observed two victims under tarps on the front porch deceased from what appeared to be gunshot wounds.
The victims were identified as 59-year-old David Dewayne White, who had what appeared to be multiple gunshot wounds to his chest and extremities, and 89-year-old William Henry White, who had what appeared to be a single gunshot wound to his chest. There was a single spent .9mm round on the chest of David DeWayne White appearing to have stuck to his chest while he was face down.
Officers located eight spent .9mm cartridges on the porch of the residence in close proximity to the front door. Another spent round was found on the porch near the living room window where David White had been lying.
While processing the scene, an unloaded handgun could be seen through the living room window on the couch.
In an interview with Beckwith’s girlfriend and his son, the juvenile told officers his dad and his uncle, David White, had gotten into an argument. His uncle punched his dad. At that point, Beckwith allegedly got up, went inside the house and retrieved a firearm his grandfather kept in the living room. Beckwith then to the front porch and began shooting David White.
The juvenile said he was just inside the door of the residence near a piano and could see both his father and uncle during the incident. He said he saw his uncle “smoking” where he had been shot and also saw him raise his arms during the incident.
The juvenile said when his father stopped shooting, he came inside the residence, unloaded the firearm and placed it on the couch where officers found it.
During an interview with Beckwith, he is alleged to have admitted to officers of grabbing a pistol and shooting his uncle to death during a physical altercation. He said his grandfather came outside trying to get him to stop, but he pushed him off and continued to shoot at his uncle.
Beckwith said when he pushed his grandfather away, he pushed in front of him and accidentally shot him while shooting at his uncle.
He said when he finished shooting, he went inside to check on his son, reloaded the pistol magazine, but left the weapon unloaded on the couch. He said he sat down in a recliner for a short period of time before telling his son to get his things together because he would be going to stay with his mother.
He said he then called his girlfriend to tell her what had happened, saying he could not call the cops on himself.
Beckwith has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
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Mysterious property left on front porch raises questions, leads to arrest
A Marion County man made an initial appearance in Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday on charges stemming from an incident beginning when a Mountain Home woman came home to find a large quantity of someone’s personal property on her front porch.
Thirty-eight-year-old Bryan Rocap of Flippin entered a not guilty plea before Circuit Judge Gordon Webb to a felony charge of criminal mischief and a misdemeanor charge of criminal trespassing.
On September 3rd, the Mountain Home woman advised the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office she had returned to her home along Chaperal Drive and found the property on her front porch and asked for assistance in identifying the owner of the items.
Investigators determined the property belonged to Rocap, an acquaintance of the woman who told the officers she had no idea why his belongings had been left on her porch.
The following morning, the woman contacted law enforcement again saying a friend of hers was driving past the Chaperal residence and observed a vehicle with two occupants in the driveway.
The friend with prior knowledge of the mysterious property found on the porch, pulled in the driveway behind a green SUV with New Mexico tags to investigate.
A female exited the SUV and approached the Mountain Home woman’s friend, saying she knew the homeowner who was aware of her presence. However, as she told her story, she was described as acting irate.
The woman from the SUV was not aware the friend was on the phone with the homeowner who was advising no one should be at her residence. The two women ended their conversation, and the homeowner contacted the sheriff’s office.
When officers responded again to the residence, they were met by a woman who said the female from the SUV threatened her and struck her van with a baseball bat. The male driver of the SUV backed his vehicle into the woman’s van, pushing it backwards. The two subjects in the SUV then fled in their vehicle.
Officers noted blood on the female victim’s legs resulting from flying glass inside her vehicle when the bat struck the windshield. The windshield of the van was broken from the bat, and dings in the door post of the driver’s door were also noted. There was also minor damage to the vehicle’s bumper where the SUV had pushed it.
The victim was able to video from her phone showing the male subject in the SUV later identified as Rocap, the same person whose personal property was left on the front porch of the residence.
Rocap was booked into the Baxter County Detention Center Saturday evening. An incident report at the sheriff’s office notes jailers were called to break up a fight between the Marion County man and another inmate, who admitted starting the altercation that same evening.
Rocap is set to reappear in Baxter County Circuit Court next Thursday.
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Ranger in fatal Marion County park shooting wanted to fire sooner
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A national park ranger who fatally shot a Branson man at a park in Marion County says he wanted to shoot sooner, but his flashlight was in the way.
The ranger, who hasn’t been identified, was one of two who confronted Jonathan Bolger on Aug. 20, 2017, near the Buffalo National River.
In documents released to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette the ranger told investigators he wanted to fire when he saw Bolger point a gun at the other ranger, but the flashlight in his left hand prevented him from gripping his handgun with both hands.
The ranger says he dropped the flashlight and fired when Bolger turned and raised his gun toward the ranger.
The gun turned out to be a BB pistol, but without an orange identifying tip.
Both rangers were in uniform and identified themselves as police while Bolger demanded to see their badges and refused to drop the gun.
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West Plains man dead in alleged murder-suicide
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) A Howell County resident was identified as one of two men found dead at a western Missouri convenience store. Authorities are investigating the incident as an apparent murder-suicide.
The Springfield News-Leader reports that a news release from the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were dispatched to the Port convenience store in Osceola at 7:20 a.m. Friday for a report of shots fired. The men found dead were identified as 77-year-old Charles Sander of West Plains and 35-year-old Lance Kilgore of Nixa.
Authorities didn’t say which man is believed to the shooter. The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office says the Missouri State Highway Patrol will investigate the shooting.
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