Arkansas Escapee And Girlfriend Charged With Local Burglary

August 29, 2013

An escapee from Arkansas and his girlfriend, captured last week near Chumuckla Elementary School, have been charged in a $30,000 burglary.

A resident not far from the abandoned home being used as a hideout reported over $30,000 worth of jewelry, medication and a firearm missing. Some of the items were located in the hideout home of Derrick Estell, 33, and Tamara Lynn Upshaw, 25.

Both were arrested on charges of felony damage to property, armed burglary, larceny over $20,000 and grand theft of  a firearm. Bond in the case was set at $140,000 each as the couple awaits extradition back to Arkansas.

Estell escaped from the Garland County Detention Center in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office and a U.S. Marshals Task Force took Estell and Upshaw into custody August 22 at an abandoned house near the intersection of Highway 182 and Chumuckla Highway.

According to the Garland County (AR) Sheriff’s Office, investigators were able to pinpoint the couple’s location with the assistance of “cooperating individuals” and contact authorities in Santa Rosa County. Within a few hours, the couple was in custody.

Estell had escaped the Arkansas jail on July 28 with the assistance of Upshaw and others after returning from the Arkansas Department of Corrections for a court appearance. He made his getaway by diving out of a window and running to a waiting vehicle.  Two other individuals were also taken into custody for their involvement in the escape and are awaiting court hearings, Arkansas authorities said.

Estell was being held in Arkansas on  charged of aggravated robbery, burglary, theft and other charges.

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One Response to “Arkansas Escapee And Girlfriend Charged With Local Burglary”

  1. Joe Bagofdoughnuts on August 29th, 2013 8:16 am

    Good Riddance.

    Thanks LEOs

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