The criminal record of Christian Blake Sisk of rural Mountain Home grows longer with each passing year. Electronic court records show the 26-year-old Sisk has been charged with various crimes in 12 criminal cases dating back to 2010 when he was a teenager.
Sisk appeared during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday and entered not guilty pleas to his newest cases both filed last month.
In the older of his active cases, Sisk is charged with stealing a riverboat with its 20-horsepower outboard motor and a trailer in mid-May last year. The items were valued at almost $10,000. The boat was eventually located at a residence on Dolph Road in Izard County. Baxter County Sheriff’s Office investigators were able to recover the boat and return it to its rightful owner.
In questioning one of the residents of the home, who was in the Izard County jail on unrelated charges, the Baxter County investigators were told that Sisk, who was a relative of the people living in the home, had been the person who brought the boat and left it on their property.
In another case from last year, Sisk is charged with multiple break-ins and the theft of various items at the Cranfield Marina, including a 2015 pickup truck valued at $50,000. The thefts from the marina were reported in mid-June last year.
The pickup’s owner was able to trace the truck using its On-Star system to the Bass Pro Shop parking lot in Springfield. The Baxter County Sheriff’s Office notified Springfield police and they set up surveillance on the parked truck. According to the probable cause affidavit, Sisk returned to the vehicle and Springfield police officers moved in on him. When Sisk saw them, he began running through the parking lot. SPD officers apprehended him as he was entering a room at a nearby motel.
Sisk is alleged to have admitted to Springfield Police Department detectives that he had taken the truck from the marina property in Baxter County.
According to a news release from the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office, the two newest cases against Sisk filed this year are related to a break-in at a land company building in Henderson where a hammer was used to beat the doorknob off a door to allow entry to the building. A crossbow and a knife collection valued at $1,200 were reported taken. The break-in at the land company building was reported February 14th.
Sisk was also identified as a suspect in an attempted break-in at the Car-Mart office on U.S. Highway 62 East February 16th. Sisk was captured on video surveillance cameras trying to break open the door to the building by throwing a concrete block at it. When the alarm activated, he fled.
Sisk has been in and out of the Baxter County jail on numerous occasions and has also served several stints in the state prison system.
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