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ASP INVESTIGATING DEATH OF NORTHEAST ARKANSAS WOMAN AFTER MISSOURI OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING

December 11, 2024 FESTUS, Mo. — The Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) is investigating the death of Clara Braxton, 45, of Independence County, Arkansas. Ms. Braxton’s body was discovered after a December 8, 2024, officer-involved shooting in Festus, Missouri. At approximately 11 a.m. that day, the Festus Police Department responded to reports

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JOINT LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORT IN EAST ARKANSAS FOILS ILLEGAL LUXURY CAR OPERATION

December 11, 2024 BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. — On Monday, December 9, 2024, Special Agents from the Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID), the ASP Highway Patrol Division, the Second Judicial Drug Task Force (DTF), and investigators from the Blytheville Police Department recovered two exotic vehicles during a traffic stop in Mississippi County. DTF agents

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MISSING HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE MAN FOUND DECEASED

December 11, 2024 HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE, Ark. — Jonathan Fisher, 54, of Hot Springs Village, was found deceased on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, at approximately 5:30 p.m. following a single-vehicle crash in Saline County. Fisher was discovered inside his 2008 Ford truck, which was submerged in Lake Balboa. Hot Springs Village Police had been searching

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ASP CID INVESTIGATING DEATH AT CUMMINS UNIT

December 11, 2024 GOULD, Ark. — On Wednesday, December 11, 2024, around 12:30 a.m., Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) was contacted by the Department of Corrections to investigate the death of an inmate in the Cummins Unit.  CID Special Agents found Quincy Moore, 51, deceased in his cell. The death is being

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‘TIS THE SEASON TO DRIVE SOBER: DRIVE SOBER OR GET PULLED OVER

December 11, 2024 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — During this busy winter holiday season, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Arkansas law enforcement are teaming up to remind drivers: Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over. This high-visibility impaired driving awareness and enforcement campaign runs December 11, 2024, through January 1, 2025.

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FORMER CHIEF MARSHAL PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT CHARGES

December 9, 2024 WHEATLEY, Ark. —  On Monday, December 2, 2024, former Chief Marshal Jacob Lynn Gammel, 26, of the Wheatley Police Department pleaded guilty to misdemeanor Theft of Property in the St. Francis County Circuit Court.  Special Agents from the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division arrested Gammel on March 25, 2024, at his

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ASP ARRESTS SUSPECTS IN 2022 I-630 SHOOTING

December 6, 2024 Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) has arrested two individuals in connection with the shooting of a Little Rock man on Interstate 630 in January 2022. On Tuesday, December 3, 2024, ASP Special Agents, along with the ASP SWAT team, apprehended Chidra Micyah Thomas, 25, of Sherrill, at an apartment

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ASP ARRESTS LITTLE ROCK MAN IN MORNING ROAD RAGE INCIDENT

December 5, 2024 NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — On Wednesday, December 4, 2024, Arkansas State Police arrested Ernest Oneal, 38, of Little Rock, in connection to a road rage incident that occurred on Interstate 40 near Prothro Junction in North Little Rock around 10 a.m. The victim described the semi truck driven by the suspect.

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