September 26, 2025
MARSHALL, Ark. – On September 24, 2025, Stephen Phillip Treat, 67, was found guilty of nine counts of Rape, among other crimes, and sentenced to nine life sentences, to be served in the Arkansas Department of Corrections.
In July 2023, the Searcy County Sheriff’s Office requested assistance from the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division after a woman reported that Treat had raped her on numerous occasions from 2012 to 2022, starting when she was a minor.
Treat was arrested on July 18, 2023. On September 24, 2025, a Searcy County Circuit Court jury found Treat guilty.