The case of Richard Edward Fink of Gassville, who is charged in two cases with terroristic threatening, is long on accusations and short on facts.
About the only thing clear in the case at this point is the 34-year-old Fink entered a plea of not guilty to both the charges against him during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday.
The charges basically stem from alleged threats Fink is reported to have made to members of his girlfriend’s family. Fink referred to the woman as his “baby momma” during the count appearance. According to Fink, the girlfriend is currently pregnant.
During his appearance Thursday, Fink seemed to blame member of his girlfriend’s family for “stirring things up” by making the allegedly threatening post on social media. The one message included in the probable cause affidavit reads as follows: I KILLING UR FATHER AND TATE PLU TED SINCE COP DON’T WANNA HELP ME”. It is somewhat difficult to determine if it is a threat to human beings or an outright assault on the English language.
In another of the alleged posts, Fink is reported to have put a photo of himself with a handgun pointed to his temple.
The probable cause affidavits written by investigating officers, contains no information on the relationship of the two people allegedly threatened in the social media posts and the female Fink refers to as his “baby momma. The affidavit does indicate there is a “history of animosity” between Fink and the two people allegedly being threatened.
During the court session Thursday, Judge Gordon Webb said if Fink was able to bond out of jail, he was not to have contact with the people who were the subjects of the alleged threats.
Fink said he had no problem being away from the family members involving in what he says is an effort to cause trouble for him, but did want to interact with his pregnant girlfriend.
Fink’s bond is set at $5,000, and he was ordered to reappear in circuit court March 15th.
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