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Vice Chair of AGFC arrested in Lonoke


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Updated: 1/23 4:40 pm Published: 1/23 11:23 am
LONOKE, AR - Richard T. Watkins, Vice Chairman of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission was arrested for public intoxication and disorderly conduct Tuesday.

According to Lt. Jim Kulesa, the Lonoke County Sheriff's Office received a report of a man banging on the windows of a residence and a business located next to the residence near the intersection of Highway 31 South and Highway 70.

A witness told deputies that the man, identified later as Watkins, fired a handgun into the ground.

Watkins was arrested without incident and taken to the Lonoke County Detention Facility.

There was no property damage or injuries as a result of the incident.
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sickofit - 1/31/2013 3:50 PM
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He should have never been appointed...and...he has not ANYTHING POSITIVE for the resource.

sickofit - 1/31/2013 3:45 PM
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How come no more comments daddysgirl5????? Lmao.. Truth sure does hurt huh?

sickofit - 1/31/2013 3:43 PM
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It is official ..agfc employees got the GREAT word at 8:45!! The low life has resigned! Hope Beebe is proud. Its a win win for AR, the citizens and the resource!! Its been a long time coming!! GOOD RIDDANCE!!

ArkansasYankee - 1/25/2013 9:10 PM
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Picture speaks for itself, doesn't it! Worth a thousand words. All bad by the way.

sickofit - 1/25/2013 6:37 PM
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Meant "I" have witnessed it...not you...apparently you enjoy his company ...

sickofit - 1/25/2013 6:33 PM
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LOL ....your response speaks volumes of ignorance. Apparently, you need to be educated. I knew you know him! Agfc employees DO NOT work for rick or any of the other Commissioners. Agfc employees work for the resource and the people of Arkansas. I wasn't there, however I tend to believe police reports. Besides...the victim reported he showed the Agfc badge...chances of the victim knowing he was an Agfc Commissioner are extremely bleak. I'm not surprised you know him...based on your immature, irrational remark questioning if any Agfc employees have degrees...which is a low blow...something Rick would say...it makes perfect sense. Most Agfc employees have a degree...and many have several, as you well know. I have degrees as well. However I wonder...I'm not a whiner...just simply speaking the truth and what I know bc u have witnessed it. Hopefully you will learn something from this ~ Cheers

daddysgirl5 - 1/25/2013 1:34 PM
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@ sickof it...if you don't like Rick and have been treated so bad by him then why don't you quit working for him??? i do know him personally, have for 20 years.. and are there not that many jobs that you could not find another job???? i have never heard any of his employees say anything bad about him...and i talk to alot of them daily..??? maybe you arent a good eployee...how do you know he misused his badge??? were you there.. probably not... i am sure you are just a whiner that is never happy with his employer. and yes i worked for rick.. loved everyday working there. would still be there if my husbands job had not transfered us.he has lots of knowledge and several college degrees. do any of you all?

thescreamer - 1/24/2013 9:16 PM
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Another one of Beebe's cronies that is an embarrassment to our State which should had embarrassed Beebe enough to fire his azz today. But, again Beebe slaps us all Arkansasans in the face by allowing him to stay in that position which he has NO knowledge of in the first place. I say all AGFC commissioners needs to be an elected position. Watkins should had been charged with DWI, discharging a firearm on a public road, terroristic threatening, plus numerous others. So, in this case, no one done their job correctly. That Arkansas State Troopoer should be reprimanded along with the Lonoke County Deputy Sheriff. Than, They wonder why Police Officers are disliked by people that they suppose to protect.

blackhemlock - 1/24/2013 7:19 PM
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commissioners are treated with disdain from the rank and file employees. yes they have strain from their role as advisers, and become decisions makers. yes they are awarded a firearm, Iphone and Ipad. You want to FOI something do their messaging history. they are also given a lot of comped goods, guided hunts and fishing trips. yes he has an office in the building, it near the commissioner lounge behind the meeting room. Want proof? FOI the security camera footage. Remember the AGFC employee survey? nothing still has been done with any value.

KingGator - 1/24/2013 6:42 PM
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Great post sickofit. Ditto Ditto
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