Photo: Michael Glavish
A rural Mountain Home man facing a number of criminal charges, including hitting a man with a baseball bat, appeared in Baxter County Circuit Court last Thursday.
Thirty-six-year-old Michael Glavish pled guilty to battery, breaking or entering and theft of property charges and was put on probation for six years. He was ordered to pay restitution of almost $350.
The baseball bat incident took place in late October 2018 when a Baxter County deputy sheriff responded to a residence along McBride Lane where an altercation between two males was reported to be underway.
When the deputy arrived, the victim reported he had been hit in the left side of the face with a baseball bat wielded by Glavish who had fled the scene taking the bat with him.
The victim said the altercation began as he was criticizing his cousin for using drugs in the bathroom of the residence. He said as he talked to his cousin, Glavish hit him with the bat.
Glavish was arrested several days after the incident and booked into the Baxter County jail on charges of second-degree battery.
In another case, Glavish is charged with breaking into a garage in early December 2018 and stealing a vehicle belonging to his grandmother.
The victim told deputies she had been staying with her son at his residence because she was afraid of her grandson. She said Glavish had also taken her vehicle without permission on a prior occasion.
Late in the day on Dec. 7, 2018, a Baxter County deputy spotted the reportedly stolen vehicle at a gas station in Mountain Home. The deputy, who was off-duty at the time, notified Mountain Home Police, and an officer from the department stopped the vehicle.
It was confirmed the vehicle was the one reported stolen. Glavish, who was driving, was arrested and taken to the county jail. He was booked on theft of property and breaking or entering charges.
Glavish entered the addiction treatment program provided by John 3:16 and was to “graduate” in September last year.
The state dismissed revocations in three earlier criminal cases as part of the plea agreement.
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