Jury Gives 40 Year Sentence for Theft of Documents & Items
April 17th, 2009 by Joe BurgessA Drew County jury said enough is enough to a former Monticello resident, Lyndall Golden, Tuesday, by sentencing him to serve 40 in the state prison system.
The charge is described as “theft of property over $2,500”, but the items Golden stole were valued to be around $654,825, and included in stocks, bonds, CDs, jewelry, and a substantial amount of cash from an elderly couple, in the Coleman area, while she was in a Little Rock hospital.
Golden was living nearby to the couple, and had done some work for them, before taking their property, and leaving the area.
Golden is also reportedly facing charges out of central Arkansas.
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Posted October 6, 2008
$654,825 Burglary Suspect in County Jail
Lyndell Golden, a former Drew County resident, who was arrested in Harrison, and being held on chargess in North Arkansas, was transported to Drew County last week, and is being held in the Drew County Detention Facility.Â
Golden had his first appearance in Drew County Courts, and had his bond set at $150,000.
The article belows details the earlier report on the case.
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The story below posted on August 4, 2008.
Sheriffs Dept Solves $654,825 Burglary / Theft
According to Drew County Sheriff’s Dept. Investigator Rick Rausch, Lyndell
Golden, a former Drew County resident, who has ties to the Springdale
area, has been arrested and charged with the theft of $654,825 in stocks,
bonds, CDs, jewelry, and a substantial amount of cash from an elderly
couple, in the Coleman area. Rausch, working diligently with a detective from Boone County, able to
locate and arrest Lyndell A. Golden, a former tenant of the victims.
Golden purchased a 2002 Mercedes for his daughter, and a camper trailer,
in which he was staying, by paying cash, with the stolen money from the
victim.
After being arrested by Boone County, Golden is now in Benton County,
where he is facing felony charges of conspiracy to manufacture controlled
substance, and will then answer to the Drew County charges. He also had
warrants out of North Little Rock, Cabot, and Mayflower.
Golden has a Drew County bond set at $150,000.
“A job well done” goes out to the good people of Drew County who sat on the jury. I belive that the citizens of Drew County are tired of the people who choose to take the easy way and steal from the hard working people who make up this great County. This conviction will not stop all of the thefts, but it might make some one stop and say ” Hey, when I get caught I might spend a long time in the pen”. I hope this will send a message to those individuals who don’t want to work for a living, and would rather take it from those who do. May God bless the cops and deputies of this county that try and keep us safe 24/7 (think how it would be with out them)