Eureka Springs Elementary School Locked Down

By: KARK 4 News

Updated: March 11, 2013

Authorities say Sara Smith showed up to Eureka Springs Elementary with a baseball bat, demanding to see her child Thursday. School officials locked down the building and called police.

According to the superintendent the child has a protection order against Smith. When police arrived,
Smith hopped in her car and took off. Authorities chased her to Berryville roughly 12 miles away.

Officers finally caught Smith, in a Wal-Mart parking lot, and arrested her.

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