Three Charged After Stolen Guns, One Illegally Modified, Turn Up at Henderson State Dorm

A Prescott man on probation for two burglaries, a Nashville man and an 18-year-old from Arkadelphia are charged with felonies after police say stolen handguns, including one fitted with an illegal conversion device, passed through a Henderson State University dorm in early September.

Prosecutors filed formal charges Friday in Clark County Circuit Court against Tre’Veon Keshon Jeffers, 20, of Prescott; Omareon Deshawn Nunally, 21, of Nashville; and Hershall James Williams Jr., 18, of Arkadelphia. None of the three is a Henderson State student, according to the prosecutor’s office and police affidavits.

The case started with a 2 a.m. call on Sept. 2 to a home in the 200 block of South First Street in Arkadelphia, where a man told Arkadelphia police that several men had come into his residence and that Jeffers took the man’s Glock 23 .40-caliber handgun from his person, chambered a round and left with the others, according to an affidavit filed with the charges. The man picked Jeffers and Nunally out of separate photo lineups the next day, the affidavits say.

Investigators later determined the stolen Glock was equipped with an unlawful device that modified it from semi-automatic operation, in violation of federal and state law, the affidavit says. The man who reported the theft was later arrested himself on charges stemming from the illegal modification, Prosecuting Attorney Dan Turner’s office said in a news release published by the Arkadelphian.

On Sept. 4, Henderson State University police were asked to go with housing staff on a room check in a residence hall over a reported marijuana odor. Jeffers and Nunally were standing outside the room with housing staff and ran before officers arrived, the affidavits say.

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In recorded interviews the next day, several people identified Jeffers as the person who had the stolen Glock on campus, according to his affidavit. Nunally admitted having a gun on campus and said he had given a Glock Model 19 to someone he called “JR,” his affidavit says. HSU police found the stolen Glock 23 on campus Sept. 9.

On Sept. 10, acting on an anonymous tip, HSU police went to Williams’ suite in room 152 of the University Place residence hall. They found a Glock 19 hidden under a sink in a common area of the suite and a Glock 43x in a laundry basket in Williams’ bedroom near where he was sitting, according to an affidavit by HSU police investigator Kagon Morrison. A records check showed the Glock 43x had been reported stolen to the Hope Police Department.

After being read his rights, Williams told investigators he got both pistols from people fleeing the dorm Sept. 4 and took them to his room, the affidavit says. He admitted he believed one or both were stolen and said he planned to sell them or get rid of them, according to the affidavit.

Jeffers is charged with possession of a firearm by certain persons, a Class B felony, and with theft of a firearm, possession of a handgun on public school property and criminal use of prohibited weapons, all Class D felonies. Nunally is charged with possession of a handgun on public school property. Williams is charged with possession of a handgun on public school property and theft by receiving a firearm.

Jeffers and Nunally were first held on suspicion of aggravated robbery and theft of a firearm, according to their first-appearance records. The formal charges filed Friday do not include a robbery count.

Circuit Judge Blake Batson set bond at $35,000 for Williams and $85,000 each for Jeffers and Nunally, with Jeffers and Nunally also subject to electronic monitoring, random drug screens, no possession of weapons and no contact with the Henderson State campus, the prosecutor’s office said. All three are set for arraignment Nov. 3.

Nunally’s public defender asked in September to lower his bond to $10,000, writing that Nunally has no criminal history, works at Weyerhaeuser in Dierks and is the sole transportation for two relatives with vision loss. Williams’ public defender asked for a reduction in early October, saying he had not been able to post bond. No ruling on either motion appears in the court records.

Jeffers was already on probation in two counties when the gun was taken, court records show. On March 9, he pleaded guilty in Faulkner County to six counts from a February 2025 case, including robbery, residential burglary and theft of a firearm, and was sentenced to probation, up to 10 years on the most serious counts. Four weeks later, on April 7, he was sentenced in Clark County to 48 months of supervised probation for commercial burglary and first-degree criminal mischief from August 2024.

Clark County prosecutors moved Sept. 22 to revoke that probation. The petition says Jeffers failed to report as instructed in April and May, never showed proof of a job or schooling, has made no payments on a $1,490 balance and is behind on supervision fees, and lists the new charges. The revocation warrant was served Oct. 5.

Williams has a felony case pending in Union County, where he is charged with theft of a credit or debit card, breaking or entering and theft by receiving from a February incident. A Union County judge on Sept. 22 ordered the Clark County Sheriff’s Office to turn him over for a court appearance there by Nov. 3.

The charges are accusations, and all three men are presumed innocent unless proven guilty. The cases are State v. Jeffers, 10CR-26-155; State v. Nunally, 10CR-26-156; and State v. Williams, 10CR-26-157.