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Air pods lead to arrest of Hardy woman in theft ring

PRESS RELEASE FROM IZARD COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT A woman who decided to go on a breaking and entering spree faces a total of 15 charges in Izard County with 12 of them felonies. On August 10 calls started coming into the Izard County Sheriff’s Office reporting numerous vehicles being broken into at Calico Rock and one in Franklin. At approximately 7 a.m. Joseph Gardner reported his Ruger SR 22 was missing from…

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Couple who left pets to die in hot home sentenced

Photo/Sharp County Deputy Marc BoydThe interior of the Williford home of Tracy Allen Toller where six dogs were found dead in varying stages of decomposition on Aug. 22, 2021. Three starving dogs and a kitten were also recovered alive in the home and ten additional dogs were taken to a local rescue. By: Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor Tracy Allen Toller, 50,and Heidi Holland, 45, of Williford, pled guilty on Aug. 1 in…

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Prosecutor wastes no time charging man with 14 counts of rape and other sex felonies

16th Judicial Deputy Prosecutor Dwayne Plumlee wasted no time last week in charging a Fulton County man with 14 counts of rape and four other sexually related felonies on Aug. 4.This was only a day after interviewing the victim, obtaining the confession of the accused by investigators and police executing a search warrant. According to court documents, Cody Rivers Redding, 26, was arrested on Aug. 4 after a six-year-old female child relayed…

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It will never be enough – Davidlee Stansbury

Photo/Tammy CurtisFriends Courtnie Poe, far left, and Hunter Laire, far right, stood in support of justice alongside, David and Alicia Brewer, the parents of murder victim, Davidlee Stansbury last May. This was the first of many court appearances for two of the three accused of murdering their son or acting in the crime. Travis Barker was arrested at a later date and pled guilty to First Degree Murder on July 25. He…

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Fulton County man arrested for sexual assault of child

Jansen Brock Smith A Fulton County man has been charged with two counts of second degree sexual assault in relation to sexual acts with a six year old child. Jansen Brock Smith, 33, of Salem was arrested on July 18 on a probable cause in the case. His arrest came after investigators with the Arkansas State Police Crimes Against Children and the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department Investigator William Fawcett conducted an investigation…

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