BENTONVILLE — Circuit Judge Robin Green wasn’t pleased Wednesday that Richard McClelland was in her court again for violating a no-contact order.
McClelland, 23, of Lowell is charged in connection with kidnapping, a Class Y felony; residential burglary, a Class B felony; and domestic battering in the third degree, a Class A misdemeanor, in connection with an incident involving his girlfriend.
McClelland was in court in November for violating a no-contact order and Green sentenced him to 29 days in jail. She warned and explained to him the consequences of violating the order.
He was arrested Sept. 27 and later released from the Benton County Jail on $75,000 bond. He was ordered not to have any contact with the victim.
Lowell police were called at 8:19 p.m. Sept. 27 to 207 Links Drive, Apt. 201 for a physical disturbance, according to court documents.
A Lowell officer saw said he saw McClelland shove a female inside an apartment. The officer heard him tell the woman the police had arrived and she needed to take a shower, according to the probable cause affidavit.
The officer knocked on the apartment door and another man answered and told the officer “he beat her up,” according to the affidavit. The officer heard a female scream from a back room. The officer entered the apartment and was met at the bedroom door by McClelland, who claimed the woman fell down some stairs, according to the affidavit.
The officer entered the bedroom and found Kelsey Phillips bleeding from the head and face. She also had a bruised left eye and a cut on her nose, according to the affidavit.
Phillips told the officer she was at a friend’s home when McClelland arrived, swung the door open and began hitting her. McClelland dragged her by the hair out of the apartment and across the parking lot to their apartment, according to the affidavit.
Phillips’ parents contacted Stephanie McLemore, deputy prosecutor, last month questioning whether the no-contact order had been lifted. They told McLemore their daughter had contact with McClelland.
McClelland was arrested again for violating the no-contact order.
The woman’s mother and father testified Wednesday. They told Green they saw their daughter with McClelland.
Phillips denied she and McClelland had been in contact.
Phillips also said she refused to tell McLemore where she was living when the deputy prosecutor asked.
McLemore asked McClelland’s bond be increased to $500,000.
Steven Kay, representing McClelland, asked his client be released and noted Phillips said there had been no contact.
Green didn’t buy the claim the two hadn’t been in contact.
Green told McClelland he was facing 10 to 40 years in prison in connection with the kidnapping and another 20 years in connection with residential burglary.
“There’s a lot of game playing going on,” Green said. “It’s coming to a halt.”
Green revoked McClelland’s bond and ordered him held without bond in the Benton County Jail. She also ordered McClelland’s communication privileges from the jail be revoked.