Marquis Deconta Simmons
Washington County Sheriff’s office
Mickey Joe Neighbors
Fayetteville police arrested two men in connection with a reported robbery on Frisco Trail shortly before 1 a.m. on Wednesday.
Mickey Joe Neighbors, 21, of Alma and Marquis Deconta Simmons, 20, of Fayetteville each face charges of aggravated robbery, theft of property, and loitering.
A preliminary police report states that Neighbors and Simmons attacked a man on the trail after the victim reportedly walked into the two men near the Maple Street crossing. According to the report, the victim said Neighbors hit him in the face, knocking him out. When he awoke, he told police he saw Neighbors removing his shoes while Simmons pointed a gun at him and told him not to talk.
Police found Neighbors and Simmons running south on Wilson Avenue near Wilson Park shortly after the incident. According to the report, Neighbors was carrying a pair of light green and black Adidas shoes and Simmons appeared to be concealing an item under his shirt. Once stopped, police said Simmons threw something into a bush that was later discovered to be a 32-caliber handgun.
Neighbors and Simmons were arrested and taken to the Washington County Detention Center.
Kelly Cantrell, Washington County Sheriff’s Office spokesman, said the two men were being held on $50,000 bond.
Can anyone provide a link where folks can volunteer to be ‘trail monitors/watchers’
I know there is a program in place…
There’s the Trail Trekkers program, but I’m not sure that they are doing any sort of neighborhood watch sort of things. Here’s a link:
http://www.accessfayetteville.org/government/parks_and_recreation/parks_gardens_trails/Trail_Trekkers.cfm
Robbing someone for shoes? Really? A simple risk/reward analysis would have yielded that using deadly force to steal someone’s used, dirty sneakers is not a good plan. I suppose there’s a reason that people this stupid usually spend their lives in taxpayer-funded cages….
…says Countess glutenfree, taking a sip from her cup of fine imported tea and switching her attention to the upcoming cricket match organized by the yacht club.
Be a little bit more reasonable. I’m not defending what these two guys did, but is the uptight vitriol really necessary? People on the losing end who make bad decisions don’t need or deserve pity, but they don’t deserve THAT, either. The joke’s on us anyway, since we do pay for that ‘cage’.
You have a very low threshold for vitriol. (Do you even know what it is?) I would classify glutenfree’s comment as mild sarcasm. As your post is equally sarcastic, I must ask if you intended to be vitriolic. If so, you have failed.
So calling people who assault and rob others at gunpoint for their freaking shoes “stupid” is uptight? Well, consider me uptight, because what these two creeps did was stupid as can-b. (And criminal and awful and downright psychotic)
Actually to be psychotic they would have had to take the shoes and kill the person.
@Wesley– though I appreciate the “stiff upper lip” school of psychiatry, I don’t believe that psychosis demands an act of murder as a diagnostic key. I could be wrong. For instance, I would assume that strapping the family dog’s car kennel to the roof of the family car for a road trip would qualify one for some type of sociopathic disorder, but apparently it qualifies one for the highest office in the realm.
We did teach them.
We did? How so? Sorry, no excuse for this kind of behavior. You need a new, er, used pair of Adidas that badly, go pawn your handgun.
I disagree with almost everything glute says, but she’s spot on with this comment!
This article contradicts the NWA online article, which states, “According to a preliminary arrest report, Neighbors and Simmons attacked a man on Frisco Trail, near the Maple Street trail crossing, about 12:50 a.m. Wednesday. The man said Simmons hit him on the face, knocking him out, the report said.
When he awoke, he said he saw Simmons removing his shoes. The man said Neighbors pointed a gun at him and told him not to talk.
Police found Simmons and Neighbors within 20 minutes of the attack near Wilson Park. They two men were arrested and taken to the Washington County Detention Center. Simmons was held on $800 bond and Neighbors was held on $265 bond Wednesday”
Which version is true. Just curious, but if the NWA online version is correct, why did the white guy holding the gun get a lower bond than the black guy taking off the shoes. $265 for Neighbors and $800 for Simmons???
Staff Note: According to the preliminary police report, our version is correct. Click here for a PDF of report. A copy of the officer’s report is posted below (click to enlarge). Bond amounts were supplied via email from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, but that info is available on the sheriff’s office intake report website.
The Hussman conglomerate is not particularly notable for accuracy in content or production. Their reporters appear to lack the gumption, curiosity, and– often– integrity to write an accurate story. Their editors appear to be much the same.
Stick with the Fayetteville Flyer.
Preach!
According to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office iPhone App, Both Simmons and Neighbors are being held on $50,000 bond. Simmons is listed as homeless and Neighbors is listed as living near Alma.