MH man dead after falling from pontoon
A boating accident last Friday afternoon on Norfork Lake led to the death of a Mountain Home man. Thirty-eight-year-old Adam Jones was pronounced dead after being transported to Baxter Regional Medical Center.
The Baxter County Sheriff’s Office was notified at 4:16 of an unmanned pontoon circling the lake near Cranfield Marina. A deputy responded and observed the boat circling the water nearly a quarter mile southwest of the launch area. Occupants of another boat in the area stopped to provide assistance, and it was reported a male and female were on the shore. The male was reported as seriously injured and unresponsive.
BRMC Ambulance personnel were transported by boat to the shoreline to attend to the to the unresponsive male. He was transported to the emergency room and declared dead around 5:30. The male was identified as Jones.
The investigation indicated Jones was on the front of the pontoon and fell overboard while it was underway. The boat ran over Jones, and he was hit by the propeller. The female had been operating the boat, and she also fell overboard while trying to assist Jones.
The sheriff’s office and ambulance personnel were assisted by the Arkansas State Police, the Northeast Lakeside Fire Protection District, the 101 Gamaliel Area Fire Department.
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Mobile home fire claims life of rural MH woman
An early morning mobile home fire has claimed the life of a rural Mountain Home woman. According to the Baxter County Sheriff’s Criminal Investigation Division, 77-year-old Ilene Stevenson died last Friday at Baxter Regional Medical Center.
The fire occurred at the mobile home at 1128 Old Arkana Road. Mountain Home firefighters were called to the scene just after 2:00 and encountered a fully-involved mobile home upon arrival. All occupants of the home were out of the residence, and two occupants were attended to by Baxter Regional Ambulance personnel and transported to Baxter Regional Medical Center. One of the occupants, identified as Stephenson, was pronounced dead at the hospital. The other unidentified female occupant had what were described as minor injuries.
Firefighters were on the scene for 3 1/2 hours with an engine, two tankers, a brush truck and two support vehicles. Mountain Home also received mutual aid with an engine and two tankers from the Buford Fire Department.
Sheriff’s investigators are continuing their efforts to determine a cause of the fire.
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Calico Rock man killed in motorcycle crash in Stone County
A motorcycle accident in Stone County has led to the death of an Izard County man. According to the Arkansas State Police, 51-year-old Leelenn Branscum of Calico Rock was pronounced dead Wednesday afternoon at the accident scene north of Allison.
Branscum was traveling southbound on Arkansas Highway 5 when he attempted to pass another vehicle. He lost control, fell from his motorcycle and struck the pavement.
Road conditions were dry, and the weather was clear in the 4:40 p.m. accident.
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11 new business licenses issued in MH in October
Business licenses for a new doctor’s office, chiropractor, used car lot, financial consultants and a hair and nail shop were among the 11 issued by the City of Mountain Home in September, according to Roberta Pack from the City of Mountain Home.
Licenses were issued to Oliver Tree Service at 2193 Rocky Ridge Road; FSIS Group, financial consultants, at 11 Highway 62 East; Lester E. Cox Medical Centers, for a physician’s clinic at 607 North Town; Uptown Furnishments, an upscale furniture resale shop at 714 Church Street; Randy J. Sutterfield Insurance Agency at 802 S. College; Williams Car Mart, a used car sales lot at 315 E. 9th Street; L A Nail, a hair and nail salon at 40 Plaza Way, Suite 16; Hometown Behavioral Health Services of Arkansas, counseling services at 1219 Commerce Drive, Suite 3; Mountain Home Spine & Health Solutions, chiropractic care at 1180 Hometown Commons; Lara Danielle Photography, a home-based business; and Maison & Pearl, a home-based resale business.
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Harrison man tries to pull a Gomer Pyle, but his citizen’s arrest doesn’t work
A Harrison man has learned just because Gomer Pyle was able to make a citizen’s arrest on the Andy Griffith Show, it doesn’t always work in real life. The man tried to arrest another man as a theft suspect and marched him to the Harrison Police Department, and both wound up being taken into custody. According to the Harrison Daily Times, 59-year-old Scott Loveless went to the station around 2:45 Sunday afternoon escorting 41-year-old Greg Fritcher. Loveless reportedly said he had a loaded gun and suspected Fritcher of theft.
Harrison Police Chief Paul Woodruff says dispatch notified officers and they went to the lobby of the station where one officer secured the handgun. Loveless told officers he suspected Fritcher of stealing collectible coins. Loveless said he loaded a pistol and instructed Fritcher to start walking from a residence to the nearby police station and if he tried to run, he would be shot.
An officer reportedly could smell intoxicants on Loveless’ breath, and a breath test showed him at the legal limit for driving while intoxicated. Officers also found two narcotic pills in his pocket. Loveless claimed the pills were from a prescription, but they were not in the bottle. He was booked into the Boone County Jail for false imprisonment, terroristic threatening, public intoxication and possession of a controlled substance. He was released a few hours later after posting $25,000 bond.
Fritcher was turned over to a Boone County deputy on an alias bench warrant. Records in the Boone County Circuit Clerk’s Office show he was charged in February with forgery and theft of property in a case dating back to 2006. Fritcher is accused of stealing a check, forging it and receiving $650.
Fritcher had pleaded not guilty to his charges and was free on bond, but he didn’t appear in court as he was scheduled to September 14th leading Judge Gordon Webb to issue a warrant for his arrest. Fritcher remains in the Boone County Jail on the warrant with no bond amount shown.
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