Newton County man appears on Baxter County charges

A Newton County man who was arrested in Mountain Home in 2023 after he fought with officers trying to take him into custody appeared in Baxter County Circuit Court/Criminal Division September 22.
In Newton County, 33-year-old Jady Allen Brannon of Jasper has been charged twice with causing disturbances at a residence where he lives with his mother.

RESISTED ARREST IN MOUNTAIN HOME

On August 9, 2023, a Mountain Home police officer responded to a location on State Highway 5 North. A call had come in regarding a suspicious person walking around in that area. On arrival, the officer reported seeing a man wearing clothing that matched the description given by the caller.

Two officers were on the scene when they began to question the man, later identified as Brannon. Initially, he refused to give his name.

He was reported to be in what “appeared to be an altered mental state” and became increasingly aggravated about being questioned.

At one point, Brannon said he did not like the body cameras being worn by the officers and did not want them around him.

The officers also noted he kept his hands in his pockets. At one point, Brannon is reported to have tried to walk away from the area. He was told to remain calm and to stay put.

As he continued to try and leave, an officer grabbed his left wrist and arm so Brannon could be put in hand restraints due to his “erratic behavior.”

Brannon is alleged to have drawn a knife out of his right pocket and held it over his head. Both officers drew their duty weapons.

Brannon was given several commands to drop the knife which went unheeded.

A third officer on the scene fired a stun gun at Brannon “causing him to fall to the ground and drop the knife that he was then holding to his own throat.”

Even after being taken down, Brannon kept resisting the three officers and the stun gun was used a second time.

The officers were eventually able to get hand restraints on Brannon. He was found to be carrying another knife in the back pocket of his shorts.

Brannon is charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest and carrying a weapon in Baxter County.

NEWTON COUNTY CASE

Two mental examinations have been done on Brannon. In one exam, he was found not fit to proceed and in the other that he was fit to proceed.

His most recent arrest in Newton County came on May 16 and stemmed from a report his mother made in which she said her son had been violent and “acting crazy” the night before and was now passed out in a chair with a gun on his lap.

The mother said she had attempted to wake Brannon but he “would just grunt.” It was also reported that Brannon “had been making noises like a wild animal” during the early morning hours of May 16.

When Newton County sheriff’s deputies arrived at the residence located in the Shilo community, they gained entry to the house and saw Brannon asleep in a chair in the living room with a shotgun on his lap.

The deputies removed the shotgun along with a number of knives. They also reported seeing a handgun on the floor next to Brannon and a .22 caliber rifle on a table within Brannon’s reach.

The deputies were aware that Brannon was a convicted felon and not allowed to own or be around weapons.

Brannon was asked why he had the weapons knowing they would get him in trouble. He is reported to have replied, “I have to have them out here.” He made no additional statements.

He was taken to the Newton County jail on the new charges and an active warrant issued by the Harrison Police Department.

It is not the first time Brannon and his mother have been involved in domestic disturbances. He was accused of pointing a gun at his mother’s head and threatening to kill her on April 5, 2023.

In his Newton County cases, Brannon is charged with possession of a firearm by a felon, aggravated assault on a family or household member and terroristic threatening.

His record shows that he was convicted of being a felon in possession of a weapon in 2018 and for manufacturing methamphetamine in 2011.

During the court session September 22, it was agreed that Brannon could appear in Newton County on his cases in that county as well as the case set up in Baxter County.

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