A Mountain Home man with a long history of committing crimes and running from the law added another chapter to that history last Friday when he was declared a fugitive for failing to report to his parole/probation officer.
Thirty-five-year-old Stephan Richard Whaples was the subject of four manhunts in less than a year in 2011-2012.
The manhunts have involved officers from multiple agencies, roadblocks, tracking dogs and the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office helicopter.
He has been found hiding in various places, including a camper and trailer. He was once arrested after being found asleep on the porch of a residence along Tracy Ferry Road.
His first criminal case was filed when Whaples was 22-years-old. Since then, he has been charged with criminal trespass, fleeing, theft of property, refusal to submit to arrest, breaking or entering, commercial burglary, being a felon in possession of a firearm, criminal mischief, and possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia.
At one point, he was charged with stealing all-terrain vehicles to sell so he could pay fines levied in earlier cases.
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