April 30, 2025
JACKSONVILLE, Ark. — On Tuesday, April 29, 2025, Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) Special Agents, in cooperation with the Wapello County Sheriff’s Office (Iowa) and Lewis County Sheriff’s Office (Missouri), executed two residential search warrants in Jacksonville and Sherwood. These warrants were part of a multi-state investigation into a decade-long series of commercial burglaries.
Curtis Lee Barton, 40, of Jacksonville, was identified as the suspect in over 30 commercial burglaries in northern Missouri and southern Iowa. CID agents contacted Barton at his Jacksonville residence and found evidence he used in the commission of the crimes.
Lewis County Sheriff’s Office served Barton with an arrest warrant for five offenses, including Burglary, Theft, and Property Damage.
ASP Troopers transported Barton to the Pulaski County Detention Center, where he was booked on an arrest warrant from Lewis County, Missouri. Barton is also a parolee out of Missouri for commercial burglary.
