Man sentenced to 6 years in prison for theft of truck
A Wynne man was sentenced to six years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty in Garland County Circuit Court to stealing a Conway woman’s pickup truck last summer at Oaklawn Racing and Gaming.
Timothy Shane Matlock, 38, pleaded guilty to felony counts of theft of property over $5,000 and failure to appear and was sentenced to six years in prison on each count, to run concurrently, and ordered to pay $340 in court costs and
$2,759.64 in restitution to the victim. According to the probable cause affidavit, on June 10, 2017, a Conway woman, 47, reported that her blue 2012 Ford F-150 truck, valued at $20,000, was stolen from Oaklawn, 2705 Central Ave. She noted when she started to leave shortly before
8:30 p.m. she couldn’t find her keys and then discovered her truck was missing from the lot.
Security video showed a white male get out of a gray Dodge Durango and get into the victim’s vehicle and drive away.
Upon further review of the video, the victim could be seen dropping her keys and money in the gaming area. A man, later identified as Matlock, could be seen picking up her keys and money and then making contact with a female. The two exited the building and were then seen circling the lot in the Durango using the victim’s key fob until they found her vehicle.
Matlock left the scene in the
Ford headed south on Central with the female following in the Durango. Both Matlock and the female were later identified due to their use of their ID cards which were scanned when they entered the gaming facility.
The next day, around 9:30 a.m., Hot Springs police Officer Chris Chapin located the victim’s truck parked in the cemetery at Golf Links Road and Fontana Street. The victim later determined there were numerous items missing from the truck including a nurse’s bag, otoscope, pulse oximeter, stethoscope, two blood pressure cuffs, prescription glasses and a cellphone. The total value of the missing items was estimated at $2,509.80.
A warrant was issued for Matlock’s arrest and he was taken into custody on July 12, 2017, and released on Sept. 29, 2017, on $3,500 bond. He pleaded not guilty to the charge on Jan. 5, 2018, and then failed to appear for a disposition hearing in circuit court on Aug. 14. He was arrested again on Sept. 13 and had remained in custody since then.