Crime News

By: Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor The original misdemeanor charge of Third Degree Battery filed against attorney and former public defender Calvin Harrell, III on May 6 has been upgraded to two felony charges. The charges resulted after he allegedly attacked his ex- girlfriend at her home in Cherokee Village. The amended charges came on May16 after a special prosecutor was assigned to the case. D. Jason Barrett took the case when Third…

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By: Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor Cherokee Village police chief Monte Lane confirmed that on Tuesday May 16,the body of a man who had been reported missing late Saturday night, May 14, and was located in lake Cherokee around noon was identified as that of 35 year-old Derek Hughes. The body was recovered and sent to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory for an autopsy to determine the cause of death. Hughes was last…

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Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor A Sharp County attorney and former public defender, has found himself suspended from practicing law and also charged criminally after months of events culminated with his suspension last week. After receiving and reviewing complaints, on May 11, Lisa Ballard, Executive Director of the Supreme Court Office of Professional Conduct issued an interim suspension notice to Calvin Francis Harrell, III. The Hardy attorney is accused of allegedly violating several…

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Less than a year after a registered Level Two sex offender was arrested last June for allegedly raping a nine year old female, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison by Circuit Judge Tim Weaver on April 17.Chad Michael Huckabee,40 and his wife, Lori Huckabee, 39, of Mammoth Spring first made the news last year after the couple were arrested in the case. Chad was originally charged with rape, a Class…

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An April 21 accident on Highway 63south of Ravenden claimed the life of a Fulton County woman. According to the Arkansas State Police fatal crash report, Wanda Kinkade, 61of Glencoe was killed and five people were injured in a two vehicle accident including two minors. The 2003 Dodge Durango driven by Farrah Dalton, 32, of Highland crossed the centerline hitting the2003 Toyota Scion head-on. The injured included John Kinkade,62, of Glencoe, the…

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