SPRINGDALE : Woman, 38, left in cell sees charges dropped
Posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2008
A Springdale woman who spent four days without food or water in a secure holding cell at the Washington County Courthouse will not be prosecuted for the charges that landed her in court.
Adrianna Torres-Flores, 38, will not face prosecution for unauthorized copying or sale of recordings because prosecutors have verified her alibi, 4 th Judicial District deputy prosecutor Mark Booher said Monday.
Torres-Flores said that she agreed to watch a booth for someone else for about 20 minutes on Dec. 1 when police raided Pleasant Street Flea Market in Springdale, Booher said. Springdale police arrested five adults and four juveniles, and seized thousands of pirated compact discs and digital video discs.
Three of five adults accused of selling pirated CDs and DVDs entered a negotiated plea March 6 to misdemeanor charges of unauthorized copying or sale of recordings. The three agreed to pay $ 1, 000 in restitution to Washington County plus other fines and costs. Charges against the other two, Torres-Flores and Mariana Martinez, 32, will not be pursued, Booher said Monday. Torres-Flores was in court March 6 when a similar plea agreement negotiated with her attorney fell through and Circuit Judge William Storey revoked her bond. Cpl. Jarrod Hankins of the Washington County sheriff’s office escorted her to a courthouse cell intended to hold prisoners awaiting transport to the jail. He apparently forgot to call the sheriff’s office to pick her up that Thursday, and she spent 1 1 the weekend in the 9 / 2-by-10 / 2 foot cell, using her shoe for a pillow. Panic-stricken, she said she drank her own urine to stay alive. Hankins was placed on administrative leave without pay for 30 days after an internal investigation showed the detention was accidental. He has returned to work as Storey’s bailiff.
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