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STATE POLICE ARREST MOUNTAIN HOME MAN ON INTERNET STALKING CHARGE

MARCH 4, 2021 The Arkansas State Police is continuing its investigation of a Mountain Home man following his arrest earlier today.  Special Agents of the state police Criminal Investigation Division arrested Michael Adam Johnson, 35, after he is alleged to have set-up a meeting with a 14 year-old Missouri boy to engage in sexual activity.

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ATTEMPTED CAPITAL MURDER WARRANT SOUGHT FOLLOWING STATE POLICE PURSUIT

MARCH 4, 2021 A Faulkner County man was arrested last night (Wednesday, March 3rd) after fleeing from Arkansas State Police early Wednesday morning.  Joey James Staley is expected to be formally charged later today. A state police Highway Patrol Division trooper attempted to make a traffic stop about 7:30 AM yesterday south of Conway near

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FRANKLIN COUNTY BURGLARY CALL ENDS IN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING

MARCH 1, 2021 A 46 year-old Franklin County man wielding a baseball bat was shot and killed this morning after reportedly charging toward a Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy.  The incident occurred shortly after 1 AM at 3522 Adams Road, west of Ozark. The deputy had been dispatched to investigate a burglary in progress at the

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ASP INVESTIGATING LONOKE POLICE OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING; MULTIPLE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES PROBING OUT OF STATE CHILD ABDUCTION CASE

FEBRUARY 21, 2021 The Federal Bureau of Investigation, joined by multiple state and local law enforcement agencies, continue to piece together today a series of incidents that ended last night when a Lonoke police officer was shot and wounded.   The Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division is leading the investigation as it relates to

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STATE POLICE INVESTIGATION LEADS TO MURDER CHARGES & ARRESTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2020 Three Carroll County men have been arrested by Arkansas State Police Special Agents and charged with murder based on an exhaustive three-year investigation conducted by the department’s Criminal Investigation Division. Christopher Alvard, 37, and his dog were stabbed to death February 8, 2018 in Alvard’s home west of Eureka Springs. Two of

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EAST ARKANSAS DRIVE-BY SHOOTING LEAVES ONE DEAD, ANOTHER INJURED

FEBRUARY 7, 2021 The Arkansas State Police is investigating a drive-by shooting that left one person dead and another critically wounded.  The incident occurred about 4:20 PM Saturday afternoon (February 6th) in Phillips County along U.S. Highway 49.  Jimmy Ross, 33, of Lexa, the driver of a northbound vehicle, and his passenger, Ashanti Jones, 29,

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MAUMELLE RESIDENT DIES IN PULASKI COUNTY HIGHWAY SHOOTING INCIDENT

FEBRUARY 2, 2021 The Arkansas State Police is investigating an overnight (Monday, February 1st) homicide that occurred shortly before midnight along Arkansas Highway 367 (Arch Street Pike) south of Little Rock. Jermaine Kelly, 26, of Maumelle was the victim of a shooting incident that began south of 65th Street.  Kelly was a passenger in a

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STATE POLICE AGENTS ARREST VILONIA MAN IN COMPUTER CHILD EXPLOIT CASE

JANUARY 28, 2021 Myles A. Tipton, 20, of Vilonia was arrested yesterday (Wednesday, January 27, 2021) by Special Agents of the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division.  Tipton is charged with downloading child exploitive material. The state police investigation began after Tipton allegedly downloaded numerous computer files containing exploitive child images during May, 2020. Tipton

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INDEPENDENCE COUNTY DEPUTIES REQUEST ASP/CID ASSISTANCE IN HOMICIDE CASE

JANUARY 26, 2021 Special Agents of the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division have responded to a call from Independence County Sheriff’s Deputies requesting assistance in a murder investigation that local authorities initiated yesterday (Monday, January 25th). The body of Adam Lowery, 30, was discovered inside a residence at 1320 Rounds Road, east of Batesville. 

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