‘Piddle Crimes Get Jail Time’: Victims question why Ethredge won’t prosecute Whispering Oaks con-man

As Brian Sides pays restitution to avoid prison in other counties, Baxter County victims wonder why their prosecutor won't act on documented fraud exceeding $300,000 While Brian Eddie Sides scrambles to pay restitution in Missouri counties to avoid prison, his largest group of victims in Baxter County continues to wait for Prosecutor David Ethredge to…

ByChris FultonJune 9, 20250Comments

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Despite civil victory, con artist victim frustrated in lack of criminal charges from Baxter County’s Prosecuting Attorney

Victims of a Missouri contractor named Brian “Eddie” Sides are beginning to lose hope that the man who swindled them out of thousands of dollars will ever face justice for his alleged crimes. Despite multiple lawsuits and several criminal charges against him, Sides continues to slide through the cracks of Arkansas’s and Missouri’s legal systems.…

ByChris FultonJune 21, 20240Comments

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