Bryan Sutterfield of Mountain Home has entered guilty pleas to a number of charges, including possession and sales of methamphetamine, selling a stolen watch and breaking into a residence and stealing weapons. Sutterfield’s plea came Thursday in Baxter County Circuit Court.
The 35-year-old Sutterfield was put on probation for 10 years and ordered into the 14th Judicial District Drug Court Program. He will first be required to spend 90 days in one of the Community Correction Centers in the state for addiction treatment before returning and entering the drug court Program.
In the initial case, Sutterfield was charged with selling methamphetamine to a person working with law enforcement in January and on three occasions in February.
Sutterfield was arrested in early April. Drugs and drug paraphernalia were found in the residence, according to the probable cause affidavit.
He was arrested again and charged with selling a stolen watch at a local pawnshop. He is reported to have told employees at the shop he had received the watch, estimated to be worth $5,000, as payment for a roofing job.
Sutterfield’s girlfriend was a member of the housekeeping staff at the motel when the watch went missing. Investigators eventually tied Sutterfield and his girlfriend, Kristy Wood, to the theft and they were both charged.
Sutterfield’s most recent arrest came after a homeowner along County Road 73 contacted the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office and reported a break-in and property missing at his residence. Investigators determined the house was entered through a bedroom window on the west side of the building.
The homeowner reported four firearms had been taken, along with a pair of Smith and Wesson handcuffs and about $400 in coins.
In mid-June, a deputy sheriff in Carroll County, stopped a vehicle belonging to the granddaughter of the robbery victim who had been named a suspect in the robbery.
Sutterfield and others were in the vehicle. A handgun and the handcuffs were found — matching property reported taken in the Baxter County break-in.
The granddaughter was interviewed and admitted she had gone to her relative’s home, along with Sutterfield and others, broken into the house and stolen various items. She said she did not remember details concerning the crime, since she was high on a controlled substance at the time.
When law officers attempted to interview Sutterfield, he requested an attorney, and the questioning stopped.
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