(J.D. Comstock)
A man fled from Baxter County Sheriff’s Office investigators while being arrested Monday afternoon, injuring one investigator in the process. When 37-year-old J.D. Comstock escaped, he was still wearing one hand cuff and may have stolen a car to make his getaway. The stolen car was found abandoned in Fulton County between Gepp and Viola Tuesday morning.
Comstock is described as being 5 foot 9 with short brown hair, a mustache and goatee. When he escaped, he was wearing blue jeans, no shirt and one hand cuff.
Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery says investigators went to a residence on State Highway 5 South to serve a search warrant for stolen property believed to be there. As law enforcement attempted to arrest Comstock, he fled on foot.
During the course of the foot pursuit, one of the investigators fell and was injured. He was taken to the Emergency Room for treatment and released.
About 90 minutes after law enforcement arrived the residence to serve the search warrant, a man who lives on Old Tracy Road reported his vehicle had been stolen. The stolen vehicle is a blue Honda SUV with Arkansas license plate SWRCA.
The stolen vehicle was later spotted in the area of State Highway 177 south but was gone by the time deputies arrived.
As the manhunt continued Monday evening, the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office helicopter and a canine tracking team from the Arkansas Department of Corrections prison at Calico Rock were utilized, but there have been no other sightings of Comstock. The canine team was able to track Comstock to the residence where the vehicle was stolen.
Comstock has ties to Fulton and Izard counties with law enforcement there also searching for him.
Authorities did find stolen property at the residence, so Comstock will be facing multiple charges when he is apprehended.
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