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 12, 2020 | News, Crime & Courts
A Lake Village man was fatally shot Thursday at Eudora and police are searching for the suspect. Cordera Jackson, 33, of Lake Village, died Thursday following a domestic disturbance that occurred at 2217 Roosevelt Street in Eudora, according to an Arkansas...
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...
by Seark Today | Aug 19, 2020 | Crime & Courts, News
The Drew County Sheriff’s Office recently recovered guns and other items reportedly stolen from a Drew County residence and items believed to have been stolen from another home in Drew County, residences in Bradley County and a residence in Ashley County. Tanner...