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Conflicting stories, cell phone records and evidence of a murder for hire scheme were the motives investigators discovered that led to two arrests in the case of former Fulton County Sheriff’s Department employee Kristy Taylor. After an extensive six months of investigation, Taylor’s husband, from whom she had just separated…
FROM POLICE STATEMENT Officials with the Mammoth Spring School received in-formation on Jan. 18 that a student threatened violence against staff and other students at the school. Officials with the school notified the Arkansas State Police and the Mammoth Spring Police Department. According to Fulton County Sheriff Jake Smith, the…
FROM COURT DOCUMENTS A Fulton County man is facing 100 felonies related to possession and manufacturing of child pornography. A bench warrant was issued by Sixteenth Judicial District Judge Tim Weaver for Gary Wayne Doke, Jr., 56,on Jan. 11 in the case. Fulton County Sheriff Jake Smith explained a tip…
FROM COURT AND POLICE RECORDS After first being arrested on Sept, 2 on a bench warrant for five Class B Felony Sexual Assault charges, 21-year old Tyler David Deaton was officially charged with five more sexual related felonies on Dec. 27. Those include two counts of rape, Class Y felonies;…
FROM COURT AND POLICE RECORDS A Batesville man racked up five felony charges in Sharp County after breaking into a home and hitting the home-owner with a gun on Dec. 30. Sharp County Deputy Bob-by Glenn responded to a call at 650 Strawberry River Road, near Poughkeepsie to a home…