Police Beat (12-4-09)

Among reports recently released by the Conway Police Department and Faulkner County Sheriff’s Office:

1. Theft of property at 1380 South Amity Road, Conway (National Travelers RV Center). At some point between 5 a.m. Saturday and 7:45 a.m. Sunday, someone cut a fence to enter the business and stole a 2008 Dutchmen Adriondak RV, damaging another Dutchmen RV in the process.

2. Recovered stolen vehicle at Highway 89 South (Camp Robinson north entrance gate). A deputy driving along Highway 89 South on Nov. 26 noticed a vehicle matching the description of a Toyota Pickup recently stolen from Caldwell Toyota Scion sitting near the Camp Robinson entrance gate, on its side. The vehicle was righted and towed back to the dealership.

3. Possible assault at 200 block of Garland Springs Road (a few miles west of Mount Vernon). A man reported that he was driving a small child around in a vehicle to put the child to sleep before dawn on Saturday when he turned around in a driveway on Garland Springs Road and accidentally caused his truck’s tires to spin, after which the resident of the home “fired one shot at the truck,” according to the report.

4. Residential burglary at 10 block of Sinai Road (north end of the Lake Conway peninsula). Victim reported Nov. 19 that on that day someone had pried open a home’s back door and stolen items including a microwave, stereo, Philips big-screen TV, a Kodak digital camera, a clothes iron, some speakers, a landline phone and a VCR player — “trashing” most of the home in the process.

5. Theft of property at 10 block of Aurora Lane (a few miles southwest of Vilonia). Victim reported Nov. 27 that someone had stolen a Ruger P345 semiautomatic handgun and a Remington camouflage jacket from an unlocked pickup.

6. Found property at 545 Skyline Drive, Conway (Shell SuperStop convenience store). A store clerk called police after finding what looked to be a “baggie” filled with marijuana late Tuesday night. Police arrived and collected the material, which was agreed to probably be about 17 grams marijuana.

7. Suspicious activity at Beryl Road (a few miles southwest of Vilonia). Deputies were dispatched Nov. 21 after a man reported seeing someone driving a tractor through a wooded area behind his home. A deputy was able to locate a man operating a tractor, but the man leaped off the machine and fled into the woods. He was not seen again by the deputy and other patrolling nearby roads.

8. Theft of property at 10 block of Fox Lane (western shore of Lake Conway peninsula). Victim reported Nov. 25 that someone had stolen a Graco airless spray machine valued at $700.

9. Residential burglary at 1600 block of Hartje Lane, Conway. Victim reported that at some point between 6:40 a.m. and 11 a.m. Tuesday, someone broke into a home by smashing a bedroom window and stole a Nintendo Wii game console and about $240 worth of associated games and a HP Pavilion laptop.

10. Theft of property at 10 block of Palarm Creek Road (Just northeast of Lake Conway). Victim reported Nov. 25 that someone had stolen a Hobart welder valued at $800 and a welding helmet.

11. Theft of property at 10 block of Pruett Road (a few miles northeast of Lake Conway). Victim reported on Saturday that someone had taken a set of spare keys from an unlocked car and used them to unlock a locked truck, from which a Remington model 7400 chambered in .30-06 and fitted with a Bushnell Banner telescopic sight.

12. Residential burglary at 10 block of Aurora Lane. Victim reported Nov. 8 that someone had opened the window of a residence and stolen a Sony PlayStation game console and about $400 worth of associated games, along with a Lenox stereo.

13. Residential burglary at 2800 block of Plateau Drive (just north of Conway) victim reported Nov. 23 that someone wearing what may have been Nike sneakers given the tread pattern kicked open the front door of a home and stole a Toshiba laptop computer, a 42-inch Panasonic plasma TV and a 32-inch LCD TV of unknown make.

14. Theft of livestock at 100 block of Pickles Gap Road (a few miles northeast of Conway). Victim reported Nov. 27 that someone had stolen three Australian black swans. The birds are described the report as black with orange bills and rare for this area.

(Those with information pertaining to these reports or any unsolved crime are urged to contact the Conway Police Department at 450-6120 or the Faulkner County Sheriff’s Office at 450-4914. Staff writer Joe Lamb can be reached at 505-1238.)