Shawna Cash’s history of arrests and charges

This timeline shows a history of Shawna Cash’s arrests and charges as well as court filings and rulings pertaining to her capital murder trial in the 2021 death of Pea Ridge police officer Kevin Apple.

May 17, 2018: Benton County sheriff’s deputy arrests Shawna Cash, then 19, in connection with theft by receiving, but prosecutors don’t file formal charge. Aug. 7, 2018: Prosecuting Attorney Matthew Durrett charges Cash with possession of drug paraphernalia for methamphetamine or cocaine. She fails to appear for court. Police later arrest Cash on the failure to appear warrant. Judge sentences her to probation on the original charges, which prosecutors later move to revoke.*

Sept. 7, 2018: Washington County prosecutors charge Cash with felony failure to appear. She pleads guilty and is sentenced to probation, which prosecutors later move to revoke.*

Feb. 28, 2019: Prosecutors charge Cash with possession of methamphetamine or cocaine after being arrested by Rogers police. She later fails to appear for court. She later pleads guilty and is sentenced to probation. Prosecutors later move to revoke Cash’s probation. She fails to appear.*

July 24, 2019: Prosecutors charge Cash with residential burglary and theft of property after she was arrested by the Bentonville Police Department the previous month. She is sentenced to probation. Prosecutors later move to revoke Cash’s probation, but she fails to appear. Cash is later arrested on the failure to appear and bonds out.*

Jan. 3, 2020: Prosecutors charge Cash with theft of property and fraudulent use of a credit or debit card.*

Jan. 31, 2020: Prosecutors charge Cash with possession of methamphetamine or cocaine after her arrest the previous month by Benton County sheriff’s deputies. She later fails to appear twice and is arrested on the failure to appear twice, but bonds out each time.*

Dec. 14, 2020: Prosecutors charge

Cash with theft by receiving.* Jan. 19, 2021: Prosecutors charge

Cash with theft by receiving.* Feb. 4, 2021: Prosecutors charge

Cash with theft by receiving.* Feb. 18, 2021: The White Hall Police Department arrests Cash in connection with theft by receiving, possession of a controlled substance (meth) and felony possession of drug paraphernalia after being stopped by officers who said she was a passenger in a vehicle that was reported stolen out of Springdale.*

June 24, 2021: Cash is released from jail on bond after being arrested in connection with failure to appear.

June 26, 2021: Pea Ridge police officer Kevin Apple is killed. Law enforcement arrests Cash and Elijah Andazola in connection with Apple’s death.

June 28, 2021: Benton County Circuit Judge Brad Karren orders Cash to be held without bond in the county jail. Benton County Circuit Judge Robin Green orders Andazola to be held without bond in jail.

July 19, 2021: Prosecutors file formal charges against Cash and Andazola. Cash is charged with capital murder, escape, fleeing, two counts of aggravated assault, leaving the scene of a personal injury accident, criminal

mischief, obstructing governmental operations and reckless driving. Andazola is charged with accomplice to capital murder and escape. Prosecutors file aggravating factors needed in order to seek death penalty for Cash. Prosecutors file formal charges against Andazola.

Aug. 26, 2021: Andazola pleads

not guilty to charges.

Sept. 15, 2021: Cash pleads not

guilty.

Jan. 18, 2022: Prosecutors announce they won’t seek the death penalty against Andazola. July 5, 2022: Karren rules law enforcement officers may wear their uniforms while attending Cash’s trial.

Nov. 22, 2023: Karren rules prosecutors can access Cash’s mental health and medical records. Jan. 5, 2024: Karren rules prosecutors may play some of Cash’s recorded phone calls from the Benton County Jail during her trial.

* Indicates the case remains open.