A homeless man who was shot during an allegedly botched home invasion in November 2018 is now facing more felony charges after being linked to an alleged kidnapping and armed robbery earlier that month, court records show.
Darryl Lavell Williams, 24, who has remained in custody since his arrest Nov. 29 in lieu of $125,000 bond, was served Friday at the detention center with warrants for kidnapping and aggravated robbery, each punishable by up to life in prison, and a misdemeanor count of theft of property, with his bond now set at zero. He was set to appear Monday in Garland County District Court.
Williams, a previously convicted felon, had refused to appear in district court for his arraignment Dec. 3 on the original charges of aggravated residential burglary, punishable by up to life in prison, criminal attempt at aggravated robbery, possession of a firearm by certain persons and four counts of aggravated assault after the alleged home invasion.
A not guilty plea was entered on his behalf and he is set to appear Jan. 28 for a felony review of the previous charges.
According to the probable cause affidavit on the new charges, on Nov. 11, 2018, Hot Springs police responded to a residence in the 400 block of Orange Street regarding a robbery and spoke to the female resident who stated she had been kidnapped at gunpoint earlier.
She said she was in her vehicle stopped at the stop sign at the intersection of Garland and Linwood streets when an unknown black male got in her front passenger seat and put a small handgun into her side. She said he forced her to drive to an undetermined location where he attempted to rob her.
She told him she didn't have any money on her, but had some at her apartment. The suspect then made her drive to her apartment where he stole her backpack, a computer, jewelry, her cellphone and money before fleeing the area.
She said at one point during the incident the suspect made a reference to her about "Cookie," a possible nickname.
On Nov. 22, the victim spoke to Detective Mark Fallis and said she had told a friend about the incident and the mention of the "Cookie" nickname, and her friend located a Facebook profile photo of a man she knew as "Cookie." The victim showed Fallis the photo and told him that was the man who had robbed her at gunpoint.
The name on the Facebook profile was Darryl Williams, and Fallis was able to locate information in police records because of his prior arrests that confirmed it was the same person in the photo provided by the victim. A warrant for Williams' arrest on the charges was issued Jan. 2.
According to an affidavit about the prior charges, on Nov. 25, officers responded to a shooting at 405 Alcorn St. shortly before 9 a.m. and arrived to find Williams on the floor inside the apartment with a serious gunshot wound.
A resident stated Williams had just entered the residence armed with a rifle and was pointing it at four children, ages 8, 5, 4 and 3, who were asleep in the living room. The resident was able to get his shotgun without Williams seeing him and fired one round, striking Williams in the upper chest-neck area while he was still in the living room.
Williams fell to the floor and the resident got the rifle away from him. He then got his girlfriend and the children out of the apartment and called police, the affidavit states.
While waiting on police to arrive, Williams reportedly told the resident he was at the wrong house and he had been sent to collect money owed to another person. Officers located a .22-caliber rifle in the front room adjacent to where Williams was located and the resident identified it as the weapon Williams had brandished when he came in.
According to court documents, Williams pleaded guilty on Sept. 10, 2018, to a felony charge of theft by receiving over $1,000 and was sentenced to six years' supervised probation. On Nov. 19, a probation violation report was filed alleging Williams had tested positive for amphetamines and marijuana on Oct. 3, had missed a scheduled visit with his probation officer on Oct. 1, was not living at the residence he listed as his address, and had failed to make payments toward his fines.
Local on 01/08/2019