Gassville, AR. – An inmate that was in the Baxter County Detention Center is now facing an added charge of a Class Y Felony after trying to hire a fellow inmate to kill his mother.
This event happened on december 19th, with the probable cause affidavit outlining that 36-year-old Daniel Lewis Chentnik approached another prisoner to discuss his plan.
This plan for murder was motivated by a self-described “rocky relationship” between Chentnik and his mother, as well as a trust fund that she controlled. Chentnik offered the other inmate a 2016 vehicle as a down payment, and 10% of the fund as payment for the murder.
As of February 20th, Chentnik is now facing a Class Y Capital Murder charge, the largest felony charge one can receive in Arkansas without facing the death penalty.
