Crime News

Angelia Roberts, Special to the SRC 223 grams of Fentanyl/Heroin 15,000 grams or just under 40 pounds of Methamphetamine 5,000 grams of Marijuana 50 doses of LSD  1,000 Prescription Drugs 130 grams of Synthetics 32 grams of other Hallucinogens  Photo/Angelia Roberts  Arkansas Drug Enforcement Agency Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jared Harper visits with 16th Judicial Drug Task Force Commander Geoffrey Watts before a Control Group Meeting  last week in Batesville at…

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Investigative report series by Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor After being furloughed from prison for three days inmate has been accused of attempting to rape a juvenile and sexual assault. An arrest warrant was issued from the City of Cherokee Village in the case in March. A man convicted of the 2017 Sharp County murder of Jeremy Watkins has been accused of attempted rape and sexual assault while he was out on a…

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FROM COURT DOCUMENTS A January 28 incident at the Sharp County Detention Center added more charges to the rap sheets of three inmates. According to court documents filed in the Third Judicial District Circuit Court on March 23, Deputy and Jailer Austin Carpenter was on shift when he noticed something being thrown from one pod to another. After arriving at the cell door from where he believed the item was thrown, Carpenter…

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FROM POLICE REPORTS A Strawberry man was arrested  March 18 after he failed to stop for police and led them on a pursuit with speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour.  The green Mustang driven by Kobe Wayne Nehring, 20, failed to stop for a Cave City Police officer after he initiated a traffic stop in the city around 3:18 p.m. Nehring fled, first going down several streets within the city before entering…

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Joel Belcher is facing 14 counts of possession of child pornography, Class C Felonies.

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