By:Ainsley Platt, Arkansas Advocate Arkansas lawmakers proposed a transfer of up to $300 million into an economic development incentive fund Thursday for a manufacturing “super project” employing thousands of workers that officials hope to attract to West Memphis. The proposal to tap state surplus funds to offer economic incentives and [read more…]
MARION, Ark. — Arkansas State Police used a Taser after a Marion suspect led a trooper on a chase through a residential neighborhood, ran multiple stop signs and then fled on foot, according to an incident report. Trooper Wright reported the pursuit began around 5:35 a.m. March 23 after he [read more…]
Marion, Arkansas. Prosecuting Attorney Sonia Hagood announced that a Crittenden County jury found Shane White guilty of Aggravated Residential Burglary, Terroristic Act, Domestic Battery, Aggravated Assault with a Firearm, and committing offenses in the presence of a child. The case was prosecuted by Deputy Prosecuting Attorneys Michael Snell, Adam Holman, [read more…]
WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. — Arkansas State Police released video from a Feb. 18 traffic stop that escalated into a pursuit reaching speeds of about 90 mph before a trooper performed a Tactical Vehicle Intervention (TVI) to stop the vehicle. According to an Arkansas State Police report, a trooper was patrolling [read more…]
Marion, Arkansas — Prosecuting Attorney Sonia Hagood announced that, following a two-day jury trial in Crittenden County, Roy Allen Myers was convicted of one count of rape of a minor child, one count of sexual solicitation of a child, and one count of sexual indecency with a child. The jury [read more…]
Griffin: ‘Those who attempt to cheat Medicaid for personal gain will be prosecuted and held accountable’ LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing the conviction of Kimberly Rios, 40, of West Memphis, on one count of Medicaid fraud, a Class B felony: “Kimberly Rios was found [read more…]
CRITTENDEN COUNTY, Ark. — A Tennessee man remains jailed more than a month after a multi-agency pursuit ended when Arkansas State Police performed a Tactical Vehicle Intervention on a pickup truck exiting Interstate 55. According to an Arkansas State Police incident report, Trooper Thomas was notified at approximately 8:55 p.m. [read more…]
WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. — A traffic stop on Interstate 55 escalated into a pursuit Jan. 18 before an Arkansas State Police trooper used a tactical maneuver to bring the vehicle to a stop, according to an incident report. Trooper Dillion Cook reported he observed a blue Toyota Sienna traveling southbound [read more…]
JONESBORO – As a way to honor and celebrate the “man in black” ahead of what would have been his 94th birthday, Johnny Cash Boyhood Home: Historic Dyess Colony will host a Roots and Rhythm Bus Tour on Saturday, Feb. 28. Will Reaves, director of the Boyhood Home and Southern [read more…]
WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. — A high-speed pursuit that reached 120 mph on Interstate 40 ended with the arrest of a driver after multiple Tactical Vehicle Intervention attempts and a dangerous wrong-way drive, according to an Arkansas State Police report. According to the report, Trooper First Class Gunner Fultz was stationary [read more…]
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