ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2008, A THEFT WAS REPORTED IN THE POSSUM GRAPE COMMUNITY OF JACKSON COUNTY TO CHIEF DEPUTY CHARLES VAUGHN AND INVESTIGATOR DAVID PLATT. THE VICTIM STATED THAT HE HAD DISCOVERED THAT SEVERAL OF HIS HAND TOOLS AND POWER TOOLS HAD BEEN STOLEN FROM HIS RESIDENCE. THE VICTIM ALSO ADVISED THAT HE HAD TWO ALUMINUM RIMS AND TIRES STOLEN FROM A STORAGE BUILDING. DURING THIS SAME PERIOD OF TIME, ANOTHER SUBJECT REPORTED THAT HE HAD A VEHICLE STOLEN AND THAT IT HAD BEEN SOLD AT A LOCAL SCRAP YARD.
UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT MARSHALL F. CROY, JR. AND JOSHUA D. OSBORNE, BOTH OF POSSUM GRAPE, WERE THE TWO INVOLVED IN THE THEFTS. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT SOME OF THE TOOLS HAD BEEN SOLD AT A PAWN SHOP AND SOME OF THE TOOLS HAD BEEN SOLD AT A LOCAL SCRAP YARD.
MARSHALL F. CROY, JR. WAS ARRESTED ON AUGUST 19TH BY INVESTIGATOR DAVID PLATT AND INVESTIGATOR RICKY MORALES AT A CAMPER TRAILER BEHIND A RESIDENCE OFF OF JACKSON COUNTY ROAD # 2. AT THE TIME OF CROY'S ARREST, HE HAD THE STOLEN WHEELS AND TIRES ON HIS VEHICLE. HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT. JOSHUA D. OSBORNE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY LATER AT HIS RESIDENCE OFF OF HIGHWAY 367 WITHOUT INCIDENT.
ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2008, THEY BOTH APPEARED IN NEWPORT DISTRICT COURT. MARSHALL F. CROY, JR. APPEARED ON CHARGES OF BREAKING OR ENTERING AND THEFT OF PROPERTY AND JOSHUA D. OSBORNE APPEARED ON CHARGES OF THEFT OF PROPERTY. THEY WERE BOTH PLACED ON BOND AND HELD PENDING A COURT DATE IN CIRCUIT COURT ON AUGUST 27TH.
ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2008, THEY BOTH APPEARED IN JACKSON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT WHERE BOTH CROY, JR. AND OSBORNE WERE SENTENCED TO FIVE (5) YEARS IN THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION. FURTHER, AT THE TIME THEY WERE SENTENCED, CROY, JR. WAS ON PAROLE WITH THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY CORRECTION AND OSBORNE WAS ON PROBATION WITH THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY CORRECTION. THEY ARE BOTH BEING HELD IN THE JACKSON COUNTY DETENTION CENTER AWAITING TRANSPORT TO THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION.