Crime News

From court and police records and witness accounts A repeat offender from Salem found himself behind bars just days after his late father’s salvage business sold to an Ash Flat couple. Dusty Reynolds, 34,was arrested on Jan.27 after taking over $25,000 worth of items from Lynn’s Salvage. Lynn’s mother, Tammy, reportedly told police her son took items from the scrap yard and unplugged the security system on Jan10 and Jan. 13.Colton and…

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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 a few weeks early, was always the prime suspect of the investigation. But, it wasn’t until Jan. 23,that police were finally able…

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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 Mammoth Spring Po-lice Department began an investigation. This included inter-viewing witnesses and the person accused of making the threat. It was determined…

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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 came into the sheriff’s office from Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC). After Fulton County Lieu-tenant William Fawcett investigated the report, evidence led…

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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; four counts of second degree sexual assault, Class B Felonies; and Sexually Grooming a child, a Class A misdemeanor. According to court…

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