Pike County Court

Pike County court met this week seeing 39 YO Joshua Bean of Bluff City. Bean is charged with 1 felony charge of Fleeing, 1 felony charge of possession of controlled substance, and 1 felony charge of drug paraphernalia.

On December 16th Arkansas State Trooper Seth Smedley was on patrol when he observed Bean operating a vehicle without a seatbelt. After initiating a traffic stop and pulling into a gas station in Glenwood Bean proceeded to flee before Smedley exited his patrol unit. While in pursuit Bean was observed to be driving erratically and at a high rate of speed with other motorists present. Trooper Smedley successfully executed a P.I.T. maneuver on Mountain View Road with Bean’s vehicle coming to a stop in a nearby ditch. Bean exited the vehicle and continued to flee on foot. Smedley closed the distance and attempted to deploy his taser but was unsuccessful due to Bean’s thick clothing. Bean eventually went on to fein his surrender multiple times before finally being apprehended through resistance on his part.

Bean was searched and found to have bags containing marijuana and methamphetamine. Upon searching his vehicle a syringe believed to contain methamphetamine was found. Bean was transported to the Pike County Sheriff’s office where he refused a blood and urine test. The field tested drugs have been sent to the Arkansas State Crime Lab for further analysis. Bean has his plea and arraignment scheduled for January 3rd of 2022.