On Saturday March 28th, 2026 at approximately 9:25 P.M. the Clay County Sheriff’s Dept. received a 911 call about a lady trying to start a fight. They were advised this happened at the Tourist Information Center North of Corning on U.S. 67. The caller advised 911 that a lady had tried to start a fight with her and her boyfriend. A deputy went to the rest area, and came in contact with 28yr. old Ashley Brooke Allred of Rector. Allred appeared to be highly intoxicated.
The deputy took Allred into custody and transported her to the Clay County Detention Center. After Allred was placed in a cell alone, jailers noticed Allred broke the phone receiver in her cell. The jailers went into the cell and tried to calm her down. A short time later jailers noticed she was trying to get to the light fixture in the ceiling. The jailers went into her cell when she attacked a jailer and deputy. Allred was taken down to the floor where she was able to kick a female jailer in the head and throat. A jailer went and got the restraint chair where Allred was placed until she was not a threat to herself or the jail staff.
The jailer that was kicked in the throat, and head was taken to Piggott Hospital. She was checked out and released. Ashley Brooke Allred was booked on the following charges: Public Intoxication, Impairing The Operation Of A Vital Public Facility, Battery 2nd Degree / Injure Police Or Correction Officer, Terroristic Threatening 1st Degree / Threatening Physical Injury, Intentional Injury To / Interference With Government Property, Criminal Mischief – 1st Degree / Property Of Another W/ Value Of $1000.00 Or Less, Disorderly Conduct.
Ronnie Cole,
Clay County Sheriff