May 6, 2025
BENTON, Ark. — On Friday, May 2, 2025, Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation (CID) Special Agents arrested Brian Keith Cooper Jr., 28, of Benton, for 22 felony counts of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), Rape, two counts of Second-Degree Sexual Assault, and one count of Sexual Grooming of a Child.
An investigation began in December 2024 after multiple cyber tips linked CSAM activity to Cooper’s cell phone and devices associated with the Turtle Creek Fire Department, where Cooper was employed.
On Wednesday, April 29, 2025, law enforcement agents with ASP, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Saline County Sheriff’s Office served search warrants at a home on Timberlake Drive in Benton and the Turtle Creek Fire Department.
Cooper, a former Haskell Police Department officer, was decertified in May 2022 by the Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training. He is being held at the Saline County Detention Center on a $300,000 bond. The investigation is ongoing.