September 17, 2025
GREENBRIER, Ark. — On Friday, September 12, 2025, Arkansas State Police (ASP), Homeland Security Investigations, and the Greenbrier Police Department, arrested Bobby Joe Lawson, 40, of Greenbrier on warrants issued by Asheville, North Carolina, for Statutory Sex Offense with a Child Under 15 and Indecent Liberties with a Child.
North Carolina investigators notified Arkansas authorities regarding their ongoing investigation and requested assistance in apprehending Lawson and seizing his electronic devices as evidence.
Lawson was transported to the Faulkner County Detention Center awaiting extradition to North Carolina.