Police Beat

Dispatch Desk (05/09/13)
10:23 a.m. -- A caller reported a dog running around the highway by a eatery on Hwy 62 just outside of town. Officer responded but could not locate a dog. 1:58 p.m. -- A caller reported someone dumping water into her car again. Officer responded and found the sun roof stuck open and a bad door seal. Recent rains explain it...

Dispatch Desk (04/11/13)
8:45 a.m. -- A blue truck broken down with transmission troubles in the middle of US Hwy 62 was assisted by an officer. 2:03 p.m. -- Animal Control picked up a small black and white dog running loose around Carroll House Apartments and took it to the doggy jail...

Dispatch Desk (04/04/13)
8:45 a.m. -- A blue truck broken down with transmission troubles in the middle of US Hwy 62 was assisted by an officer. 2:03 p.m. -- Animal Control picked up a small black and white dog running loose around Carroll House Apartments and took it to the doggy jail...

Dispatch Desk (03/28/13)
8:30 a.m. -- A caller from Pivot Rock Road reported he believed someone broke into his apartment and has been poisoning his dog. 10:00 a.m. -- A caller reported someone had stolen a notebook with personal writings from her apartment. 3:43 p.m. -- A complainant from a local apartment complex reported someone had been tampering with his electrical box. A report was taken...

Dispatch Desk (03/21/13)
1:23 p.m. -- A caller from College Street reported receiving emails saying his alarm had gone off, but no one had called him. The responding officer did a check of the house and found it secure. 6:50 a.m. -- A caller from Pivot Rock Road advised there was a dead deer on Pivot Rock in front of Deer Cottages. Ouch. The responding officer moved the deer out of the road till Public Works could come tend to it...

Dispatch Desk (03/14/13)
1:46 p.m. -- The owner of a local pub called to say she'd received a piece of mail addressed to someone else containing moneygrams and asked an officer to pick it up. 2:26 p.m. -- A caller from a local liquor store reported a male yelling at him and refusing to leave. The responding officer separated the parties. It was a misunderstanding and everything worked out fine...

Dispatch Desk (03/07/13)
12:06 p.m. -- A caller reported a blue sedan in the parking lot of a local underground café with its gas cap on the vehicle. Watch out. The responding officer found the cap screwed onto the tank when he arrived, though the lid was still open. The end...

Dispatch Desk (02/28/13)
12:05 a.m. -- A caller from a local inn reported her ex-boyfriend had stolen her prescription medication. 12:11 a.m. -- A caller wanted to report a hit and run in the parking lot of that grand old hotel downtown on North Main. 6:31 a.m. -- A caller from a local inn called to report a "domestic" issue between two employees. The female had departed by the time the officer arrived. He checked on her at home and she was fine...

Dispatch Desk (02/21/13)
9:05 a.m. -- An officer went over to Benton County Jail to pick up a female individual who had an outstanding warrant in Eureka Springs. 9:33 a.m. -- The owner of the best bar in town called to report they had been burgled. 11:08 a.m. -- A caller from Pivot Rock Road requested a welfare check on her sister. The sister suffers from onset Alzheimers and wasn't answering her phone. It turned out the sister was with her husband down in Fayetteville...

Dispatch Desk (02/14/13)
3:26 p.m. -- Two big huskies were reported loose on Ridgeway and killed a cat. The responding officer spoke to the owner of the cat and stayed in area trying to find dogs. 3:36 p.m. -- Carroll County Sheriff's Office advised of a motorcycle and car accident on North Main Street. Injuries on motorcycle, just toned out. A report was taken...

Dispatch Desk (02/07/13)
10:10 a.m. -- A complainant reported trespassing by a former tenant at his studio. The officer filed a report. 4:53 p.m. -- A caller reported a vehicle parked in the red zone by Pendergrass Corner, but it was gone by the time the officer arrived. 4:55 p.m. -- A caller reported hearing automatic weapons fire on Passion Play Road, but the responding officer could hear no gunfire...

Dispatch Desk (01/31/13)
8:06 a.m. -- A caller reported a deer caught in an iron fence on Lookout Circle with its leg badly broken. The officer, sadly, had to put the deer down. 11:31 p.m. -- A caller reported a guy he knew was "intoxicated or on some kind of drug" running around naked in the woods behind Copper Street "yelling that he is going to kill someone." The responding officers did indeed find him running around naked by the East Mountain Lookout and arrested him for public intox...

Dispatch Desk (01/24/13)
12:51 a.m. -- Carroll County dispatch advised a male from Barry County who had been involved in a domestic disturbance was headed to Eureka and possibly staying at a local motel. 10:28 p.m. -- A caller from a local apartment complex filed a report about a lost wallet. An officer responded and the wallet was found...

Dispatch Desk (01/17/13)
3:30 a.m. -- A caller from College Street complained of a dog that had been barking for over an hour. The responding officer found the dog in question and sent it to its room. 7:41 a.m. -- County and state police were informed of a driver supposedly driving erratically near the junction of US Hwy 62 and Hwy 23 South. No trace was found...

Dispatch Desk (01/09/13)
5:08 a.m. -- An anonymous caller complained of a dog barking on Jay Lane. Animal Control responded but could find no one home, including the alleged dog. 1:06 p.m. -- A caller reported vandalism and theft from a church up off the Historic Loop. On Christmas Eve. That's a new low...

Dispatch Desk (12/27/12)
[Editor's note: Here for your reading pleasure is the best of the first six months of 2012's "Dispatch Desk," i.e., half a year's reminders of what a crazy town we live in and what colorful neighbors and visitors we live among. The second half will appear next week. Enjoy.]...

Dispatch Desk (12/21/12)
3:40 p.m. -- A female individual turned herself in on a Eureka Springs warrant. 7:53 a.m. -- An alarm at a local go-kart facility turned out to be false. No sign of attempted entry. 10:34 a.m. -- That same dog that barks every week on Mill Hollow Road was at it again. Animal Control attempted to contact the owner, who was not home, so left a message to contact the police department in reference to multiple, multiple complaints...

Dispatch Desk (12/06/12)
3:19 p.m. -- Police received a call from a cell phone referencing a fight on a school bus at the high school. The suspect was turned over to parents. 4:50 p.m. -- The manager of a local low-price shop reported a subject had taken merchandise and left in a silver four-door sedan. She got their tag number too...

Dispatch Desk (11/29/12)
3:37 a.m. -- A late-night stroller found it odd the back door of a local supermarket was open at this hour. The responding officer found it was employees getting ready for an incoming truck. 9:52 a.m. -- A shop owner downtown called to report a man came into her shop and tried to sell her oranges! By the time police arrived, this fruit-wielding miscreant was already leaving downtown. They warned him anyway. Nothing rhymes with orange...

Dispatch Desk (11/22/12)
12:56 a.m. -- Every week somebody calls about this same dog barking on Kansas Street. Every week. 9:06 a.m. -- A caller reported a vehicle moving at 10 mph heading east on US Hwy 62. The responding officer found the driver was on her way to the auto shop because her brakes weren't working well, and she was trying not to run in a ditch...

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