JONESBORO, Ark. — A shocking video that resulted in the immediate termination of a Jonesboro police officer last week will be investigated by the Arkansas State Police (ASP). Prosecuting Attorney Sonia F. Hagood told NEA Report on Friday that she had requested ASP open an investigation into the violent video [read more…]
PARAGOULD, Ark. — Authorities released a probable cause affidavit on Friday detailing a felony arrest following a domestic violence incident this week in Paragould. On August 14, officers were dispatched to a residence in Paragould in reference to a physical domestic altercation, the PC affidavit states. Police arrived and spoke [read more…]
HOXIE, Ark. — Police responded to a frightening scenario where an infant was not breathing this week, in Hoxie. On Wednesday, August 14, the Hoxie Police Department was dispatched to the Church of God in response to a one-year-old child unresponsive and not breathing, according to a release from the [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — A Memphis man with an extensive criminal history was sentenced to life in prison today for an aggravated robbery committed earlier this year in Jonesboro. Pierre Darnell Wright, 34, of Memphis, was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday, August 15, 2024, according to the prosecutor’s office. [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK — A Searcy man has been convicted of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine at the conclusion of a two-day trial. On Tuesday, a federal jury found Thomas Ray Kelso, 74, guilty on all four counts for which he was [read more…]
PARAGOULD, Ark. — A Missouri woman is accused of twice striking a nurse this week in Paragould, and now she faces a felony charge. On August 14, 2024, officers were dispatched to Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould in reference to an unruly patient, according to the probable cause affidavit. [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — A man is facing a first-degree forgery charge along with the possibility of charges in federal court for an alleged crime involving a US Treasury Department check. Richestra L. Gibbs, 38, of Jonesboro, went before Judge Tommy Fowler on Wednesday for his probable cause hearing. A $25,000 [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — A man who was accused of raping a child on multiple occasions has been found guilty and sentenced to 140 years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections. Jonathan Micheal Hitchcock, 33, was found guilty on Tuesday, August 13 on four counts of rape and one count of [read more…]
MARIANNA, Ark. — On Thursday, August 8, 2024, Ashely Rolland, 30, pleaded guilty to two counts of Permitting Abuse of a Minor in Lee County Circuit Court in connection with the 2022 death of her 5-year-old son in the Moro community, west of Marianna in Lee County. Rolland was sentenced [read more…]
PARAGOULD, Ark. — A Greene County sex offender is facing a felony charge for failure to comply with registration and reporting requirements. Richard Johnson, 47, of Paragould, is a level two sex offender and required by Arkansas law to follow sex offender reporting requirements, but a probable cause affidavit filed [read more…]
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