Photo: Glen Ray Cockrum Jr.
A man charged with threatening his father and stealing his truck may enter a plea to the charges against him stemming from the event early next week, according to an announcement made during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday.
Thirty-seven-year-old Glen Ray Cockrum Jr., who lists an address in the Van Buren County city of Clinton, told the court during an earlier appearance he had awakened in the Baxter County jail after being arrested with little or no recollection of the events landing him behind bars.
In early August last year, Cockrum’s wheelchair-bound father called the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office to ask for assistance in handling his unruly son. The father said Cockrum Jr. had arrived at his home along County Road 25 in a large 18-wheeler. He told deputies when the son was ready to leave, the larger truck would not start, and he asked to use his father’s smaller, wheelchair-lift-equipped truck to jump-start the semi.
The effort was unsuccessful, and it was at that point Cockrum Jr. began acting oddly. The father told deputies he son began walking around in the yard carrying a hammer. The father said he suspected the younger man might be taking methamphetamine.
The wheelchair-bound father said he felt threatened by his son’s behavior and retreated into the house. Eventually the son left in his father’s vehicle. The father reported when he called his son’s residence in Clinton to inquire about his missing truck, Cockrum Jr., replied, “Bye, bye, I’m long gone.”
Van Buren County deputies located the father’s truck at the son’s residence. They reported the wheelchair lift had been removed. Cockrum Jr. faces charges of theft of property and assault on a family member.
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