ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2008, OFFICERS FROM THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY CORRECTION AND THE ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH COMMISSION CONDUCTED A PROBATION SEARCH AT THE RESIDENCE OF MARK A. DODSON AT 313 JOHNSON STREET IN JACKSONPORT.
UPON OFFICERS SEARCHING THE RESIDENCE AND PROPERTY, SEVERAL DEER ANTLERS WERE FOUND ALONG WITH A DEER HEAD WHICH HAD A DEER TAG ON IT. ALSO FOUND WERE ITEMS OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, A FIREARM AND SEVERAL ASSORTED SHOTGUN AND RIFLE SHELLS. MARK DODSON WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DETENTION CENTER AWAITING THE FILING OF FORMAL CHARGES. IN ADDITION TO THE CHARGES BY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY CORRECTION, MR. DODSON WAS ALSO WRITTEN A SUMMONS BY THE ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH COMMISSION WITH FALSIFYING INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO THE DEER TAG ON THE DEER.

OFFICERS FROM THE JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY CORRECTION ALSO CONDUCTED A PROBATION SEARCH AT THE RESIDENCE OF LANDON WADE DILDAY AND LISA DILDAY WHICH IS LOCATED AT 7888 HIGHWAY 224 SOUTH, WHICH IS SOUTH OF NEWPORT. DURING THE SEARCH, OFFICERS LOCATED SEVERAL CONTAINERS OF ALCOHOL INSIDE THE RESIDENCE. FURTHER, OFFICERS LOCATED AN ILLEGAL DEER IN THE SHED BEHIND THE RESIDENCE. THE ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH COMMISSION WAS CONTACTED AND LATER MADE CONTACT WITH MR. DILDAY AND HE WAS WRITTEN A SUMMONS FOR POSSESSION OF WILDLIFE WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION.