WP man faces eight felony charges after string of thefts, armed confrontation

An 18-year-old West Plains man who has accumulated multiple felony charges since May now faces eight new felony charges after he and a minor allegedly brandished handguns at the Grizzly Lofts student housing complex and stole firearms and other property from parked vehicles in late October. Maksim A. Protzman was arrested Nov. 3 by the West Plains Police Department and charged with felony armed criminal action, first-degree burglary and two counts each of second-degree burglary, stealing a firearm and stealing property valued at $750 or more. According to court records, Protzman is held on $150,000 bond and has a preliminary hearing scheduled for Tuesday before Associate 37th Circuit Judge R. David Ray. He is represented by Assistant Public Defender Rickey Farrow, and the case is being prosecuted by Howell County Prosecuting Attorney Mike Hutchings and Assistant Prosecutor Jodi Brunson.

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