A Silver Alert has been issued for a missing Cotter man. Authorities are looking for 88-year-old Donald Dean Short. He was last known to be at Cotter Crossing
Cotter, AR. - The owner of a vehicle that was stolen yesterday, May 17th, in the City of Cotter has offered a reward of $5,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the suspect. The Cotter Police Department took a report from the area of North Section Line Road at approximately 10:45 AM yesterday that a 2017 GMC Sierra pickup truck, dark grey in color and having a value of approximately $25,000, had just been stolen from a work site there. A resident in the area described the suspect as a white male, approximately 5-10 ft tall, wearing a black shirt and a black ball cap. At the time of the theft, the truck was bearing Arkansas License Plate No. 777VPP. Any person having information as to the identity of this thief or whereabouts of the vehicle is asked to contact either: Cotter Police Department (870) 425-2361 (24 hour dispatch number) Baxter County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Division (870) 425-7000
The owner of a vehicle stolen Tuesday in the City of Cotter has offered a reward of $5,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction
A Yellville man is behind bars after admitting to raping a four-year-old girl in Cotter. Sixty-year-old Michael Allen Davis also admitted to law enforcement to raping two other victims in Marion County.
According to the probable cause affidavit by the Cotter Police Department, officers responded to a residence in Cotter April 22 after a woman walked into her home and observed Davis in the bathroom performing a sexual act with the victim. Davis ran from the residence when the mother arrived and fled the scene in his vehicle. The victim’s mother told police he was baby sitting the girl.
During an interview with investigators April 29, Davis admitted to raping the victim on at least two occasions. He also admitted to raping two other victims in Marion County. Marion County authorities are continuing to investigate the two cases in their jurisdiction.