HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. — Helena-West Helena Mayor Christopher Franklin Sr., 44, was arrested today following an investigation by the Arkansas State Police’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU). Franklin faces four charges of Failure to Pay or File a Tax Return, each classified as a Class D felony. The investigation, initiated in [read more…]
THEME: “REVITALIZING RURAL COMMUNITIES: PATHWAYS TO BUSINESS GROWTH AND SUCCESS” FORREST CITY, Ark. – Providing small and emerging businesses in rural communities with the innovative skills, tools, and contacts needed to visualize creative pathways to grow their enterprises and better engage in job creation activities are the goals of an [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK—Raymond Tetzlaff, an inmate incarcerated at the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in Forrest City, Arkansas, will spend an additional 10 years in federal prison after his current sentence is complete following his conviction for an assault causing serious bodily injury in which the victim ultimately died. Jonathan D. [read more…]
FORREST CITY, Ark. — A Forrest City doctor is facing seven felony charges of sex crimes, a press release from Arkansas State Police (ASP) said on Monday. Below is the release: On Monday, August 26, 2024, Special Agents with the ASP Criminal Investigation Division arrested Dr. Sudesh Banaji, 60, of [read more…]
LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism and Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders awarded $4.34 million in Outdoor Recreation Grants to projects within 29 counties across the state. The grants fall into two categories: Facilities for Underdeveloped Neighborhoods (FUN) Park grants and matching grants. “My administration is [read more…]
WHEATLEY, Ark. – A former law enforcement officer has been arrested, according to a press release from Arkansas State Police. Below is the full release: On March 25, 2024, former Chief Marshal Jacob Lynn Gammel, 25, of the Wheatley Police Department, was arrested by agents from the Arkansas State Police [read more…]
by Hunter Field, Arkansas Advocate When Arkansas’ medical marijuana industry began five years ago, it was somewhat of an open secret that some of the Arkansans said to own the first dispensaries and growing facilities were fronts for out-of-state cannabis firms. Explosive new allegations in a pair of lawsuits, if [read more…]
FORREST CITY — At approximately 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 30, 2023, an Arkansas State Police aircraft landed in east Arkansas carrying recaptured inmate Samuel Paul Hartman, 39, Hartman’s wife Misty Hartman, 39, and his mother Linda Annette White, 61. ASP Criminal Investigation Division (CID) investigators interviewed Hartman before returning him [read more…]
A vehicle stolen from a Craighead County woman was recovered after being found wrecked in a ditch in St. Francis County. The theft was reported around 12:20 PM on July 30, at the 1400-block of Lakewood Drive, according to the Jonesboro Police Department (JPD). The female victim, 24, reported to [read more…]
MARIANNA—A coordinated arrest operation took place this morning in Marianna and Forrest City as part of an ongoing federal drug investigation. Dubbed “Operation Candyland,” this investigation by the FBI, Arkansas State Police, the First Judicial Drug Task Force, and the St. Francis County Sheriff’s Office, focused on individual independent distributors [read more…]
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