Press Release

April 24, 2012

On 4/23/12, Jimmy B Johnston, 78 of Mountain Home, was arrested after a joint investigation between the Mountain Home Police Department and Arkansas State Police. The investigation began on April 1, 2012 after the police department received a complaint of a sexual assault that occurred at a local church, Calvary Chapel Twin Lakes. The (3) female victims, age 9, 9, and 11, and Jimmy B Johnston attend the same church.  Jimmy B Johnston is not a staff member of the church.

The charge of Sexual Assault 2^nd Degree, a class B felony,  is the result of inappropriate touching of the victims underneath and outside of their clothing. Jimmy was incarcerated in the Baxter County Detention Center on a $10,000 bond.

Carry Manuel
Chief of Police