Photo: Chris Brim
A Jordan man who has gotten in trouble twice for possessing or threatening to use firearms appeared in Baxter County Circuit Court Monday.
Forty-year-old Chris Brim was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was booked into the Baxter County jail to await transportation to the Arkansas Department of Correction.
His initial arrest came in mid-March 2019 and stemmed from his involvement in a heated dispute over possession of a pickup truck.
Brim was reported to have been to a residence along Baxter County County Road 419 on two occasions to try and retrieve the truck. The vehicle was registered to his mother and her estranged husband who were then living at the County Road 419 address.
The estranged husband and Brim’s mother were reported to be going through a divorce and were in a tug-of-war over the pickup.
At one point during the confrontation that led to his arrest, Brim was reported to have been told by his then stepfather that the truck issue was none of his business.
Brim is alleged to have pulled out a handgun during the confrontation, held it to his stepfather’s head and demanded the older man give him the truck.
The stepfather went into his residence, saying he was getting the keys to the vehicle, but locked the door with Brim outside and waited for deputies to arrive.
Before deputies got to the scene, Brim had left in his vehicle. He was picked up on U.S. Highway 62/412 East.
His second weapon-involved arrest came when he was pulled over on Jordan Road just after 10 a.m. Nov. 9 last year.
A Baxter County deputy sheriff clocked Brim’s pickup truck traveling at 23 miles-per-hour over the posted limit of 40 miles-per-hour.
It was discovered Brim was driving with a suspended license and no insurance.
Brim was found to be on felony probation with a waiver permitting warrantless searches of his person and property.
The deputy reported Brim told him he had a .45-caliber pistol under the front seat of the truck.
The gun was retrieved, and Brim was taken to the Baxter County Detention Center.
He was booked on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and a number of traffic violations.
The new charges filed against Brim stemming from the recent traffic stop resulted in the filing of a petition to revoke his probation in the 2019 case. After he was sentenced to prison, the state dismissed the revocation.
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