July 18, 2024 - A Shelby County Grand Jury handed down 23 indictments on Wednesday, July 16, 2024. The grand jury was impaneled for the July 2024 term of the 123rd/273rd Judicial District Courts. Five of the indictments were for James Alan Burke, the target of an undercover investigation of online solicitation of a minor that resulted in his arrest on March 3, 2023. (Child Predator Undercover Operation Catches Timpson Man).
Stacey Buford Wells was indicted for injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual, third degree felony. The indictment alleges, on May 28, 2024, Wells caused bodily injury to Kathey Tuckers, an individual 65 years of age or older, by hitting, scratching, and biting her repeatedly. (273rd Judicial District Court)
David L. Godwin was indicted for unlawful carry weapon with felony conviction, second degree felony. The indictment alleges, on November 22, 2023, Godwin recklessly carried a handgun on or about his own person while not on his own premises or premises controlled by him, or while en-route to a motor vehicle or watercraft that he owned. The indictment further states, Godwin was prohibited from possessing a firearm at that time due to a previous felony conviction for possession of a controlled substance and possession with intent to deliver on November 22, 2023. (123rd Judicial District Court)
Armando Javier Huerta was indicted for engaging in organized criminal activity, first degree felony. The indictment alleges, on April 8, 2024, Huerta with intent to establish, maintain, or participate in a combination or in the profits of a combination consisting of Huerta, Ricardo Rodrigues, Jonathan Vincente, Marlena Poore and an unknown man, who collaborated in carrying on the hereinafter described criminal activity. The indictment further alleges conspiracy to commit the offense of unlawful possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance or dangerous drug, in possession of stolen property and weapons by agreeing with each other that they would engage in conduct that constituted the offense, and Huerta, Rodriguez, Vincente, Poore, and unknown man, performed an overt act in pursuance of the agreement, namely, unlawful possession of stolen property and weapons. (273rd Judicial District Court)
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James Alan Burke was indicted for possession with intent to promote child pornography with a previous conviction, first degree felony. The indictment alleges, on December 21, 2022, Burke possessed with intent to promote visual material that visually depicted, and that Burke knew visually depicted, a child who was younger than 18 years of age at the time the image of the child was made, engaging in sexual conduct, namely actual deviate sexual intercourse. Prior to the commission of foresaid offense, on October 30, 2024, in Sebastian County, Arkansas, Burke was convicted of 4th Degree Sexual Assault. (273rd Judicial District Court)
James Alan Burke was indicted for possession with intent to promote child pornography with a previous conviction, first degree felony. The indictment alleges, on December 21, 2022, Burke possessed with intent to promote visual material that visually depicted, and that Burke knew visually depicted, a child who was younger than 18 years of age at the time the image of the child was made, engaging in sexual conduct, namely actual lewd exhibition of the genitals. Prior to the commission of foresaid offense, on October 30, 2024, in Sebastian County, Arkansas, Burke was convicted of 4th Degree Sexual Assault. (273rd Judicial District Court)
James Alan Burke was indicted for possession with intent to promote child pornography with a previous conviction, first degree felony. The indictment alleges, on December 21, 2022, Burke possessed with intent to promote visual material that visually depicted, and that Burke knew visually depicted, a child who was younger than 18 years of age at the time the image of the child was made, engaging in sexual conduct, namely actual sexual intercourse. Prior to the commission of foresaid offense, on October 30, 2024, in Sebastian County, Arkansas, Burke was convicted of 4th Degree Sexual Assault. (273rd Judicial District Court)
James Alan Burke was indicted for possession with intent to promote child pornography with a previous conviction, first degree felony. The indictment alleges, on December 21, 2022, Burke possessed with intent to promote visual material that visually depicted, and that Burke knew visually depicted, a child who was younger than 18 years of age at the time the image of the child was made, engaging in sexual conduct, namely actual sexual intercourse. Prior to the commission of foresaid offense, on October 30, 2024, in Sebastian County, Arkansas, Burke was convicted of 4th Degree Sexual Assault. (273rd Judicial District Court)
James Alan Burke was indicted for possession with intent to promote child pornography with a previous conviction, first degree felony. The indictment alleges, on December 21, 2022, Burke possessed with intent to promote visual material that visually depicted, and that Burke knew visually depicted, a child who was younger than 18 years of age at the time the image of the child was made, engaging in sexual conduct, namely actual sexual intercourse. Prior to the commission of foresaid offense, on October 30, 2024, in Sebastian County, Arkansas, Burke was convicted of 4th Degree Sexual Assault. (273rd Judicial District Court)
(Dates in parenthesis indicate the date of the alleged incident):
- Michael Dewayne Watts, possession of a controlled substance PG1/1-B >=1G<4G (phencyclidine), third degree felony (January 29, 2024). (273rd Judicial District Court)
- Michael Ray Foxworth, possession of a controlled substance PG1/1-B >=4G<200G (methamphetamine), second degree felony (February 18, 2024). (123rd Judicial District Court)
- Joel B. Fleming, possession of a controlled substance PG1/1-B >=1G<4G (methamphetamine), third degree felony (March 17, 2024). (273rd Judicial District Court)
- Esteban Lucio-Melendez, possession of a controlled substance PG1/1-B <1G (methamphetamine), state jail felony (April 22, 2024). (123rd Judicial District Court)
- Destinee Berana Adams, possession of a controlled substance PG1/1-B <1G (methamphetamine), state jail felony (April 2, 2024). (273rd Judicial District Court)
- Johnny Ray Green, possession of a controlled substance PG1/1-B >=1G<4G (methamphetamine), third degree felony (April 15, 2024). (123rd Judicial District Court)
- Brent Howard Denby, possession of a controlled substance PG1/1-B >=4G<200G (methamphetamine), second degree felony (May 23, 2024). (273rd Judicial District Court)
- Kenneth Grimes, prohibited substance in a correctional facility (methamphetamine), third degree felony (February 8, 2024). (123rd Judicial District Court)
- Elizabeth Christine Fanning, possession of a controlled substance PG1/1-B >=4G<200G (methamphetamine), second degree felony (February 18, 2024). (273rd Judicial District Court)
- Michael Aaron Robinson, possession of a controlled substance PG1/1-B <1G (methamphetamine), state jail felony (January 19, 2024). (273rd Judicial District Court)
- Dennis Keith Mann, possession of a controlled substance PG1/1-B >=1G<4G (cocaine), third degree felony (April 3, 2024). (123rd Judicial District Court)
- Stephanie Michelle Jackson, possession of a controlled substance PG1/1-B >=1G<4G (phencyclidine), third degree felony (January 29, 2024). (123rd Judicial District Court)
- Armando Javier Huerta, possession of a controlled substance PG1/1-B >=4G<200G (methamphetamine), second degree felony (April 8, 2024). (273rd Judicial District Court)
- Derek Wayne Hendricks, possession of a controlled substance PG1/1-B >=4G<200G (methamphetamine), second degree felony (March 13, 2024). (123rd Judicial District Court)
- Dmarco Kevon Johnson, possession of a controlled substance PG1/1-B >=4G<200G (psilocin), second degree felony (March 3, 2024). (273rd Judicial District Court)
Indictments and Information are not a conviction, and are a matter of public record. All individuals are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law.
