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Allen Edward Melvin Booked in Garland County on Indecent Exposure Charge
Hot Springs police are listed as the arresting agency; the jail roster also lists a disorderly conduct charge and bonds totaling $1,500.
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Production note: Prepared and reviewed by the Registry Recognizer Editorial Desk from the Garland County jail roster, retained and hash-verified, and the Arkansas Code. The roster prints names surname-first; the name is given here first-name-first. The roster publishes no statute or offense class for either charge and does not say whether they were filed under state law or a Hot Springs ordinance, so the legal descriptions are general context only. The official Arkansas Code is published through LexisNexis public access, which could not be retrieved automatically; the statute summaries were checked against published reproductions of the current sections. Arkansas court records were not searched for this article; the absence of a recorded disposition reflects the jail roster only.
Allen Edward Melvin, 47, was booked into the Garland County Adult Detention Center in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on September 25, 2026, according to the Garland County Sheriff's Office jail roster. The roster lists the Hot Springs Police Department as the arresting agency.
The booking record lists two charges:
- Indecent exposure, with bond listed at $1,000.
- Disorderly conduct, with bond listed at $500.
For both charges the roster lists the court as "City District" and a court date of September 27, 2026.
The roster does not publish a statute, offense class or citation for either charge, and it does not say whether the charges were brought under state law or a city ordinance. As general legal context, the Arkansas Code defines indecent exposure (Section 5-14-112) as exposing one's sex organs in a public place or in public view, or where the conduct is likely to cause affront or alarm, for the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification; it is generally a Class A misdemeanor, with higher grades for repeat convictions or for exposure while in custody. The Arkansas Code defines disorderly conduct (Section 5-71-207) as any of several listed acts, such as fighting, unreasonable noise or obscene language or gestures in public, done with the purpose of causing, or recklessly risking, public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm; it is a Class C misdemeanor. These descriptions are not findings that the booked person committed any element of either offense.
The roster's disposition field is blank for both charges, and no court disposition is recorded for this booking. A booking record lists allegations and does not establish guilt; Melvin is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
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