A 37-year-old former Mountain Home resident with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to four felony charges across three different cases.
Travis Armistead entered guilty pleas to charges of impairing the operation of a vital facility, possession of drug paraphernalia and two counts of possession of methamphetamine.
The charge of impairing the operation of a vital facility drew Armistead the lengthiest and controlling sentence of 10 years. The drug related charges each carry a six-year sentence Armistead will serve concurrently, meaning at the same time as his 10-year sentence.
Armistead has been booked into the Baxter County Jail 29 times, according to electronic jail records.
On April 28, Armistead and three other Baxter County Jail inmates were in the visitation area of the jail where they were allowed to use law books. The visitation area is adjacent to the jail's booking area.
The two areas are separated by a glass wall. That wall has a hole in it large enough to allow a person to put their arm through. Jailers in the booking area discovered a property bag containing an inmate's possessions had items missing.
By that time, the four inmates had been placed back in their housing area.
Fortunately, the jail has a multitude of cameras in operation. The system allows jailers to rewind and look back at previous events. Some of the cameras employed at the jail focus on the booking area as well as the visitation area.
In reviewing the surveillance footage, jailers discovered the four men had gone on a fishing expedition. They tied an improvised hook to a line, dropped the hook through the glass, put and arm through the glass and cast their line, snagging the bag.
They reeled the bag in, rifled through it and took two pocket knives.
Once they reviewed the video depicting the theft, jailers then went to the area where the four were being kept and conducted a search. According to the affidavit, one of the knives was found in Armistead's sleeping mat. The other knife was found hidden inside an empty deodorant container.
Jailers also found the fishing rig used in the theft, according to the affidavit which described the rig as consisting of "wire shaped like hooks and some homemade string." The knives were photographed and returned to the appropriate property bag while the fishing rig and the deodorant bottle were seized as evidence.
Armistead's other two cases
On Sept. 19 of last year, Armistead was driving in Mountain Home when he was stopped by MHPD officer Cody Hillicker who knew Armistead's driver's license was suspended for DWI.
After "helping" a reluctant Armistead out of the car and arresting him for driving while license suspended, the officer searched the car. Hillicker reported finding a multitude of drug paraphernalia and drugs, including meth.
Armistead had his then four-year-old son in the car at the time of his arrest, resulting in a misdemeanor charge of child endangerment to be filed against him. Armistead pled guilty to that and four other misdemeanor charges as part of the plea bargain.
Less than a month later, Armistead was stopped in Cotter for speeding. Cotter Police Chief Travis Hopson learned Armistead's driver's license was suspended. The chief asked for permission to search the car and found meth in the center console of the car.
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