January 22, 2025
Special Agents with the Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) arrested former Jonesboro Police Officer Joseph Tucker Harris, 29, of Brookland, on Tuesday, January 21, 2025. He faces felony charges of Aggravated Assault, Filing a False Report, and misdemeanor Third-Degree Battery.
Harris turned himself into the Craighead County Detention Center around 9 a.m. He posted $15,000 bond the same afternoon.
On August 15, 2024, 2nd Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Sonia Hagood requested an investigation by ASP into an incident that occurred on August 8, 2024. The incident involved Harris and the use of force against a detainee.