JONESBORO, Ark. – A man is facing a litany of misdemeanor and felony charges for not listening to police commands and instead, attempting to get away. Officers responded to 405 Garden Manor apartments at about 1:20 a.m. Thursday morning. Officer Trey Chism was the first on the scene, the incident [read more…]
PARAGOULD, Ark. – Officers responding to a 911 call Wednesday in Greene County were greeted by chaos, blood and meth. Deputies arrived at Greene County 223 in response to a 911 call Wednesday, according to the incident report. Officers arrived to find a woman with “blood smeared on her chest, [read more…]
WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. – Two police agencies are at odds over who should take responsibility for inmates’ medical care and the tension is palpable. The disagreement at hand is between Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department and Walnut Ridge Police Department. The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Tony Waldrupe told NEA [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – Police in Jonesboro responded to a shots fired call on the morning of July 4. It happened at the 3100-block of Parkwood Street. Jonesboro Officer Jacob Daffron responded and spoke with a resident who said his home had been shot. When the officer investigated, he found two [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – For the second day in a row, a line of freight trailers were reported broken into in Jonesboro. This time, the incident was reported at Southeast Freight, 3218 Industrial Drive in Jonesboro. According to the incident report, the manager said between July 2 and July 4, someone [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – A near mob-like scene unfolded at the Diamond Grill on Saturday. At about 1:30 a.m. Saturday morning, Sergeant Trey Dupuy with Jonesboro Police Department was working off-duty security at the Diamond Grill, 305 North Airport Road in Jonesboro, when he saw up to 30 people run out of [read more…]
HARRISBURG, Ark. – A popular venue for dirt-track racing in Northeast Arkansas is waving the red flag. NEA Speedway announced Tuesday it is shutting down effective immediately. A statement from the race track’s Facebook page, signed by Fred Edwards Jr., blamed it on difficult financial conditions. “It’s been a tough [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – A rash of break-ins occurred at a trucking company over the weekend. Jonesboro police were notified Monday morning, July 4th, around 10 a.m at Saia Motor Freight, 8210 Jake Drive in Jonesboro. The manager informed them between Saturday, July 2, and that morning, someone broke into at [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. – A vandal showed his interest in politics in the wrong way Monday night. Jonesboro police were dispatched to the 1000-block of Freeman Street just before 7 a.m. Tuesday in response to a vehicle vandalism. When the officer arrived, he spoke with a black man who said during the night, [read more…]
WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. – Two young men are suspected to have gone on a joyride Saturday night in Walnut Ridge which ended with two houses and more filled with bullet holes. The initial call came into Lawrence County Dispatch around 9 p.m. Saturday night, Walnut Ridge Police Chief Chris Kirksey [read more…]
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