Photo: Edward Everett Call III
A Cotter man appeared in Baxter County Circuit Court last Thursday to enter a plea to drug-related charges in the fourth criminal case opened on him in the last two years.
Thirty-two-year-old Edward Everett Call III’s newest drug-related cases were filed in May.
A plea of not guilty was entered on Call’s behalf.
Call’s latest arrest came when law enforcement officers from several agencies went to a residence along McLean Avenue in Cotter May 11.
They were looking for Call to serve an outstanding arrest warrant from the Mountain Home Police Department.
They reported seeing Call’s vehicle parked in the area. The officers also observed the Cotter man come in and out of the house a number of times to contact various people who were coming and going.
Officers converged on the front and back entrances of the residence. One officer knocked on the door. Call was seen opening a window shade, but he refused to allow officers to enter the house.
After one of the officers went to a car to retrieve a “ram” to force entry into the house, Call exited out the back entrance and attempted to flee. After a brief struggle, he was taken into custody.
According to the probable cause affidavit, officers located marijuana, fentanyl, three types of pills, Suboxone strips and an unidentified rock substance that was brown in color.
In addition to six felony drug counts, Call was charged with misdemeanor counts of obstructing governmental operations, refusal to submit to arrest and fleeing on foot.
He also had charges filed against him last month for his involvement in the sale of drugs to a person working with law enforcement.
Other drug-related cases were filed against Call in 2018 and 2019.
He has been charged with possessing various drugs and paraphernalia used to ingest drugs, selling drugs to a person working with the police and with growing marijuana for sale.
In addition, authorities have seized a vehicle and almost $780 in currency alleged to have been obtained and used by Call in furtherance of a drug enterprise.
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