A man ended up soaking wet before he was taken to the Independence County Jail last week.
According to the incident report, Cory Joe Stingley, 47, of Little Rock, was arrested after sheriff’s deputies went to a Floral address on Nov. 9 regarding a wanted subject. Stingley, who was not the original subject of the call, was however observed on the property in a vehicle. Stingley, who according to the report was also wanted on a number of warrants, was arrested after a deputy observed a revolver sitting in the passenger seat of the vehicle.
After Stingley was placed in a patrol vehicle, authorities went back to look for the original subject. When they returned five minutes later, the report said the patrol vehicle’s rear window was down and Stingley had escaped. He was later found in a pond behind a nearby house, according to the report. Stingley was arrested and taken to the Independence County Jail on one felony count of possession of a firearm by a certain person, one felony count of third-degree escape, and one felony count of theft by receiving. He is also being charged as a habitual offender.
The latter count involved the discovery that the vehicle Stingley was driving was reported stolen out of Cleburne County. His bond is set at $20,000.
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