Police Report Farmington Man Pleads Guilty To First-Degree Murder

FARMINGTON Dawn Taylor, 28, of Fayetteville, was arrested Feb. 26 on a warrant for failure to appear.

Elizabeth Mason, 25, of Lincoln, was arrested Feb. 27 on a warrant for failure to appear.

Mary Barton, 59, of Farmington, was arrested Feb. 29 in connection with driving while intoxicated.

John Blevins, 53, of Huntsville, was arrested March 1 on a warrant for failure to pay.

Christopher Tagg, 29, of Fayetteville, was arrested March 3 on a warrant for failure to appear.

Shyla Reeves, 37, of Fayetteville, was arrested March 4 on a warrant for failure to pay.

Joshua Marcotte, 23, of Bentonville, was arrested March 4 on a warrant for failure to pay.

Tommy Ivy, 49, of Fayetteville, was arrested March 7 on a warrant for failure to appear.

Christen McCoy, 25, of Fayetteville, was arrested March 7 on a warrant for failure to pay.

Derek Craven, 44, of Fayetteville, was arrested March 10 on a warrant for failure to pay.

Steven Tinsley, 33, of Farmington, was arrested March 10 in connection with domestic battery, third.

PRAIRIE GROVE James Eilerts, 18, of Prairie Grove, was cited Feb. 25 for smoking on school campus, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia.

Terry Libby, 22 , of Prairie Grove, was cited Feb. 26 in connection with disorderly conduct, criminal mischief, leaving the scene of an accident, possession of a controlled substance.

Brandon Dechaine, 22, of Prairie Grove, was jailed Feb. 26 on a warrant for failure to pay.

Ashtyon Slavens, 18, of West Fork, was jailed March 1 in connection with a warrant

for terroristic threatening.

John Crites, 32, of Fayetteville, was cited March 1 on a warrant for failure to pay.

Kelly Alexander, 37, of Lowell, was cited March 1 on a warrant for failure to appear.

Matthew Sutton, 22, of West Fork, was jailed March 1 on a warrant for failure to pay.

Jacob Ketcher, 33, of Elkins, was jailed March 2 on a warrant for failure to pay.

Michael Pohl, 24, of West Fork, was jailed March 3 on a warrant for theft of property.

A 15-year-old juvenile girl, of Lincoln, was cited and released to parents March 2 in connection with public intoxication.

An 11-year-old juvenile boy, of Lincoln, was cited and released to parents March 3 in connection with possession of drug paraphernalia.

Christina Nawarro, 26, of Winslow, was cited March 4 on a warrant for failure to pay.

Rhiannan Grimwood, 24, of Farmington, was jailed March 8 on a warrant for failure to appear.

Robert Masters, 45, of Prairie Grove, was cited March 8 on a warrant for failure to pay.

Skyler Darling, 23, of Prairie Grove, was jailed March 6 for DWI, refusal to submit, driving left of center, no proof of insurance.

Jason George, 18, of Prairie Grove, was cited March 7 in connection with disorderly conduct.

Michael Benton, 40, of Prairie Grove, was cited March 7 in connection with disorderly conduct.

Tommy Colbert, 43, of Fayetteville, was jailed March 10 on a warrant for failure to pay.

A 16-year-old juvenile boy, of Prairie Grove, was jailed March 10 in connection with simultaneous possession of drugs and firearm, possession of a controlled substance (felony), possession of drug paraphernalia (misdemeanor) and disorderly conduct.

Bryan Jones, 20, of Prairie Grove, was cited March 9 on a warrant for failure to appear. FAYETTEVILLE —A Farmington man pleaded guilty Feb. 21 to first-degree murder re l a ted to what police said was a drug deal gone bad at a Fayet teville motel in September 2014.

Cory Lee Ryan, 24, was initially charged in Washington County Circuit Court with capital murder, aggravated robbery and theft of property in the death of Gustavo Ortiz.

Ortiz, 33, of Springdale was found Sept. 6, 2014, with a knife wound to his neck at the Econo Lodge. Ortiz died later that day.

Circuit Judge Mark Lindsay accepted the plea and sentenced Ryan to 35 years at the Arkansas Department of Correction on the murder charge and 10 years on the aggravated robbery charge.

Before Lindsay pronounced sentence, Ryan spoke to members of Ortiz’ family who were in the courtroom.

“There are no amount of apologies I can give that will bring Gustavo back,” Ryan said.

“I hope you can someday forgive me.”

Lindsay told Ryan he should try to atone for the crime and, should he someday get out of jail, turn away from the lifestyle that led to the killing.

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