Posted on 05/29/2024 1:26:26 PM PDT by simpson96
BROOKLAND, Ark. (KAIT) - A man accused of kicking in the doors of multiple Brookland homes, including that of a Paragould police officer, after seeing a trend on TikTok has been sentenced.
Court documents said the Honorable Pamela Honeycutt of the Craighead County Circuit Court sentenced 18-year-old Austin Mayfield-Moore, of Paragould, to 24 months probation and 30 days suspended imposition of sentence on Friday, May 24 after pleading guilty to unauthorized use of another person’s property to facilitate certain crime, first-degree criminal mischief, and criminal trespassing in or on a vehicle or structure.
On Thursday, March 28, Brookland police officers responded to the Brookland Hills Subdivision about individuals forcing doors open on houses.
According to a news release from the Brookland Police Department, Officer Josh Whitley conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in the area for improper exhaust.
Detective Dustin Norwood said one suspect invoked his rights to the council. Norwood said another suspect gave an incriminating statement at the traffic stop.
“They said that they were going to do six houses and had completed five of those,” Norwood said. “And they were driving around looking for the sixth one, but luckily Officer Whitely stopped them.”
Police identified the driver as Moore, along with two occupants, 18-year-old Nicholas Andrews, of Brookland, and a juvenile. The vehicle was said to have been Moore’s grandmother’s car. The trio were arrested shortly after the traffic stop.
Norwood spoke with Andrews the same day. Andrews admitted he and the two other suspects had met earlier in the day and decided to kick the doors for fun.
“Andrews advised that the idea to do this was obtained from the national TikTok trend of people doing the same,” Norwood said. “Andrews laid out their plan and advised that the two co-conspirators had kicked two doors each, and he had kicked one.”
During the interview, Andrews provided video of the three instances of the trio going around and kicking doors open on homes, bragging about what they were doing while heading to vandalize property.
The news release said in the last video clip, the three kicked a front door open on the home of a Paragould police officer who lives in Brookland.
“Andrews advised that they knew this was an officer’s house because of the police car sitting in the front drive and identified the vehicle by it having a spotlight,” Norwood said.
On March 28, Craighead County District Court Judge David Boling gave Moore a $100,000 cash surety bond and Andrews a $200,000 cash surety bond.
At the time of the arrest, Andrews was out on a $35,000 bond for commercial burglary, theft, first-degree criminal mischief, and criminal trespassing after he and two other students were accused of damaging a concession stand and stealing items from inside in January 2024.
Police said Andrews was also arrested on a criminal mischief charge when he destroyed a sink at a convenience station in Brookland.
Court documents said a trial date for Andrews, who was given the same charges as Moore, was set for Monday, June 17 with a jury trial set to begin on Monday, August 5.
I don't follow CdA politics that much. The Kootenai County GOP is very good (that's where CdA is located). The Idaho Republican Platform is very good (but not as good as the one Texas prepared).
Here's a letter recently published in the CdA Press (a VERY liberal rag) about RINOs in Kootenai County...
ELECTION: Resist RINO invasion
April 10, 2024
By Coeur d'Alene resident Stephanie Schad
She is worried about "RINOs putting up over $1,000,000 to unseat current precinct committeemen across the state. Much of their effort will be aimed at the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee (KCRCC) because our county is the most conservative. There is now a RINO challenging almost every PC in Kootenai County."
On other quality of life matters...
I am disappointed that the city council does little to protect the small-town charm of CdA. They approved a 19 story mixed-use building adjacent to the CdA resort which is going to block views of the beautiful lake and Tubbs Hill. That got rolling when Duane Hagedone got the whole resort and golf course going in the 80s. The town transitioned from a working-class lumber town to a resort town which brings good and bad.
There's a Human Rights Commission in CdA which always has the same complaints that all such commissions have around the country. I think it was created to attempt to undo some of the damage done by the Aryan Nations in nearby Hayden.
Housing prices have gone crazy in the area, the farmlands are getting sold off and turned into developments, the towns are all running into one another, and traffic congestion continues to get worse. There is construction everywhere. A lot of the small-town charm has disappeared with the huge population growth.
The police force in CdA is excellent and has a highly respected, no-nonsense and well-liked Sheriff. There are very few bums about town and not much graffiti. On my hikes around the area, if I see graffiti in CdA, I report it to the city council and it's taken care of immediately. Idaho is hard on drug traffickers and dealers.
The whole area is very friendly. You'll find the high school kids working at the local supermarkets always ask about your day and what you are doing. It is a very patriotic, faith, God, guns and family area.
There was a report out a few months back that the out-of-state people moving to Idaho have made it even more red, so that's good. But the Democrat party is active and competitive in Idaho and pushing horrible things like ranked choice voting. The RINOs in the state legislature have helped quite a few Democrat initiatives.
The biggest problems are the state capitol (naturally) and the college town of Moscow (naturally, again) with Twin Falls coming in third (big agribusiness needing cheap labor).
That's a more expansive answer than what you asked for. I hope it is helpful. If you want to take an exploratory trip to CdA, send me a FReepMail and we'd be glad to have you and your wife over to discuss our thoughts...and take you out on the lake on our boat!
Thank you for all your information. It's very much appreciated.
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