Baxter County Man Surrenders after Running from Arkansas State Police
By: KARK 4 News
Updated: September 13, 2012
A Baxter County man has surrendered after running from Arkansas State Police.
Nicholas Ray Weeks, 25, of Henderson, is jailed on $51,455 bond after the incident Tuesday afternoon.
The Baxter County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) says Weeks ran from troopers who tried to arrest him at a Mountain Home shopping center.
Weeks turned himself in on Wednesday on an outstanding felony drug warrant and on state police charges stemming from the incident Tuesday.
The BCSO says its investigators had an arrest warrant for Weeks after making controlled buys of narcotic pills (Oxycodone Hydrochloride) from him in April and May. The BCSO says Weeks used a cell phone to facilitate the buys, and that at least one of them happened close to a church.
Weeks faces the following charges:
Nicholas Ray Weeks, 25, of Henderson, is jailed on $51,455 bond after the incident Tuesday afternoon.
The Baxter County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) says Weeks ran from troopers who tried to arrest him at a Mountain Home shopping center.
Weeks turned himself in on Wednesday on an outstanding felony drug warrant and on state police charges stemming from the incident Tuesday.
The BCSO says its investigators had an arrest warrant for Weeks after making controlled buys of narcotic pills (Oxycodone Hydrochloride) from him in April and May. The BCSO says Weeks used a cell phone to facilitate the buys, and that at least one of them happened close to a church.
Weeks faces the following charges:
- Delivery of Schedule II Controlled Substance
- Distribution of Controlled Substance near Certain Facilities
- Conspiracy to Manufacture a Controlled Substance
- Unlawful Use of a Communications Device
- Fleeing from Officer
- Obstructing Governmental Operations
- Criminal Impersonation in the Second Degree
- Disregarding a Traffic Signal
- No Proof of Liability Insurance
