Rashel Katrina Farnam of rural Mountain Home entered guilty pleas to criminal charges filed against her in three separate 2017 cases during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Tuesday.
She will be sentenced by the court on May 1st, according to Judge Gordon Webb. Since Farnam rejected the plea agreement offered by the state, Judge Webb will be the one to decide her sentence. He also ordered a pre-sentencing report to be prepared and given to him prior to the early May hearing.
The 31-year-old Farnam is charged with breaking into the home of relatives and stealing jewelry and other items, altering the bill of sale for a 2001 pickup truck to make it appear the vehicle had been sold to her and, oddly, calling the police on herself resulting in her arrest for possessing methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest.
In the first case, Farnam’s relatives reported the theft of a large amount of jewelry and other items — with an estimated value listed in various court documents of up to $50,000 — in late June last year. The items were taken from a home located along Old Military Road while the relatives were away from the residence. Farnam was named as a suspect by the victims, according to the probable cause affidavit.
One of the victims called a Baxter County Deputy after he had left the scene of the theft. The victim reported Farnam had called a female relative and was alleged to have admitted she had been the one who took the items.
Farnam is also alleged to have sent the relative a photo of one of the stolen rings from her cellphone.
When investigators brought Farnam in for questioning, she was reported to have become irate and threatened to kill the relatives whose residence was robbed and who had named her as a suspect in the theft. Her outburst led to terroristic threatening charges being lodge against her.
Both of the relatives took out orders of protection prohibiting Farnam from having contact with them. In one of the affidavits, a victim wrote Farnam had a “deep hate and a will to follow through on her threats if she is not stopped”.
In another case, Farnam allegedly forged a bill of sale for the pickup truck. Investigators talked to the owner and discovered discrepancies in the bill of sale, including the misspelling of names.
In the case where Farnam called police on herself, court records indicate Farnam said she wanted to speak to an officer shortly after midnight July 16th last year. She was located at Clysta Willet Park and the officers reported she seemed to be under the influence of a substance of some kind.
At one point, Farnam asked to use the restroom. The officers would not allow her to carry her purse into the facility but told her she could take what she needed out of the purse. The officer observed Farnam retrieve a loaded syringe and spoon and attempt to conceal them. The officers moved in to restrain her and she dropped the items.
Farnam was reported to have become very combative and resisted the officers when they attempted to take her into custody. The officers employed a Taser to get Farnam under control so they could handcuff her.
The substance in the syringe in Farnam’s possession field-tested positive for methamphetamine.
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