Photos: (from left) Embry Parks, Christopher Kozik and Marguertia Jackson
One of three people arrested after police responded to what was described as a loud, alcohol-fueled argument at a local motel in mid-December last year entered a guilty plea to the charges against her.
Twenty-one-year-old Embry Parks appeared during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Monday.
She was put on probation for eight years on charges of possessing methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia and endangering the welfare of a minor.
Others arrested at the time of the confrontation were 25-year-old Christopher Kozik and 41-year-old Marguertia Jackson.
The arrests came after Mountain Home police went to the Executive Inn and found Jackson standing outside one of the rooms.
The officers reported she was unsteady on her feet, difficult to understand and had the strong odor of intoxicants about her person.
Officers reported going into the room and finding a syringe with an orange cap on the floor.
As they were dealing with Jackson, officers heard yelling and contacted the other people involved – Kozik and Parks.
Parks told officer she had been arguing with Jackson, identified as her mother, and “just wanted to get my baby back.”
Officers learned a male in another room at the motel was watching the infant. Officers located the infant and reported it appeared healthy.
Parks, who admitted to officers that she was very intoxicated, said an argument had originally broken out between her mother and father and the father left.
She said she then began fighting with her mother.
In addition to the syringe, officers found three glass smoking pipes in the room – two commonly used to smoke methamphetamine and one to ingest marijuana.
Kozik has already pled guilty to the charges against him and was given 12-month misdemeanor probation. Jackson is now scheduled to go on trial in late January next year.
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