Affidavit: Paragould woman drove car into ex-boyfriend’s house; sister hid her from police

PARAGOULD, Ark. (KAIT) – Paragould police arrested two sisters Sunday after an affidavit said one drove her car into her ex-boyfriend’s house and the other hindered her arrest.

Joanna Nevaeh Eskridge, 19, is being held on a $125,000 cash or surety bond after Greene County District Court Judge Curtis Hitt found probable cause Sunday to arrest her on five counts, according to the affidavit:

  • Residential burglary, a Class B felony
  • First-degree criminal mischief, a Class C felony
  • Aggravated assault on a household or family member, a Class D felony
  • Third-degree domestic battery, a Class A misdemeanor
  • Violation of a no contact order, a Class A misdemeanor

Her sister, Jamie Eskridge, 18, is being held on a $50,000 cash or surety bond on one count of hindering apprehension, a Class D felony, according to a separate affidavit.

The call to the home

Dispatch received a call at about 5:58 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, from a man who said his ex-girlfriend, Joanna Eskridge, had hit him and driven her car into his house on Bradburn Street, according to the affidavit written by Investigator Blaine Cagle of the Paragould Police Department…

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