TERRICA HENDRIX
Editor
NASHVILLE – Two men
charged with accomplice to
arson last year, were sentenced
to prison.
David Kyle Bray, 26, of Umpire,
entered a no contest plea
to accomplice to arson before
Circuit Judge Tom Cooper
shortly after a Howard County
jury was called on Dec. 15.
Robert Gray, 43, of Dierks,
also entered a no contest plea
to accomplice to arson that
same day.
Both men were sentenced
to five years in the Arkansas
Department of Correction and
ordered to pay court costs,
a DNA fee and $26,500 in restitution
to Shelter Insurance
(jointly and severally). They
were also given credit for jail
time served.
According to court records,
the Dierks Fire Department
responded to a trailer house
fire on 6th Street in Dierks on
Men receive prison
sentence in Dierks
arson case
May 3, 2014. Fire Chief Mike
Noel requested that an investigation
be conducted into
the fire due to the burn patterns
that were throughout
that were throughout the
structure –owned by Avery
Fatheree and occupied by
David Bray.
“David Bray was interviewed
on Aug. 13, by Dierks
Officer John McKee and
Howard County Investigator
David Shelton. David Bray
gave a statement to the fact
that he had joked around
with Robert Gray and others
about burning the trailer.
He admitted that on May 3
while he was on his way to
the car races that he called
someone and told them to
burn the trailer. He stated
that he meant it as a joke
and didn’t think that they
would do it. He stated that
he did not tell law enforcement
officials about this
after the trailer burned,”
according to records.
