Horn faces probation revocation

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    Dustin Trevor Horn of Mountain Home who was given 10 years probation in June of last year after pleading no contest to charges stemming from his participation in what was described as a “staged robbery” is now facing a revocation of that sentence.

    A petition to revoke Horn’s probation was filed last month after he was alleged to have been involved in a situation that resulted in him being charged with 3rd degree domestic battery.

    The new charge was a violation of the terms and conditions of Horn’s probation which prohibited him from breaking the law.

    Horn pled “not true” to the allegations in the revocation petition during a court session November 17th.

    The 24-year-old Horn was given probation after pleading no contest to charges stemming from a rather bizarre incident in which he was one of three friends who planned and executed a “robbery” of a third acquaintance in late December 2014. The staged robbery took place near the intersection of Charles Blackburn Drive and County Road 390.

    Two of the conspirators — then 19-year-old Tyler Elizabeth Akers and 20-year-old Chayse Brown were riding in a car being driven by the acquaintance of Akers and Brown and the intended victim of the robbery. Brown told the victim to pull over since Brown said he recognized a man standing on the side of the road and wanted to talk to him.

    The man, now identified as Horn, got into the car with the three other people, pulled a gun, put it to Brown’s head and demanded that the two females in the car hand over their purses and no one would get hurt. They complied.

    According to investigative records, after taking the purses, Horn fled into the woods. He later returned Akers’ purse to her per the plan and threw the one belonging to the victim into the woods. The victim told investigators she had been able to take her wallet out of her purse before handing it over to Brown to pass to Horn who was playing the part of the armed robber. The robbery ended up yielding the three conspirators no money.

    As the investigation continued, officers determined that Horn, Brown and Akers had planned the “robbery”. The trio initially all told officers somewhat different stories about why they hatched and carried out the plan, which one of the trio needed money and for what reason.

    Akers and Brown also received 10 years probation. The three were all sentenced under provisions of Act 346 that gave them the opportunity to petition the court to have their records sealed if they stayed out of trouble during their time on probation.

    Judge Gordon Webb set Horn’s bond at $900 and he was released from the county jail Thursday afternoon. As a condition of his bond, Horn is required to have no contact with the victim in the domestic battery case and he told the court that he would be able to stay with a relative. Horn was ordered to reappear in circuit court January 26th.




   

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