Photo: Christian Hope Manley
A Mountain Home woman who has been arrested on two occasions after being found in odd places – a trashcan and a dumpster – was sentenced to six years in prison during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Monday.
Thirty-eight-year-old Christian Hope Manley was first arrested in early July 2018, when a Mountain Home police officer found her inside a dumpster behind the Goodwill Store.
She was taken to jail, after it was discovered she had active arrest warrants.
According to the probable cause affidavit, Manley was warned before being taken to the detention center that if she had anything illegal with her, she would pick up another felony charge.
She said she had no such items.
But, a female jailer found a pipe used for smoking marijuana that Manley had hidden in her body.
Manley was charged with bringing contraband into the jail and being in possession of drug paraphernalia.
According to court records, she was a no-show for court in the original case and a failure to appear warrant was issued Dec. 6, 2018. The failure to appear case was dismissed by the state Monday.
Her next arrest came on Nov. 12 last year when Mountain Home police were called to Walmart to investigate a report that a suspected shoplifter had fled the store.
Walmart asset protection staff had maintained visual contact with the alleged offender. She was said to be standing next to a trashcan at a resident along Buzzard Roost Cutoff.
When the officer arrived at the residence, he reported not seeing Manley at first.
After some checking, he found her hiding in the trashcan.
She was taken back to Walmart and identified as the shoplifter. When Manley fled the store, she is reported to have left a bag in a shopping cart.
She admitted to the officer the bag was hers, according to the probable cause affidavit.
Inside the bag, a white crystalline substance was found, along with four syringes loaded with a clear liquid substance.
Manley is said to have admitted possessing methamphetamine and the various items of drug paraphernalia.
In addition to drug-related offenses, Manley faced theft of property charges.
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