Craighead County

Jewell guilty of murder; sentenced to 32 years

Jonesboro, Arkansas. Martin Lilly and Gina M. Nelson-deputy prosecuting attorneys-prosecuted 60-year-old David Dale Jewell, Sr. for his wife’s 2020 fatal shooting.  After a three-day trial, a Craighead County jury late Thursday evening found Jewell guilty of first-degree murder. And Circuit Judge Cindy Thyer followed the jury’s recommendation and sentenced [read more…]

Craighead County

Mann gets 30 years for child pornography

Harrisburg, Ark. – Jessica Thomason, deputy prosecuting attorney, prosecuted 65-year-old Gary D. Mann of Harrisburg, who pleaded guilty to fivecounts of possessing or viewing sexually explicit conduct involving a child and was given a 30-year sentence. The conviction resulted from a 2021 investigation,which began when an Internet Crimes AgainstChildren investigator [read more…]