BENTONVILLE -- Benton County Circuit Judge Brad Karren set a $250,000 cash bond for a Rogers man who fled on the day he was expected to plead guilty in an armed robbery case.
Rocky Ali Beamon, 20, appeared in court Wednesday morning for his bond hearing after his arrest in connection with failure to appear. He was scheduled to appear in court Aug. 29 and plead guilty to two counts of aggravated assault under a plea agreement. He had even signed paperwork agreeing to the plea deal.
Beamon, who was free on $100,000 bond, was arrested last week in Illinois and brought back to Benton County.
"I think he's impulsive and formulates his decision on the fly," Tyler Hawkins, deputy prosecutor, said about Beamon at Wednesday's bond hearing. "That's why we are here today."
Beamon told the judge he's lived in the area for five years, and he wasn't going to disagree with Hawkins' description of him.
"I'm very impulsive, and I freaked out," he said.
Beamon is scheduled to appear in court again at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 22.
He was arrested in connection with the armed robbery of two people on July 5, 2017. He's accused of pointing a gun at their heads and demanding money, according to a probable cause affidavit. He took $260 from one person, but didn't get any money from the other person, according to a court affidavit.
NW News on 09/20/2018