Crime in Arkansas
Man feigned emergencies before stealing victims' possessions, police say
posted: 02/13/2014 1:08 p.m. Discuss
A Benton man has been charged in a pair of crimes where he feigned an emergency before stealing a pair of phones and a purse, authorities said.
Driver flees after hitting child with car in Little Rock, police say
posted: 02/13/2014 8:42 a.m. Comments 5
A driver fled the scene Wednesday afternoon after her car hit a 12-year-old child who was walking home from school in Little Rock, authorities said.
Former Garland County court clerk accused of embezzling deposits
posted: 02/13/2014 7:49 a.m. Discuss
A former Garland County court clerk is accused of embezzling thousands in court deposits.
Suspect in LR arsons still in jail
posted: 02/13/2014 5:10 a.m. Discuss
A Little Rock woman accused of setting a series of apartment fires last year confessed to starting half of the blazes when she was arrested this week, a federal arson investigator testified Wednesday.
Attorney contests judge’s automatic jailing of violent offenders
posted: 02/13/2014 4:55 a.m. Discuss
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen’s assertion that he will always sentence violent offenders to prison rather than probation whenever it’s within his power is being challenged by a defense attorney.
Family’s fraud case goes to federal jury
posted: 02/13/2014 4:52 a.m. Discuss
Jurors began deliberating Wednesday on income-tax fraud charges against four members of a Pine Bluff family who are accused of tricking the Internal Revenue Service into disbursing $1.45 million in erroneous tax refunds before the agency realized it was being defrauded.
Dad admits killing baby, gets 26 years
posted: 02/13/2014 4:49 a.m. Comments 3
A Craighead County man pleaded guilty in the death of his 1-month-old son Wednesday, moments before his first-degree murder trial was to begin.
Beau gets 48-year term for murder
posted: 02/13/2014 4:47 a.m. Discuss
A 37-year-old Wrightsville man who confessed to killing his girlfriend after she was found strangled and wrapped in one of his blankets accepted a 48-year prison sentence on Wednesday.
Trial set in death of police worker
posted: 02/13/2014 4:43 a.m. Discuss
A judge in Garland County Circuit Court has scheduled a July trial for a man charged in the 2011 death of a Hot Springs Village police dispatcher.
Police beat
posted: 02/13/2014 4:41 a.m. Discuss
LR man arrested in rape, robbery A Little Rock man has been arrested in a September rape and robbery of a woman who told police she was an escort, according to police reports.
VIDEO: Bryant daycare worker seen dragging toddler
posted: 02/12/2014 1:19 p.m. Discuss
Authorities release surveillance footage of alleged child endangerment that occurred Monday at the Wisdom Tree Learning Center in Bryant.
Investigator: Woman confesses to some fires at LR complex
updated: 02/12/2014 3:12 p.m. Comment 1
The woman accused of setting a series of fires at a Little Rock apartment complex admitted to setting some of them and said she "probably" started others, an investigator told a judge during a detention hearing Wednesday.
'Extremely intoxicated' grandmother arrested, police say
posted: 02/12/2014 8:15 a.m. Comments 4
A North Little Rock woman who was "extremely intoxicated" while caring for her young grandson was arrested Tuesday, police said.
Four starving horses saved by a nicker
posted: 02/12/2014 4:39 a.m. Discuss
Rusty Hayes, the director of farm operations and the rodeo coach at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, used cowboy skills to find the horses stolen from the school’s stables in November 2011.
1 charged in heist of bank in Searcy
posted: 02/12/2014 4:37 a.m. Discuss
Police have arrested an Augusta man in connection with an armed robbery at First Community Bank in Searcy last week.