61 year old Robin Watkins of Oak Street in Carmi is behind bars after neighbors called to say she had entered their residence without permission. Carmi Police were called to the home in the 9 o’clock hour Thursday morning. Watkins was subsequently arrested and is facing charges of Felony Criminal Trespassing and an additional charge of Disorderly Conduct. Watkins was out on probation following her arrest in February of this year. At that point, she was found guilty of Aggravated Assault, given a 6 month stayed jail sentence and 2 years of probation in early March. She was due for a review in July. Odds are she’ll appear before a judge before then on these latest charges.
Carmi Police picked up 36 year old Melissa Strange on Thursday just after noon. She’s behind bars today and facing fresh charges after law enforcement arrested her on a Failure to Appear Warrant dating back to a 2014 conviction of Retail Theft. The original arrest happened in October of 2013. In September of the following year, Strange was found guilty, fined, given 2 years of conditional discharge, and a short jail sentence. Police made the arrest at Dollar General Thursday. Strange remains behind bars as of this morning on $500 bail.
