A number of people were sentenced to probation during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Thursday.
40-year-old Jacob Kratochvil of Mountain Home was ordered to spend 12 months in one of the community corrections centers in the state after admitting that he had violated the terms and conditions of his probation in an earlier case.
Larry Barker, Jr., of Gassville was given six years probation after pleading guilty to drug-related charges. The 24-year-old Barker was arrested in late August last year when probation/parole officers, along with Gassville police, visited his residence on a compliance visit.
Barker and his wife eventually became cooperative, according to the probable cause affidavit, telling officers of various locations in the bedroom of the home where drugs and drug paraphernalia were found. They also showed the officers a hollowed out book in which items could be hidden.
During the visit, marijuana, portable scales, glass smoking pipes and two marijuana grinders were among the items
found.
Three people were given 48 months probation in unrelated cases.
James Weeks of Henderson pled guilty to drug-related charges as well as to resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
Parole/probation officers were conducting a home visit at a residence along County Road 508 in Midway when Weeks pulled in to the driveway.
According to the probable cause affidavit, when Weeks arrived on the scene, he began yelling and cursing the officers in what was described as a threatening manner. He also refused to comply with officer safety requests to show his hands.
Officers forcibly place Weeks into handcuffs and it took four officers to safely restrain him and place him in handcuffs. Even after being cuffed, the 33-year-old Weeks continued to struggle against officers and to yell obscenities.
A glass smoking device containing methamphetamine residue, a small plastic bag containing methamphetamine and a small butane torch were found in one of Weekss pants pockets.
Timothy Gibbs of Mountain Home was given four years probation after pleading guilty to drug-related charges.
In early January, a Mountain Home police officer saw the 27-year-old Gibbs driving a vehicle even though the officer knew Gibbs had a suspended drivers license from previous encounters. When Gibbs pulled into a parking lot and stopped, the officer pulled in behind him.
Gibbs was initially arrested on traffic violations. During an inventory of his vehicle, however, a small amount of methamphetamine was found which resulted in the drug-related charges being filed.
Jessica Raymond also received 4 years probation on methamphetamine possession charges.
In August of last year, Mountain Home police went to the Spring Valley Kitchenettes in response to a complaint. When officers went into the room, drugs were discovered and the 25-year-old Raymond was arrested, along with a person identified as her boyfriend, 21-year-old Kendrick Sebree.
Sebree also faces charges in the incident.
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