LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas State Police dash camera video shows a pursuit exceeding 100 mph through Little Rock before a trooper used a tactical maneuver that caused the fleeing vehicle to overturn and eject its driver. The pursuit began at about 9:11 p.m. July 31 after Trooper James Booth [read more…]
MONTICELLO, Ark. — Dash camera video obtained by NEA Report shows an on-duty Arkansas State Police corporal swerving across U.S. Highway 278, nearly colliding head-on with another motorist and eventually driving his agency vehicle into a ditch. Cpl. John M. Parker, 45, of Camden was arrested Aug. 21 on charges [read more…]
LEACHVILLE, Ark. — A Texas tractor-trailer driver faces several charges after Arkansas State Police said he fled a traffic stop, accelerated to about 80 mph and drove into oncoming traffic, forcing a pickup truck onto the shoulder. Michael P. Sherman, 46, of Clint, Texas, was arrested following the Aug. 4 [read more…]
CRITTENDEN COUNTY, Ark. — A Memphis man faces eight charges after Arkansas State Police said he fled from a traffic stop at triple-digit speeds before a trooper used a tactical maneuver to end the pursuit. The pursuit began shortly after 8 p.m. Aug. 8 on Interstate 55 in Crittenden County, [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — An 18-year-old Osceola resident whose roadside arrest was first reported by NEA Report plans to file a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Arkansas State Police trooper who took her to the ground and struck her in the face. The complaint, obtained exclusively by NEA Report, lists [read more…]
JACKSON COUNTY, Ark. — A traffic stop near Interstate 57 turned into an approximately 10-minute pursuit that exceeded 90 mph before a pickup hit a culvert, went airborne and crashed into a parked tractor-trailer in rural Jackson County, according to police and court records. Trooper Grayson Russell reported he was [read more…]
TRUMANN, Ark. — Newly released Arkansas State Police dashcam video shows a 130 mph pursuit on Interstate 555 ending in a tactical vehicle intervention and a crash that sent an uninvolved SUV rolling off the highway, seriously injuring two people. Police identified the driver as Laloyd L. Hamilton III, 32, [read more…]
MANILA, Ark. — An Arkansas State Police trooper took an 18-year-old Osceola woman to the ground and struck her once in the face during an arrest following a traffic stop near Manila, according to an ASP use-of-force report. The Aug. 1 encounter involved Trooper Moisses Arellano and Alisa N. Hackett. [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — Fidell E. Mitchell faces two felony charges after police said a probation search uncovered suspected methamphetamine before he ran from officers. At about 4:46 a.m. Wednesday, Officers Johnson and Martin contacted Mitchell as he walked near Melrose and Belt streets, according to a probable cause affidavit. Officers [read more…]
JONESBORO, Ark. — A suspect wanted in Tennessee on a murder warrant was arrested by Arkansas State Police on July 31 after a pursuit on Interstate 555 ended with a tactical maneuver, rollover and vehicle fire, according to court records. Lemarkius Authurio Ross faces eight charges in Craighead County, including [read more…]
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