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OPERATION VOICE COMBATS HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN FORT SMITH, OFFERS HOPE TO VICTIMS

February 12, 2025 FORT SMITH, Ark. — Twelve adults believed to be victims of human trafficking were offered services, and another 32 local victims were identified as part of Operation VOICE (Victims’ Opportunity for Independence, Care, and Empowerment), which took place in Fort Smith during the month of January. One suspected trafficker was identified. Arkansas State

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PROTECT YOUR KIDS ONLINE: ASP ISSUES WARNING ON SAFER INTERNET DAY

February 11, 2025 In 2024, Arkansas State Police’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigated 169 instances of sextortion. That number has soared in recent years, and is up from only 16 cases investigated in 2020.  Because today is Safer Internet Day 2025, ASP is taking the opportunity to emphasize the importance of online

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ASP INTERCEPTS COCAINE SHIPMENT ON I-40, ARRESTS UTAH MAN

February 7, 2025 LEHI, Ark. — On Wednesday, February 5, 2025, around 5:30 p.m., Arkansas State Police (ASP) stopped a 2025 Audi SUV on Interstate 40 eastbound near the 273-mile marker in Crittenden County for a traffic violation. Troopers searched the SUV and discovered five 1-kilo bundles of cocaine concealed in the vehicle. The driver,

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ASP CID INVESTIGATING DEATH OF JUVENILE IN DUMAS

February 5, 2025 DUMAS, Ark. —  The Dumas Police Department (DPD) has asked the Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) to investigate a homicide that occurred in their city late Tuesday, February 4, 2025. At approximately 10:15 p.m., a body was discovered behind the Pendleton Apartments near Short Street Park in Dumas.  When DPD officers arrived

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FORMER PIKE COUNTY DEPUTY ARRESTED FOR PAWNING DEPARTMENT FIREARMS

February 4, 2025 MURFREESBORO, Ark. — Special Agents from the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) of the Arkansas State Police (ASP) arrested former Pike County Sheriff’s (PCSO) Deputy Brandon Vines, 40, of Glenwood, on Monday, February 3, 2025, for pawning two department-issued firearms. Vines failed to return a Mossberg 590 shotgun, and a Colt M-16 rifle

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ASP TROOPERS SEIZE OVER A TON OF ILLEGAL MARIJUANA ON I-40 IN CRAWFORD COUNTY

February 4, 2025 VAN BUREN, Ark. —  On Monday, February 3, 2025, around 12:45 p.m., Arkansas State Police (ASP) confiscated 2,872 pounds of illegal marijuana during a traffic stop on Interstate 40. ASP Troopers pulled over a tractor-trailer at the 2-mile marker eastbound in Crawford County for a traffic violation. Upon searching the trailer, Troopers

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ARREST MADE IN JANUARY DEATH AT WEST ARKANSAS REST AREA

February 2, 2025 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.  — An Arkansas State Police (ASP) investigation resulted in the arrest of an Atlanta man in Michigan in connection with the January death of a man found deceased at the Interstate 40 rest area near Ozark, Ark. Darius Simmons, 30, was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals in Grand Rapids, Michigan,

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ASP CID INVESTIGATES FATAL SHOOTING IN MURFREESBORO

February 1, 2025 MURFREESBORO, Ark. — On Friday, January 31, 2025, the Pike County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) requested the Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) to investigate a fatal shooting that occurred outside a home on Highway 27 North in Murfreesboro. PCSO responded to a call from a woman who said her husband and

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PROSECUTING ATTORNEY CLEARS HUGHES POLICE OFFICER IN FATALITY SHOOTING

February 1, 2025 FORREST CITY, Ark. — The First Judicial Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has determined Hughes Police Department (HPD) Officer Mabry Green was justified in the use of deadly force in connection to the Christmas Eve 2024 fatal shooting of a Cross County woman. On Tuesday, December 24, 2024, at approximately 7 p.m., Saint Francis County

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ADEM ENCOURAGES PREPAREDNESS DURING EARTHQUAKE AWARENESS MONTH

February 1, 2025 NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Earthquake Awareness Month presents an excellent opportunity to emphasize the importance of preparedness. It is also a timely reminder that a significant portion of Arkansas is located within the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ). Nearly 200 earthquakes happen every year in the central United States, although most go unnoticed.

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