BENTONVILLE -- A Pea Ridge man faces a mental evaluation in connection with a Facebook post about a Siloam Springs police officer.
Robert Santos Frideaux, 40, pleaded innocent during an arraignment before Circuit Judge Brad Karren on Monday. Frideaux is charged with harassment, a Class A misdemeanor.
He was arrested Jan. 23 in connection with first-degree terroristic threatening, a Class D felony. Prosecutors later filed the misdemeanor charge instead.
Frideaux is accused of posting a Facebook message intended to harass or annoy Derek Spicer, a Siloam Springs police officer, according to court documents.
A woman reported to Siloam Springs police that Frideaux threatened Spicer on Facebook, according to court documents. The woman reported she's read many anti-law enforcement posts on Frideaux's Facebook page. Frideaux also said that Spicer used his position to trump up charges against him, which cost him his son, according to the affidavit.
Metro on 03/25/2015