Domestic dispute ends with wanted man's arrest | Crime

A Region 8 man was arrested early Tuesday morning after he tried and failed to outrun sheriff’s deputies.

Just before 1 a.m. Baxter County sheriff’s deputies were called to a home on CR 806 regarding a disturbance, according to a news release from Sheriff John Montgomery.

When deputies arrived, 20-year-old Andrew C. Morris of Cotter ran out of the back door.  Deputies chased him about 300 yards before using a TASER to stop him, according to the report.

After Morris was in custody, deputies reportedly learned he was wanted on an outstanding bench warrant for revocation of a suspended sentence.  Sheriff Montgomery said Morris was also a probation absconder.

According to the report, when deputies searched Morris they found a marijuana pipe and four morphine sulphate pills in a cigarette package.

Morris was arrested and taken to the Baxter County Detention Center where he was booked on the following charges:

• Revocation of suspended sentence-felony bench warrant
• Possession of controlled substance (morphine)-felony
• Possession of drug paraphernalia-misdemeanor
• Fleeing from officers-misdemeanor
• Resisting arrest-misdemeanor
• Obstructing governmental operations-misdemeanor

Morris is being held without bond on the revocation warrant and with a bond of $7,500 on the remaining charges.

He’s scheduled to appear in Circuit Court on March 14.