SHERIFF MIKE KNOEDL - WEEKLY UPDATE 03/21/2025

Good morning,

Another busy week here at the Sheriff's Office.

I want to begin this week by sharing a story I was told, which is a compliment to one of our deputies. Most of the time, we only hear complaints about law enforcement. Deputy Tim Wofford was called to the residence by a concerned family member of an Alzheimer's patient who was struggling with hallucinations. The patient became combative with family members upon Deputy Wofford's arrival. The family member I spoke with was so appreciative of Deputy Wofford and his patience with the situation. He was able to calm the patient down and stabilize the situation. My point is most people have no idea what law enforcement may encounter on any given day. We are not here to just arrest people! We are available to provide any medical assistance that we can and quite frequently referee disagreements from family disturbances to squabbles over a deer stand. This is just one positive story I wanted to share about a deputy going above and beyond in his duties. Be sure to thank those who wear the badge and gun in the culture we live in today.

Deputies were involved in fighting wildfires yesterday during the heavy winds. Once again, this is another example of how you never know what you may be doing from one minute to another as a law enforcement officer.

I would like to include a drug arrest made last week by Sergeant Jordan Ables. A substantial amount of methamphetamine was seized during a traffic stop last weekend. There were also some DWI arrests made.

I want to mention an upcoming event being held at Fordyce School in the cafeteria on April 1 at 6:00 p.m. Miss Krissy Rainey at Fordyce Schools has asked us to conduct a training event for both parents and children, warning them of the dangers of the Internet. As most of you are aware, we recently experienced an incident involving a young lady who was picked up by a person from Texas with whom she had been communicating online. This training is free of charge, and we welcome you to attend. We will have some professional investigators in attendance to speak and answer questions.

Mr. Simmons and crew completed litter pickup on Highway 229 to the Bunn community and Highway 273 to Highway 167.

A quick note: Dallas County will be changing its ambulance services from Pro Med to Valor, as approved by a unanimous vote from the Quorum Court on Tuesday night. I want to assure everyone there will be no break in service during this transition.

We had our monthly Criminal Circuit Court this week and had a few cases adjudicated:

Marcus Mitchell pled true to his Revocation charges and was sentenced to 5 years in the

ADC concurrent to his Grant County charges

Madeline Keeton pled guilty to Possession of a Controlled Substance and received 5 years probation plus costs and fees

Iree Young pled guilty to Possession of a Controlled Substance and received 6 years SIS, $10,000 fine plus costs and fees

Zamirra Brown pled guilty to Furnishing, Possessing or Using Prohibited Articles and received 5 years Probation, a $1,000 fine plus costs and fees

Anthony Lingo pled guilty to Possession of a Controlled Substance and was sentenced to ASP with costs and fees

Kaysi Wooten pled guilty to Possession of a Controlled Substance and was sentenced to ASP with costs and fines

Octavious Hodges pled guilty to 2 counts of Furnishing, Using or Possessing Prohibited Articles and was sentenced to 6 years in the ADC and 6 years SIS along with costs and fines

Now on to Felony Friday:

Simmons, Latoucha of Fordyce; Failure to Appear and Parole Violation

Ross, Jacody of Fordyce; Contempt Failure to Pay

Craig, Edward of Sparkman; Driving While Intoxicated, Driving with Suspended Drivers License, Possession of Schedule VI Controlled Substance

Jackson, Christopher of Arkadelphia; Possession of Controlled Substance

Swain, Danny of Arkadelphia; Possession of Controlled Substance

Stewart, Ricky of Fordyce; FPD Commercial Burglary and Fleeing

Parker, Sylavassis of El Dorado; Contempt Failure to Pay

Pace, Cedric of Magnolia; Refusal to Submit to Chemical Test, DWI-Drugs, and Possession of a Controlled Substance

Riley, Charles of Bigelow; FPD Terroristic Threatening and Obstructing Governmental Operations

Canady, Reginald of Fordyce; Possession of Firearm by Certain Person, Resisting Arrest, Unauthorized Use of Another Persons Property to Facilitate Certain Crimes, Possession with Purpose to Deliver, Simultaneous Possession of Drugs and Firearms, Maintain Drug Premises

Jones, Brandon of Rison; Theft by Receiving

Parker, Michelle of Little Rock; Failure to Appear

Henderson, Rose of Fordyce; Terroristic Threatening