A Mountain Home man alleged to have pointed a handgun at his mother and other members of his family appeared in Baxter County Circuit Court Monday.
Twenty-two-year-old Wayne Kindstrom, Jr., pled not guilty to five counts of aggravated assault and two counts of endangering the welfare of a minor. He is an inmate in the Baxter County jail, with bond set at $50,000.
According to the probable cause affidavit, Kindstrom was given a no contact order for the Lee Avenue residence where the incident took place and for each of the victims.
A woman identifying herself as Kindstrom’s mother also appeared in court Monday and asked that the no contact order keeping her son away from her be dropped.
Circuit Judge John Putman said, given the serious allegation in the case, he did not feel comfortable dropping the order completely. He did modify it to allow the mother to talk to her son by phone while he is in jail.
THE INCIDENT
On September 2, Mountain Home police officers went to an address along Lee Avenue where a domestic disturbance involving a handgun had been reported.
When the officers arrived, the victims were reported to have run out of the house. The officers were told that Kindstrom remained inside the residence and was armed with a handgun.
Two officers opened the front door and called on Kindstrom to approach them and when he did, he was placed in handcuffs.
When asked about the gun, Kindstrom is alleged to have said he had thrown it into the downstairs game room.
The witnesses said the incident started with an argument between Kindstrom and his girlfriend. Kindstrom was alleged to have told the woman to get out of the house, but she refused.
After his request was turned down, Kindstrom is reported to have taken his child into the front room.
Family members began asking Kindstrom what was going on. He is reported to become agitated and, at one point, cursed at his mother.
The mother then “grabbed” her phone and Kindstrom threated to kill them all if she was calling the police.
After the threat was made, Kindstrom went to his bedroom and retrieved a pistol, came back into the living room and began pointing the weapon at family members.
He is reported to have pointed the firearm at his mother’s head.
The officers were initially unable to locate the gun, but, after telling several stories, Kindstrom said his statement about throwing the weapon into the downstairs game room had been false.
He eventually admitted that he had hidden the gun in his bedroom closet.
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