PARAGOULD, Ark. — Convicted sex offender Jonathan Enoch Bricker was found to have violated the terms of his suspended sentence and sentenced to ten years in prison with credit for time served today in Greene County.
On Friday, January 9, 2026, a hearing was held in front of the Honorable Melissa Richardson for a petition to revoke the suspended sentence of Bricker, who was arrested in August in Puerto Rico after failing to appear for an earlier court hearing. The lead prosecuting attorney for the state was Bradley McBride, with Adam Butler also assisting. Bricker was represented by Bill Stanley and Jennings Stanley.
Ultimately, the court found that he violated the terms and conditions of his suspended sentence. Judge Richardson gave him the maximum sentence she could impose, ten years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections.
Bricker did not testify, but did ask to give a statement. He stood up and, through tears, asked for another chance and said he was remorseful. Bricker apologized to the court, the prosecutors, and others. After hearing Mr. Bricker’s plea for another chance, the judge said the court “was not remotely persuaded that he was remorseful or that another chance was warranted.”
The court found that he violated the terms of his suspended sentence by committing the offenses of harassing communications and failure to appear in court.
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Adam Butler told NEA Report he was satisfied with the outcome of the case.
“I think justice was served with this sentence,” Butler said. “Mr. Bricker was previously convicted of a very serious offense and, subsequent to serving prison time for that, had a suspended imposition of sentence. And while he was under that suspended sentence, continued to break the law and thumb his nose at the judicial system. I think this result for that reason is a just one.”
Bricker was originally found with approximately 100 images of child sexual abuse material with children as young as three that police could connect to him, according to prosecutors.
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