A local felon sought on multiple warrants involving felony thefts was arrested early Friday after Hot Springs police responded to a disturbance call at his residence.
Crayton D.T. Stinson, 33, of 115 Calli Lane, was taken into custody at his residence shortly before 2 a.m. and charged with three counts of theft of property, each punishable by up to six years in prison, and one misdemeanor count of fraudulent use of a credit card, punishable by up to one year in jail.
Stinson was being held on an $8,500 bond and is set to appear Nov. 17 in Garland County District Court although he will likely be arraigned sooner if he is unable to make bond.
Stinson was previously convicted of a felony count of possession of a controlled substance in Pulaski County Circuit Court on Aug. 22, 2016, and sentenced to five years' supervised probation. He was arrested on Feb. 26, 2020, in Hot Springs on a felony count of possession of a controlled substance, ecstasy, with purpose to deliver, punishable by up to 20 years in prison, and later released on $3,500 bond. He is set for a disposition hearing on Nov. 9 in Garland County Circuit Court.
According to the probable cause affidavit on Friday's arrest, on Aug. 17 a woman reported the theft of her purse at Walmart, 4019 Central Ave., where she is a vendor and was stocking products. She said the purse was taken from a shopping cart and among other items contained debit and credit cards.
She was unaware of the theft until she got an alert from her bank that her credit card had been used at Murphy USA, 108 Buena Vista Road. A short time later, she was notified someone had tried to use it again at Family Dollar, 3339 Central Ave., but the transaction was denied.
Detective Nathan Rines obtained surveillance footage from Walmart that showed a Black male wearing a green shirt with "Beast" written on it exiting the store with a bag in his hand. The same suspect was seen on video attempting to use the card at Family Dollar and it was noted he had "very distinctive tattoos" on his arms.
The manager of Family Dollar said the man was known to her as an employee of a local restaurant and had asked her about possible employment at her store. She gave police what she thought was his name.
Rines contacted the restaurant to ask about the employee in question and spoke to the restaurant's manager, identified as Stinson, who told him they didn't have an employee by that name. Rines searched for Stinson on Justice Exchange and on Facebook and was able to positively identify him as the one seen leaving with the purse and trying to use the card at Family Dollar.
Warrants for Stinson's arrest were later issued. Shortly after 1:30 a.m. Friday, police responded to the Calli Lane residence regarding a disturbance and upon arrival made contact with Stinson who told them he and his wife were arguing. A computer check showed the warrants for his arrest so he was taken into custody.