From Police Affidavit An investigation into the alleged rape of a 15 year old female victim was turned over to the Arkansas State Police Crimes Against Children Division (CACD). On May 12 a call from CACD was made to Sharp County Detective Cody Bailey regarding the incident. On May 26, Doug Gill, 67, underwent a polygraph examination and admitted to having sexual intercourse and oral sex with the female. Gill was arrested on…
FROM POLICE DOCUMENTS Kamala Crone A Thayer woman who hit and killed a Salem man in an automobile accident on June 17 in Salem was arraigned in Fulton County Circuit Court on June 20. Salem Police Chief Shad Overman came up on a head on collision in Salem on Hwy. 9 near Preacher Roe Park around 4:15 p.m. Upon approaching the vehicle, a female, later identified as Kamala Crone was in the…
By Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor, from police interviews The stolen 2019 Toyota taken by Josh Hoover on June 19 after holding a female victim at gunpoint at Riverbend Park and forcing her to perform sexual acts was wrecked after a pursuit. Joshua Hoover was arrested just after noon June 20 in Riverside Park. He is also wanted in a car jacking/hostage situation that occurred a few days earlier in Jonesboro. FROM COURT…
By Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor Richard Lewis, 61, a former Sharp County man who confessed to killing three people, including two Sharp County residents in Tallequah, Okla. on Jan. 16, pled not guilty at his arraignment March 7 in Cherokee County, Okla. Several members of the murder victim’s families were present for the proceedings. Lewis, of Stillwell, Okla., was arrested on Jan. 28 and later that evening, confessed to killing Quinley Lamb,…
By Tammy Curtis, Publisher An Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC) inmate who is being housed at the Sharp County Detention Center filed a lawsuit Feb. 2 against Jail Administrator Stephen Davis. Chase Richard, 31, filed the suit, alleging he was not given access to proper medical care due to stomach pain” and was given a cheese sandwich instead of a peanut butter sandwich due to a food allergy. Richard filed the case…
