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New Third Judicial District Drug Task Force takes nearly $1 million drugs off the streets

Press Release from Devon Holder, Prosecuting Attorney for the Third Judicial District, Sharp, Lawrence, Randolph and Jackson Counties. The Third Judicial District Drug Task Force has now been up and running for approximately three months. In the first quarter alone, officers within the Thrd Judicial District seized approximately $968,000.00 in street value worth of illicit drugs throughout the district with over 40 arrests and more cases are still pending. This could not…

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BREAKING THE ICE…

32 year-old Fulton County cold case solved, brings closure to family By Tammy Curtis, Publisher Editors Note: This article is from newspaper articles about the crime from 1991, that included interviews with Sabrina's mother, as well as court documents related to the arrest and the former arrest of the alleged killer that put him behind bars for life without parole in 2019 in another murder. The family of Sabrina Underwood has waited…

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Hardy woman arrested/charged with felony for kicking child in stomach, leg and head in Salem

From Court Affadavit of Probable Cause A Hardy woman was arrested in Salem on Oct. 5, after Salem Police Chief Shad Overman recieved a call from the Department of Human Services Supervisor advising him of a confirmed child abuse case in the city. London Bynum, 32, was arrested after Overman met with the victim and determined probable cause existed to arrest the woman. The eight year old female victim met with Chief…

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Search warrants yield 20 pounds of marijuana and other narcotics and firearms in Sharp County

PRESS RELEASE FROM SHARP COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT On Sept. 15, 2023, Members of the Sharp County Sheriff's Office, Third and 16th Judicial Drug Task Force,Highland Police Department, Cherokee Village Police Department and the Cave City Police Department executed search warrants at three different residences in Sharp County. The search warrants followed several investigations over the course of several months.  Upon searching these residences, approximately 20 pounds of marijuana, 7.6 grams of Morphine…

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Assault, kidnapping, police pursuit and standoff end with no major injuries at Ozark Acres

FROM PRESS RELEASE AND INTERVIEW Sharp County Sheriff's Department's Captain of Operations, Josh Williams, issued a press release earlier this afternoon following a assault, kidnapping, pursuit into sharp County from Fulton County that occured around 10 a.m. Aug. 19. THE FOLLOWING IS A VIDEO OF HARDY OFFICER DAN GALLAGHER'S TRAFFIC STOP AND SHARP COUNTY SGT. BRYCE TRIVITT RETRIEVING THE CHILD SAFELY. A Woodland, Ark. man found himself behind bars after assaulting a…

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