SEARCY, Ark. – The White County Sheriff’s Office is alerting the public about a scam targeting families of recently released or bonded inmates. According to officials, several individuals have received fraudulent phone calls from scammers posing as detention center employees. The scammers falsely claim that an inmate’s release was a [read more…]
WHITE COUNTY, Ark. — Remains of a man found in White County 36 years ago have been identified as 30-year-old Karl Brian Hooten of Vilonia. The remains had been unidentified since they were discovered on April 20, 1989, off Swinging Bridge Road in Antioch. An autopsy performed at the Arkansas [read more…]
Griffin: ‘Brett is someone whose wise counsel I have respected and trusted for a long time’ LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing the appointment of appellate attorney Brett Watson of Searcy to the Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission: “Brett Watson has a stellar [read more…]
SEARCY, Ark. — A Searcy teenager is in stable condition after being shot in the neck while driving late Saturday night. Police have arrested one man in connection with the shooting. Just after 11:30 p.m. on May 10, Searcy police responded to what was initially believed to be a single-vehicle [read more…]
SEARCY, Ark. — A fentanyl overdose at the Super Bowl Bowling Alley in Searcy led to the arrest of two individuals following an investigation by the Searcy Police Department and the Central Arkansas Drug Task Force (CADTF), a press release posted to Facebook on Monday said. On April 17, 2025, [read more…]
BALD KNOB, Ark. — On Wednesday, February 26, 2025, Arkansas State Police (ASP) Troopers conducted a traffic stop on U.S. 67 that led to the arrest of Landen Valiant, 21, of Mora, Minnesota, on felony charges of Fourth-Degree Sexual Assault. The traffic stop occurred around 1:30 p.m. when Troopers pulled [read more…]
Convicted of Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud, or Coercion and Possession With Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine LITTLE ROCK—A Searcy man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison today. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the sentence, which was handed down by [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…]
LITTLE ROCK—A Searcy man has been convicted of sex trafficking of a child at the conclusion of a two-day trial. On Wednesday, a federal jury found Muhammad Arif, 56, guilty on the sole count in the indictment: sex trafficking of children. Arif was indicted by a federal grand jury on [read more…]
SEARCY, Ark. – A wanted suspect in White County was taken into custody this week, but not without incident. The Searcy Police Department’s Special Response Team (SRT) was activated on March 27 at approximately 2:00 pm to execute a search warrant at the residence of James Lashlee, 46, located in [read more…]
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