Vending

Arrested again, Arkansas vending burglar has long rap sheet

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March 23, 2023

Police have charged a 41-year-old Arkansas man with breaking into vending machines in Baxter County who has a long history of robbing vending machines, according to a ktlo.com report.

He was recently charged with breaking into machines at a gas station along Highway 62/412 East and at a Mountain Home motel in November 2022.

Hicks was also recently sentenced to 10 years in prison in Van Buren County Circuit Court for breaking into vending machines at a Clinton laundromat.

Other counties have also placed holds on him for vending thefts, including Clark, Cleburne, Hot Spring, Howard, Montgomery, Pike and Pulaski.