Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater released details on some recent arrests in the county and one of those arrests followed an incident in Stuart.

On June 16th Stuart Police were called to 604 Southwest 4th Street at 9:34 p.m. for a male that had been locked out of his residence by his roommates. Upon arrival Officers spoke with 29-year-old Cody Pipkin of Stuart who stated he had been drinking at a bar in town and come home to being locked out of his residence. He said he had been having issues with his roommate the past several days and he just wanted his stuff out of the house. Officers advised he had a right to enter the residence but he told them he was going to have a friend come get him for the night and return later to get his things

Officers were notified about two and a half hours later that he was still at the residence and threatening to burn the house down and damage a Harley-Davidson motorcycle that was parked at the residence. Officers found the Harley laying on its side and the alarm lights flashing with a strong smell of gasoline near the bike. A gas can was located near the bike and Pipkin admitted to kicking over the bike and dumping gas on it because he wanted his property out of the house. A THC smoking device was located under the house where Pipkin was standing when they arrived and they also discovered that Pipkin had defecated on the passenger side door of another vehicle belonging to the primary resident of the home. Pipkin admitted that the pipe was his and that he defecated on the vehicle.

Pipkin was charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Harassment 3rd Degree, and Criminal Michief 4th Degree. He was booked into the Adair County Jail on $1,000 cash or surety bond.