by Seark Today | Apr 27, 2021 | Crime & Courts, News
An Ashley County man sentenced to 50 years in prison for second-degree murder and tampering with evidence recently was granted a new trial when the Arkansas Court of Appeals, in a split decision, found that the 10th Judicial District Circuit Court should have...
by Seark Today | Mar 26, 2021 | Crime & Courts, News, News Archive
Michael Ashcraft, a former treasurer of the Arkansas Court Reporters Association, was arrested and charged with theft for stealing more than $100,000 from from the organization, according to a news release from Attorney General Leslie Rutledge’s office....
by Seark Today | Feb 9, 2021 | Crime & Courts, News
The life sentence of an Ashley County man who doused another man with gasoline and set him on fire has been upheld by the Arkansas Supreme Court. Anthony Brown, 51, was sentenced to life in prison in August 2019 after an Ashley County jury found him guilty of...
by Seark Today | Dec 10, 2020 | News, Crime & Courts, News Archive
In a 5-2 decision this week, the Arkansas Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of a Cleveland County man convicted of the December 2015 murder of a pregnant Cleveland County woman. Brad Hunter Smith’s capital murder conviction stands, but the court...
by Seark Today | Nov 3, 2020 | Crime & Courts, News
The Arkansas Supreme Court recently upheld the conviction and life sentence of a Bradley County man convicted of the February 2017 shooting death of his father and the 10-year sentence for possession of a firearm. Alfonzo Hampton, then 35, of Johnsville, drove...
by Seark Today | Oct 27, 2020 | News, Crime & Courts
Three weeks before his scheduled trial on computer child pornography charges, a Monticello man pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced to 10 years supervised probation. Russell Keith Langley, 62, of Monticello used the internet between March 21 and March...
