NLR man sentenced to 15 years in prison for theft of mowers
A North Little Rock man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to stealing riding mowers from a local home improvement store in 2011.
Glover McDaniel, 56, who was set to stand trial Tuesday, pleaded guilty in Garland County Circuit Court to theft of property more than $ 2,500, a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
According to reports, on May 14, 2011, shortly before 1 a. m., Hot Springs police Sgt. K. Kizer saw two suspects actively removing two riding mowers from the front of Lowe’s, 300 Cornerstone Blvd., and loading them into a trailer behind a maroon Chevrolet pickup.
As the suspects were pulling away, Kizer stopped the vehicle and made contact with the driver, identified as McDaniel, who was also the registered owner of the pickup, and his accomplice.
It was later discovered the mowers had been secured with a cable and lock, but the cable had been cut in two. The mowers, each valued at $ 1,599, were returned to Lowe’s.
McDaniel was taken into custody at that time on the theft charge and later released on $ 5,750 bond. He was arrested again after failing to appear at a scheduled court hearing.
Court records note McDaniel had multiple prior felony convictions.
• A Pearcy man was sentenced to five years in prison, with four years suspended, after pleading guilty to his fourth offense of driving while intoxicated stemming from his arrest last year.
Raymond Dewayne Edgin, 53, who lists an address of 1206 Lost Creek Road, was also fined $ 900, ordered to pay $ 320 in costs and must complete an alcohol safety program while in prison. His driver’s license was suspended for four years. An additional charge of refusal to submit was withdrawn.
According to reports, on July 10, 2012, around 9 p. m., Arkansas
State Police Cpl. Russ Rhodes was eastbound on Highway 70 when he got behind a 1988 Chevrolet pickup and noted the driver was “having trouble staying in his lane” veering back and forth.
He made a traffic stop and approached the driver, identified as Edgin, and noted an open can of beer near the center console. He also noted Edgin had bloodshot, glassy eyes, slurred speech and a strong odor of intoxicants on his breath.
When asked, Edgin told him he didn’t have a driver’s license or any insurance on the vehicle. As he got out, Edgin was unsteady on his feet and staggering and “kept losing his balance.”
When asked how much alcohol he had to drink, Edgin responded, “Too much.” Edgin told Rhodes he didn’t think he was driving badly and that he and his wife had been fighting and he left home.
He refused to submit to any field sobriety tests, but agreed to take a portable breathalyzer, which registered his blood- alcohol at 0.16 percent, twice the legal limit.
It was also determined the tags on Edgin’s vehicle were fictitious and his vehicle was not registered.
He was taken into custody and fell asleep in the trooper’s unit and was snoring while en route. At the time of his arrest, he was also cited for careless and prohibited driving, failure to register his vehicle, having fictitious tags, no proof of insurance, driving on a suspended driver’s license and drinking on the highway.
Records revealed Edgin was previously charged with DWI on May 6, 2009; April 11, 2010; and Aug. 6, 2010. A fourth DWI within a five- year period is an unclassified felony.