Daniel Shaefer

John Plewka

On July 21, 2011, Daniel Schaefer, age 29, and John Plewka, age 40, both of Mountain Home, Arkansas, was arrested for four counts of Theft of Property (Class D Felony) and four counts of Criminal Trespass (Class C Misdemeanor). The arrests stem when the two were caught stealing various articles of metal in order to sell at a recycling center. The two were stalled by several citizens of the Promise Land area of northern rural Marion County, until officers arrived. It was then discovered the two had stolen metal from the same property on three other separate occasions and sold it. Schaefer's bond was set at $50,000.00 and Plewka's bond was set at $35,000.00. Both are currently awaiting their first appearance before the Marion County Circuit Court. Assisting in the arrest was the Baxter County Sheriff's Department.