HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. — A Drasco woman accused of shooting her boyfriend more than 17 times inside their home has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Rebecca Mryglod, 38, pleaded guilty Tuesday, Aug. 18, in Cleburne County Circuit Court to first-degree domestic battery, a Class B felony.
Circuit Judge Tim Weaver accepted the negotiated plea and sentenced Mryglod to 240 months in the Arkansas Division of Correction. She received credit for 648 days spent in jail.
Mryglod was initially arrested on suspicion of attempted first-degree murder, first-degree domestic battery and simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms following the Nov. 8, 2024, shooting.
Under the agreement, the attempted murder charge was reduced to first-degree domestic battery. The separate domestic battery and simultaneous possession charges were nolle prossed, meaning prosecutors declined to proceed with them.
Cleburne County sheriff’s Detective Justin Oliver responded to a home on Altom Road in Drasco after authorities received a report of a possible shooting.
Oliver reported seeing Mryglod’s boyfriend being loaded into an ambulance while covered in blood and screaming in pain. Mryglod had blood on her clothing and hands, according to the arrest affidavit.
Investigators found a Kel-Tec .22-caliber pistol about 100 yards from the house. The gun’s slide was locked back, and an empty magazine was inside. Six shell casings and what the affidavit described as a large amount of marijuana packaged in separate containers were found inside the home.
During an interview, Mryglod allegedly told Oliver that she and her boyfriend had separated but that she moved back into the home to help him battle what she called his “spiritual demons.”
Mryglod said she purchased the pistol three days before the shooting and had been practicing with it. On the morning of the shooting, she allegedly retrieved the gun and ammunition from her vehicle before returning inside.
When her boyfriend began standing from a couch, Mryglod said she pointed the gun toward him and began firing, according to the affidavit.
Mryglod allegedly told the detective that she would rather her boyfriend be dead and herself be in prison so she would no longer have to help him with his “spiritual side.”
Authorities reported finding 34 additional rounds of .22-caliber ammunition and two sets of hearing protection in Mryglod’s pockets.
At the time the affidavit was filed, the victim remained in critical care after undergoing extensive surgeries for injuries caused by more than 17 gunshots. One round struck his colon, resulting in an infection and another surgery, investigators said.
Mryglod’s bond was initially set at $700,000. In addition to the prison sentence, Weaver ordered her to pay a $1,000 fine and $15,000 in restitution.
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