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CRIME & SAFETY
Bond cut in half for man charged with murder
Dusty Wheeler (Photo courtesy of Baxter County Sheriff’s Office) A Mountain Home man charged with first-degree murder appeared in Baxter County Circuit Court Monday. Forty-four-year-old Dusty Shane Wheeler’s attorney asked that his client’s current $1 million bond be lowered. Circuit Judge John Putman reduced the bond to...
MH man dead of apparent drowning after falling from boat
A Mountain Home man is dead from an apparent drowning after he fell out of a boat Friday on the White River. Seventy-nine-year-old Robert Vona was pronounced dead near the scene at Buffalo City. According to the incident report from the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office, 911 dispatch received a call...
Murder suspect now faces 2 new charges picked up in jail
Ryan James Lindsey of Norfork, who is facing the death penalty for the murder of then 35-year-old Cody Stradford in December 2020, has picked up two additional charges related to violent behavior in the Baxter County jail. The 31-year-old Lindsey appeared in Baxter County Circuit Court Monday where a not...
MH woman unconscious after vehicle hits tree
A Mountain Home woman was unconcious after her vehicle struck a tree Sunday evening in Baxter County. Fifty-three-year-old Susan Stephens was transported by ambulance to Baxter Health with serious injuries. According to the crash report from the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office, Stephens was traveling on Cartney Road. She was near...
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