JONESBORO, Ark. — Three men pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges in the theft of a golf cart from the Arkansas State University campus. Sentencing orders from Craighead County Circuit Court show that each man received 12 months of suspended imposition of sentence on each of two counts.
Caleb Deshawn Quinn and Taris Durrell Randolph Jr. entered negotiated guilty pleas Nov. 5. Robert Deshun Selvy entered his negotiated guilty pleas Oct. 26. Each pleaded guilty to theft of property valued at $1,000 or less and first-degree criminal mischief involving damage of $1,000 or less.
First-appearance paperwork listed a Class D felony theft allegation for each man. The charges filed in Craighead County Circuit Court on Oct. 14 were misdemeanors.
The A-State Alumni Association had leased the golf cart from SS Custom Carts for the football season. SS Custom Carts told police the cart was valued at $4,750, according to the probable cause affidavits.
University police were notified of the theft Sept. 14. Investigators reviewing campus surveillance footage reported seeing the three approach the cart in the parking lot of A-State’s baseball stadium shortly after 3:37 a.m., according to the affidavits.
Police said the three took the cart toward Embassy Suites before Quinn drove it off campus onto Red Wolf Boulevard. A black Chevrolet Malibu left shortly afterward.
Investigators said Quinn drove the cart to Johnson Avenue and met the Malibu at a gas station, where one of the other suspects got out of the car and joined him on the golf cart. The affidavits do not clearly establish whether that passenger was Randolph or Selvy.
Police said the cart traveled through an apartment complex and a fence line before appearing on a Jonesboro Police Department camera near Cedar Heights Drive and Melrose Street. It later traveled west on Belt Street and south onto State Street.
Officers recovered the cart about 11 a.m. Sept. 15 while people were driving it on Cedar Heights Drive, according to the affidavits. Police subsequently located Quinn, Randolph, Selvy and the Malibu on State Street.
In orders dated Sept. 16, Judge Barbara Halsey set bond for each man at $35,000 cash or surety.
Updated Nov. 12, 2026, with the guilty pleas and sentencing orders in all three cases.
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