May 19, 2025
CONWAY, Ark. — On April 30, 2025, the Craighead County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) reported three significant property thefts in northern Craighead County. The stolen items included a 16-foot utility trailer, a side-by-side utility vehicle (UTV), and two zero-turn mowers, with a combined value exceeding $30,000.
Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) Special Agents joined the investigation, and by May 2, 2025, agents had identified Travis Jones, 44, of Conway, as a suspect. Jones was seen driving a black 2008 Chevrolet 2500 HD pickup truck registered to him, which was linked to the utility trailer theft and subsequently used in the other thefts.
On May 9, 2025, law enforcement located both the suspect’s vehicle and the UTV matching the description of the stolen property at Jones’ residence in the 4000 block of Prince Street in Conway. On May 12, 2025, ASP Special Agents and Conway Police Department (CPD) detectives executed a search warrant, recovering the stolen UTV and a pickup truck used in the thefts and a dump trailer reported stolen in Conway.
Jones was arrested and booked into the Faulkner County Sheriff’s Office and charged with felony Theft of Property, Theft by Receiving, and Commercial Burglary.
ASP, CCSO, CPD and the Faulkner County Sheriff’s Office, are continuing to investigate.