Court News

Clifton Dale Roark, 57, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, was indicted by an Ozark County grand jury for financial exploitation of the elderly and stealing by deception in a July 2022 incident. According to the felony indictment filed Sept. 8, 2023, Roark agreed to install solar equipment at the...
A warrant with a $7,500 cash-only bond has been issued for the arrest of Justin L. Akridge of St. Louis in connection with a case in which he’s charged with possession of fentanyl, possession of methamphetamine and unlawful use of drug paraphernalia. Online records indicate he has not yet been...

Gena Studdard
Gena Studdard, 53, of Wasola, is being held in the Ozark County Jail without bond in connection with an Ozark County indictment of statutory sodomy in the first-degree, child molestation in the first-degree and statutory sodomy in the second degree that was filed Sept. 8. The charges come with...

Daniel Eric Johnson
Daniel Eric Johnson, 34, and John N. Wiggins, 48, are each charged with failing to register as a sex offender as required by law based on a prior conviction.  Johnson was charged after Ozark County Deputy Jeffrey Lane observed him driving a white Chevrolet Silverado on Sept. 11.  According to the...
Before Circuit Judge Craig Carter Sept. 6, Cotter, Arkansas, resident Tiger Wood Tolliver, pleaded guilty in Ozark County court to the class D felony of possession of fentanyl.  He was given a suspended imposition of sentence and placed on supervised probation for a term of 5 years. He is also...
Aaron Bradley Perry, 29, of Isabella, is charged with assault in the second degree and violating of an order of protection for an adult. He is being held in the Ozark County Jail.  According to the probable cause statement prepared by Ozark County Sheriff Cass Martin, at 2:34 p.m. May 1, the...
Todd James Richard Chapman, 20, of Mountain Home, Arkansas, is being held in the Ozark County Jail on a $5,000 cash-only bond in connection with aiding a 14-year-old Ozark County girl with running away from her home in July. An Ozark County grand jury indictment was filed in the case Sept. 8...
Victoria “Tori” Fowler, 30, of Caulfield, has been indicted by a Howell County grand jury with three counts of statutory rape and one count of statutory sodomy in connection with allegations of an inappropriate romantic and sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student she met while she was...
Circuit Judge Craig Carter processed a total of 22 cases during the Sept. 6 session of Ozark County Law Day. Updates on the criminal cases are listed here:   Plea, sentencing Tiger Wood Tolliver pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance and was given a suspended imposition of sentence...

Kenneth Cowart
Kenneth Cowart, 25, of Gainesville, is scheduled to appear in court today for a bond reduction hearing before Associate Judge Raymond Gross in a case in which he’s charged with two class E felonies of assault and domestic assault.  He was arrested Aug. 29 and has been held in jail without bond...

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