MARIANNA, Ark. — The Marianna Police Department (MPD) has asked the Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) to investigate a homicide that occurred on Sunday, November 9, 2025, at the corner of Alabama and Chestnuts streets. The MPD received multiple 911 calls at about 12:44 a.m., reporting a [read more…]
MARIANNA, Ark. – The Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) Cold Case Unit has identified human remains discovered nearly five decades ago in rural Lee County. On January 13, 1977, unidentified human remains were located in a farm field near U.S. Highway 79, a few miles west of [read more…]
MARIANNA, Ark. — The Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division (CID) arrested two men in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred in Marianna on March 22, 2025. On Thursday, April 17, 2025, Tyrese Mitchell, 21, and Derrick Morris, 27, were charged with First-Degree Murder. Additionally, Morris was charged with [read more…]
MARIANNA, Ark. — On Thursday, October 17, 2024, Special Agents with the Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) arrested Jeremiah Harris, 18, of Marianna, in connection to the death of Danny Jordan, 25, of Marianna. Harris is charged with First-Degree Murder and Committing a Terroristic Act. Harris is [read more…]
MARIANNA, Ark. — On Thursday, August 8, 2024, Ashely Rolland, 30, pleaded guilty to two counts of Permitting Abuse of a Minor in Lee County Circuit Court in connection with the 2022 death of her 5-year-old son in the Moro community, west of Marianna in Lee County. Rolland was sentenced [read more…]
MARIANNA, Ark. — A Marianna couple has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the May death of a 30-year-old Lexa woman. The Arkansas State Police’s (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division arrested Dodge Pinegar, 24, and Shadee Edgin, 30, on June 7, 2024, in the death of Ashley Monroe, 30, [read more…]
MARIANNA, Ark. — During a 9-hour operation, Arkansas State Police (ASP) conducted a saturation initiative in Lee County, resulting in the seizure of illegal items, including five firearms, Methamphetamine, Ecstasy pills, and illegal marijuana. Twenty individuals were physically arrested. The operation began at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 24, 2024, [read more…]
MARIANNA, Ark. — A murder investigation is underway in Lee County, a release from the Arkansas State Police said. On Tuesday, May 21, 2024, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) requested the Arkansas State Police’s (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) investigate a homicide in Lee County. A local farmer reported [read more…]
MARIANNA, Ark. – The Marianna Police Department has reached out to the Arkansas State Police’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) for support in probing a distressing shooting incident involving a 2-year-old child. The incident occurred around 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 3, 2024. It happened near an apartment complex in the [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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