Justin Ross Bevis - Thug of the Year

Justin Ross Bevis was shot in the elbow last week. We doubt that any area law enforcement personnel were particularly troubled by this event in and of itself. Perhaps the shooter broke the law, but most of the readers who have contacted us don't feel that this was the case.

Justin Bevis has a record, a violent record, that stretches back years. He's been in and out of both jail and prison time and time again...and he never learns. Many of his crimes have been abetted by his latest squeeze, whoever she is at the time. This proves our much published hypothesis that many women don't care whom they date as long as it's a man. 

Bevis' current girlfriend is a former Lauderdale County Detention Center employee no less. She's also the mother of two children who haven't reached school age. She's also been ruled unfit by Lauderdale County DHR. Then last Sunday night she recruited Bevis to drive her to her estranged husband's to attempt to take the children (read: kidnap).

At this point her parents became involved. The woman's father, Ferlon Faires, attempted to stop the pair after an ostensibly violent confrontation. (It's been alleged that Bevis threatened to ram the husband's house with the children inside). Bevis crashed into Faires' truck in an unprovoked attack; Faires countered with shooting into Bevis' vehicle and hitting him in the elbow.

We don't advocate anyone attempting to handle such a situation on their own, especially by using a weapon to do so. We do feel there were extenuating circumstances in this case. 

Bevis has had a total of four arrests this year, the last two being in June. One of those was reportedly a felony arrest in Rogersville. We hope Mr. Faires and his insurance company are pressing assault charges against Bevis who's RAP sheet speaks for itself. We further hope that his latest conquest will now place her children first.

We have little hope of the latter.

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Oh, dear. It looks like someone was outplayed today. Is Arkansas still calling? Is anyone answering?