Hartford Police Chief Joey Bolin responded to a suspicious persons call that resulted in a drug arrest on Wednesday, March 23. Later, Hackett Police Chief Sean White would make two related arrests.
Chief Bolin stated that he responded to Hugs and Biscuits in Hartford following a suspicious persons report. On scene, he identified three females, Kathy Estelle Kline and Brittney Nicole Friend, both of LeCompte, Louisiana, and Christy Ann Kenyon of Camdenton, Missouri.
Bolin performed a consented search of the vehicle, a gray Ford pickup. That search yielded methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Bolin stated Kline was taken into custody, transported to the Sebastian County Detention Center and charged with possession of controlled substance – schedule I/II 2-28g felony.
Later, Chief White would also receive a suspicious persons report at the Hugs and Biscuits in Hackett. Upon arrival, he discovered two females searching the gray Ford pickup. After speaking with the women, identified as Friend and Kenyon, White would also perform a consented search which would yield two 200g containers of Kratom, an illegal plant-based drug in Arkansas. Although legal in neighboring Oklahoma, in Arkansas, Kratum is considered a schedule 1 drug, alongside meth and cocaine.
Friend and Kenyon would be taken into custody, and transported to the Sebastian County Detention Center. Friend was charged with possession of controlled substance – schedule I/II 28-200g felony, and trafficking (schedule I/II controlled substance). Kenyon was charged with possession of schedule I/II controlled substance with the purpose to deliver >2g, and trafficking (schedule I/II controlled substance).
Two of the females remain in custody at the Sebastian County Detention Center. Kline was released on a legally sufficient bond of $1,500 on Wednesday, March 30. Friend is being held without bond, and Kenyon is being held on a $27,500 legally sufficient bond.
