One of three suspects sought by Hot Springs police for allegedly forcing their way into a local woman's home Tuesday and threatening her mother and others was arrested Wednesday on multiple charges.
Cedrix Noah Griffin, 30, who lists a Jackson Street address, was taken into custody shortly before 5:30 p.m. Wednesday and charged with felony counts of residential burglary, punishable by up to 20 years in prison, three counts of first-degree terroristic threatening, punishable by up to six years, and a misdemeanor count of first-degree criminal mischief, punishable by up to one year in jail.
Griffin, who has a parole hold on him, remained in custody Thursday in lieu of bonds totaling $100,000 and is set to appear today in Garland County District Court.
Police have identified Griffin's alleged accomplices as Michael Dewayne Collins Jr., 19, and Jalontae Lorise Blevins, alias Jalontae Payne, 19, both of Hot Springs. Police posted photos of all three suspects on social media Wednesday seeking information on their whereabouts and Collins and Blevins were still being sought Thursday on the same charges.
According to the probable cause affidavit, on Tuesday, shortly after 4 p.m., a local woman reported that three known suspects, identified as Griffin, Collins and Blevins, broke into her home in the 200 block of Garland Avenue and threatened her mother and two other women who were at the residence.
The woman was at the police department meeting with detectives about an earlier incident involving her husband when she told them about the break-in, which had reportedly occurred moments before she arrived for the interview.
She said she had called her mother while en route and her mother told her the three suspects had "just kicked in the door" of her residence looking for her husband. Her mother reportedly told her the men threatened them by saying they would come back later to "shoot the house up."
After the woman told Detective John Hammons what her mother had told her, he immediately contacted her mother and confirmed her account of the incident. He also spoke to the other two women present who both knew and identified the three suspects. The affidavit notes damage to the front door from the break-in was estimated at $200.
Shortly after 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, patrol officers responded to the woman's Garland Avenue residence after receiving reports of shots fired. Upon arrival, it was discovered someone had driven by and fired several shots at the house.
Detectives arrived to process the scene and found six locations where the house was hit by apparent gunfire and a vehicle in the driveway that was also struck once. They also located 18 .22-caliber shell casings on the roadway in front of the house.
The woman's mother, the two adult females who were there earlier, and several juveniles, including a 2-year-old, two 3-year-olds, a 6-year-old, a 9-year-old and a 16-year-old, were all inside the house when the shooting occurred.
No one was injured in the incident and none of the witnesses could positively identify who did the shooting.
Local on 12/22/2017