KVRE"s Hot Springs Village Police highlights

January 17

A Coronado Circle family was the victim of a computer scam.

A Zarpa Way family had a trap line on common property. They were advised to remove the trap line. Officers explained they could trap on their property only.

A South Pego family got a little too rough when playing basketball.

A Salvatierra Way family and a Brilliante Circle family, currently related by marriage had a misunderstanding.

January 18

Officers were called to keep the peace at a Salvatierra Way home.

There was a possible policy violation on Galeon Way. Someone was cutting up downed trees.

Officers removed a dead pine hanging over Ensenada Lane.

Officers attempted to serve a no contact order on Astorga Circle

January 19

A set of golf clubs and a bag were found on the trail near Calella Road and Santa Maria Road. The clubs had been seen on the trail since January 16.

Pavilion lights at Cortez Pavilion had been left on since January 18.

Someone was trying to take a sign from a Constantina Circle home in the wee hours of the morning.

A Vigoroso Lane man said he heard gunshots. Officers did not find the source of the noise.

January 20

A Frontera Circle woman said she heard music from next door, no one was home next door and the officer did not hear any music.

An Arias Way man called the police to move his neighbor’s trash can from in front of his mail box.

A Bargus Way man was asked to clean up the leaves he dumped on a cul-de-sac or be fined for littering. He agreed to clean up the area.

A young man was fouled out during a basketball game at the DeSoto Recreation Area. He fell hard and got mad.

A Cordero Lane couple became afraid of their house guests. The house guests are no longer welcome.

January 21

A man asked officers to escort him into the Village to Bolgado Circle to keep the peace while he removed some furniture.

January 22

Some mail boxes were damaged on Opalo Place.

The Cordero Lane couple had to change their locks to keep their unwanted house guests out.

There was a trailer stuck in the ditch on Ponce de Leon Drive when a driver tried to turn his semi truck around in the roadway.

January 23

There was a car with a flat tire blocking Brota Lane at DeSoto Boulevard. The husband was contacted to move the car once the tire was changed.

A Cabot man was driving around the Village looking for a hot spot to be transported to another place. Officers transported him to an ambulance for an evaluation and then arrested him for an outstanding warrant for failure to appear and cited him for driving on a suspended license. He was relased to the Cabot Police Department.

Some fiber board slipped out of the back of a pick-up on to the roadway of Silla Lane.

January 24

There was a two car accident on Vascondadas Way. One car backed out of a driveway into the path of another car.

There was a panhandler at the west gate interrupting traffic flow. The man was asked to leave private property. He agreed to return to Hot Springs where he was staying with friends.

A Magellan Drive woman was scammed out of $599.17 supposedly for taxes on Tennessee property.

Officers assisted a Los Lagos renter in finding her rental packet.

A large dog threatened two different Dulzura Lane residents. Officers did not catch the dog.

January 25

An officer stopped a speeding motorcycle on DeSoto Boulevard. He was warned to slow down.

Party on Placa Lane without the homeowners permission resulted in issuance of a citation for driving on a suspended license. The three carloads of partiers gained access into the Village with a work pass. They were escorted out of the Village.

An officer stopped a speeder on DeSoto Boulevard and ticketed him for speeding, 60 in a 45.

There was an anonymous noise complaint on Fronterra Circle. Officers did not find the source of a loud noise.

An Arias Way woman reported a mangy fox hanging out in her backyard. The fox diapered before officers arrived.

January 26

A Halcon Place woman is concerned by her ex-boyfriend’s calls and drivebys.

A Paterna Lane man lost his wallet.

January 27

Officers are looking for the residents of a Sanchez Place home. Two women and one man are missing. Adult Protective Services are involved and have placed some of the above in safe housing.

No one is allowed in the Pink Olive Restaurant. It is now closed.

January 28

Officers served a notice to quit on a South Pego Way residence.

Officers served a notice to quit on a Trevino Place residence.

January 29

An officer stopped a car for running a stop sign. The driver did not have a valid license. He was cited for running a stop sign, driving on a suspended license and no insurance. It was later found the driver had several outstanding warrants. He was placed under arrest at a Santa Maria Lane home.

KVRE's highlights from the Hot Springs Village police blotter

January 10

A Landlord of a Fresca Lane residence had questions concerning what to do with a former tenant’s belongings after an eviction. An officer advised the woman to try to contact the former tenant and if she was unable to do so to donate goods to charity and return mail to the post office.

January 11

A Village visitor was having trouble finding the check in for a Los Lagos rental. An officer assisted her in finding the Los Lagos Clubhouse then helped the woman find her cell phone.

The above mentioned landlord and her husband discovered approximately five grams of suspected marijuana while cleaning the Fresca Lane rental. Not being able to charge anyone with the possession of the suspected marijuana, a firefighter witnessed the officers destroy the contents of the bag.

A Heraldia Lane man asked for assistance removing a chipmunk from his master bedroom bath. When the officer opened the bathroom door the chipmunk ran out and across the bedroom out the door onto the back deck patio. Adventure over.

January 12

There was a roll over accident on South Barcelona Road. The car sustained approximately $15,000 in damages. The driver suffered a small cut under his chin.

A Malaga Way mother and daughter had a little altercation and needed time away from each other to cool down.

A Sierra Drive woman reported the theft of her sterling silver utensils. They went missing sometime in the last six months. Later that day she found the silver at home.

There was a downed pine tree blocking the roadway on Arnedo Lane. Public works was contacted to remove the tree.

January 13

A Rubi Circle man said his golf clubs and golf bag were stolen. The Coronado Golf Pro Shop called the man telling him his clubs were at the pro shop.

Two cars sustained minor damage when one backed into the other at the Cloaca Lane recycling center.

A Sierra Drive man said trees were cut down from his lot on Mesero Way without his permission. Officers left a card at a Mesero Way address because they had questions for the resident.

A Sanchez Place couple refused to pay a taxi that brought a man home from Hot Springs. The wife refused to open the home door and pay the taxi driver or let the rider into the house

There was a domestic dispute originating on Collado Way.

January 14

A worker in the Village was stopped in the area of DeSoto Boulevard and Emperado Way. He was issued citations for speeding, fictitious tags, and expired tags.

A paper carrier reported a tree branch blocking the roadway on Toledo Drive. It was cleared.

A La Vista Lane woman reported a theft of approximately $15,000 worth of jewelry.

A $300 I Pod was reported missing from an Almazon Way man.

January 15

A gun was found at a vacant vacation rental on Cabo Tinoso Place. The gun now resides in the armory at the HSV police station.

A woman’s car sustained approximately $7,000 in damages when she swerved to miss a deer.

January 16

A health care worker had to fire a long time employee. The employee’s boyfriend threatened to kill the health care worker. The fired employee and the boyfriend will not be allowed back in the Village.

Small earthquake this morning

M2.6 - ARKANSAS

Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude	2.6
Date-Time	12 Jan 2014 12:20:18 UTC 12 Jan 2014 06:20:19 near epicenter 12 Jan 2014 06:20:18 standard time in your timezone
Location	35.862N 90.096W
Depth	10 km
Distances	6 km (3 mi) ESE of Manila, Arkansas 17 km (10 mi) WSW of Blytheville, Arkansas 41 km (25 mi) S of Kennett, Missouri 42 km (26 mi) ESE of Paragould, Arkansas 234 km (145 mi) ENE of Little Rock, Arkansas
Location Uncertainty	Horizontal: 0.5 km; Vertical 0.9 km
Parameters	Nph = 27; Dmin = 10.3 km; Rmss = 0.27 seconds; Gp = 46° Version = 1
Event ID	nm 60068466

KVRE's Hot Springs Village Police highlights

January 2

A Caceras Lane man has been acting oddly and his neighbors are afraid of him.

January 3

The POA has a problem with a broken down car parked in a no parking zone off County Club Drive since October.

A Burlandero Lane woman said someone took here 2014 HSV vehicle sticker off of her car. An officer advised her there would be damage to the two stickers underneath had she put it on her windshield. The officer suggested she go back through her paperwork to look for the sticker and if it was not there she should go to the POA administration building and buy a new sticker.

Two different households on Promesa Place had their mailboxes damaged and one of them also had fence damage made by a passing car belonging to another neighbor. The neighbor said he would pay for the damages, in all about $500.

A Sonora Lane woman got lost after attempting to visit a friend on Lonjeta Lane. An officer gave her a ride home.

January 4

A man’s car broke down on South Pego Way. A wrecker was called to get it out of the roadway.

There was a domestic disturbance on Letrista Drive.

The male party in the above domestic disturbance was found parked on Pamplona and Alentejo in the middle of the road. He was arrested for DWI and was turned over to the Saline County Detention Center.

Officers were called to a large brush fire on Sierra Drive. The fire was extinguished. The homeowner was told not to burn tree limbs.

Officers on patrol spotted illegal dumping on Gibraltar Way and Lomerio Way.

January 5

An Alina Lane woman said her stock certificate had been stolen.

A Village resident reported storage door damage.

January 6

A Tarifa Lane woman needed help getting her garage door open during the power outage.

A brown leather portfolio style case was found on Balearic Road. The owner was contacted through information on a pay stub.

A Sanchez Way woman said someone drove up and removed the contents of her mailbox.

A Hot Spring County woman requested the Hot Spring County Sheriff’s Office retrieve her kidnapped daughter from Isabella Way. The young woman was just visiting her boyfriend in the Village. There was no kidnapping.

Officers on patrol located two Entergy trucks blocking the east bound lane of DeSoto Boulevard and Alicante Road during the power outage. Officers helped with directing traffic around the trucks.

Officers were dispatched to the Balboa Gate in reference to a car that had left the scene of an accident. Officers caught up with the driver at a traffic stop on Pyrenees Way. The driver was arrested for DWI 3rd, for leaving the scene of an accident involving property damage and reckless driving. The driver was sent to the Garland County Detention Center. The car was towed away.

January 7

There was a domestic disturbance on DeSoto Boulevard near Sonora Way. The couple returned to Perralena Way.

A Hot Springs woman is seeking a restraining order against a Village visitor.

The owner of dogs on the loose at the Ponce center was located and the dogs were picked up and headed back home.

A Pontevedra Drive mother and son had a misunderstanding.

A Mazarron Drive man was issued a citation for illegal dumping with a Garland County court date.

An Isabella Way man was arrested for theft of property, arson and fraudulent use on warrants out of Fort Bend County Sheriff’s office in Texas.

January 8

There was a vehicle in the ditch on Maderas Drive.

A Malcontera Place man said he had a physical altercation with his roommate.

A Monroe, Louisiana woman filed a missing person report on her daughter living somewhere in the Village. Her daughter later assured Village police she was not missing and she just didn’t want her mother controlling her affairs and therefore had not made contact with her since Christmas Eve. Furthermore, she lived in Hot Springs, not the Village.


Two gentlemen were cutting down trees at the request of a Galeon Way woman. The trees may or may not have been on her property and the two did not have a work pass allowing them in the Village. They were asked to leave and not return without a work pass.

Icy roads may have caused a traffic accident in the area of East Villena Drive and Villena Circle. One car sustained approximately $6,000 in damages, the other sustained approximately $8,000 in damages.

Officers assisted a Caceres Circle woman with opening her garage door in the power outage.

There was a domestic disturbance on Hartura Way.

Massive power outage in North Garland County

At 5:30 a.m. on January 6 the Entergy power sub-station on Fresno Road in Hot Springs Village suffered an overload and power outages started a domino effect leaving 5,000 homes and businesses in North Garland County without power.

A small area of Entergy customers around Lake DeSoto maintained power.

Around 10 a.m. Entergy started to gradually bring customers back on-line. Each little restoration had to be tested to make sure the grid held and didn't cause an even bigger outage. The power needs were transferred to other sub-stations with power to spare.

The Ponce de Leon Center was made a warming center. Pets required carriers. The Coronado Center traditionally used as a warming center was part of the outage closing the Coronado Center and the Fitness Center.

The outage ran up highway 7 to the Garland County line and over 298 past the Garland County line. Jessieville School District had a delayed opening to 10 a.m. and then the school district turned around and closed the school at 10:45 a.m.

Power was expected to be restored to the area a little bit at a time by 6 p.m. Monday evening.

Update from the Garland County Department of Emergency Management

The next cold front will enter northwest Arkansas Saturday afternoon and exit southeast Arkansas on Sunday morning.

 

Precipitation with this front will start out as rain in most areas Saturday night, then change to snow in northern and central sections from later Saturday night into Sunday morning.  The south will have only rain.  Precipitation should move east out of Arkansas by early Sunday afternoon.

 

Across the northern two or three rows of counties, snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches can be expected, and there could be some locally higher totals, especially in the northwest.

 

As far south as a line from about Mena to Sheridan to Helena-West Helena, some snow should be seen with perhaps a dusting up to an inch.

 

Temperatures will continue dropping after the snow falls, so where accumulations do occur, hazardous driving conditions can be expected.

 

A secondary blast of Arctic air will move across Arkansas for Sunday night and Monday, bringing bitterly cold air, accompanied by quite a bit of wind.  We are likely to see Wind Chill Advisories issued for much of the state, and maybe even some Wind Chill Warnings in the north.

 

I'll share a couple of concerns here:  First, with the below-normal temperatures we had in December, I suspect that some people have had unpleasant surprises on their utility bills.  With the new round of even colder weather, some people may be tempted to cut back on heating (to avoid additional high bills) and end up suffering from hypothermia.  This could be especially true with elderly people, so the advice to check on your neighbors definitely applies here.  Also, some people with poorly-insulated houses may use improper heating sources, such as the oven or the burners on the kitchen stove.  Second, temperatures are going to get cold enough to cause some ponds to freeze over, tempting people to try to walk across on the ice.  It is unlikely that the thickness of the ice will be sufficient to support the weight of a person, so there will definitely be a danger of people falling through the ice.

 

From late Wednesday into Wednesday night, we are likely to have some more winter weather in the state.  At that time, the coldest air will be moving off to the east of Arkansas and warmer air will be trying to move in.  This will lead to warmer air aloft moving over the top of the cold air near the ground.  This is a recipe for freezing rain and maybe some sleet.  At this time, and it is still a long way off, the northern half of Arkansas appears most likely to be affected.

Little trembler in Faulkner County

M2.0 - ARKANSAS

Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude	2.0
Date-Time	3 Jan 2014 15:35:08 UTC 3 Jan 2014 09:35:09 near epicenter 3 Jan 2014 09:35:08 standard time in your timezone
Location	35.272N 92.342W
Depth	6 km
Distances	5 km (3 mi) NE of Greenbrier, Arkansas 22 km (13 mi) NNE of Conway, Arkansas 44 km (27 mi) NW of Cabot, Arkansas 45 km (27 mi) N of Maumelle, Arkansas 58 km (35 mi) N of Little Rock, Arkansas
Location Uncertainty	Horizontal: 0.9 km; Vertical 0.9 km
Parameters	Nph = 16; Dmin = 5.3 km; Rmss = 0.05 seconds; Gp = 97° Version = A
Event ID	nm 010314a

KVRE's highlights from the Hot Springs Village Police

December 24

A Good Sam’s employee was let go for allegedly throwing clothes around.

An Adoracion Way man was made aware he was incurring a policy violation by having his trailer in his driveway for two weeks.

A Badalona Circle man parks his car in vacant carports when bad weather is expected.

A Lago Way woman reclaimed her missing dog from a Certero Circle family.

December 25

A San Pable Way couple is having difficulty with diseases of aging.

A Palencia Lane home had been twined. Twine strung about a foot above the ground all around the yard.

A Sanchez Court South man complained of a dog barking constantly on Sanchez Place. The dog did not like being in the yard by himself.

December 26

An Adoracion Way man said there was a man driving a green pick-up going door to door.

An Alina Lane woman said she heard a loud noise and then saw someone shining a light in her bedroom window. Officers did not locate anything suspicious.

A Tenerife Way woman said someone was in the yard messing with vehicles.

December 27

There was report of smoke smell at an Almazan Way home.

There was a report of smoke smell at a Los Lagos unit.

A Diamante Place woman said the lawn maintenance personnel are not careful.

A Frontera Circle man was concerned for a little boy playing in traffic. Contact was made with a Golada Lane man to take care of the situation.

A Fachado Drive woman accidentally dialed 911 and hung up. Officers showed up at her door to make sure there was nothing wrong. She was fine. Don’t hang up when you dial 911 by mistake, let the operator know you made a mistake or officers will come to your door.

A Del Camino Lane woman got a police escort to her home when she had difficulty driving at night.

Officers stopped a car for running a stop sign and ticketed him for driving on suspended driver’s license.

An out of town Tomino Way man said his daughter back home might be in danger.

December 28

A woman’s car was blocking the roadway on San Fernando Road while she put gas in the car. An officer assisted with traffic control until she could get her car started again.

A Jornada Circle man driving on DeSoto Boulevard his a deer.

There was a minor domestic disturbance on Salvatierra Way.

December 29

A Saldana Way woman thought she was putting her car in park but put it in reverse. She thought she was hitting the brake but hit the gas. Her car sustained $900 in damages when it hit a 4by4 wood post.

A young man was caught fishing at a pond on Cortez Golf Course.

December 30

A Camello Lane woman thought she heard a noise outside. A neighbor was outside calling his dog.

December 31

An officer on patrol spotted a car off the roadway and in the trees in the area of Castano and South Barcelona Drive. The driver said a deer ran out in front of his car causing him to run off the roadway. The car sustained approximately $7,500 in damages. The Fresca Lane man driving the car was ticketed for failure to report an accident and given a Garland County court date.

A man was taking scrap metal throughout the Village. He did not have permission. When the police arrived the man stated that the scrap in his vehicle was his second load of the day and that he has hauled off 3 to 4 loads from the Village in recent weeks. The police tagged clubs and a bag.

A Llana Lane man said his pistol was missing.

January 1

Officers issued a no contact order on Emperado Way.

A Letrista Drive left his car at Cortez Golf Course while taking a bike ride. His car was locked in when he returned from his bike ride. An officer was able to fee his car.

A La Viejo Lane man reported hitting a deer on Highway 5.

There was a small fire in the area of Alicante and DeSoto Boulevard. Officers provided traffic control while the fire was extinguished.

January 2

An Alina Lane woman thought she heard what sounded like a persons body slamming against her front door.

A Divino Lane couple were having trouble with their adult son’s temper.

A Gaza Lane man found out another man was entering the gate using his name and visiting his daughter. His daughter was sent back to live with her mother but not before Crisis Intervention was contacted.

Little quake ends year in Fairfield Bay

M2.2 - ARKANSAS

Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude	2.2
Date-Time	31 Dec 2013 21:37:16 UTC 31 Dec 2013 15:37:17 near epicenter 31 Dec 2013 15:37:16 standard time in your timezone
Location	35.574N 92.260W
Depth	0 km
Distances	2 km (1 mi) SE of Fairfield Bay, Arkansas 56 km (34 mi) NNE of Conway, Arkansas 59 km (36 mi) NW of Searcy, Arkansas 60 km (37 mi) WSW of Batesville, Arkansas 91 km (56 mi) N of Little Rock, Arkansas
Location Uncertainty	Horizontal: 0.6 km; Vertical 1.9 km
Parameters	Nph = 18; Dmin = 7.3 km; Rmss = 0.18 seconds; Gp = 97° Version = A
Event ID	nm 123113a