Five inmates at the Monroe County Detention Center have been charged in connection with the death of 44-year-old Terry Craig of Clarendon, Arkansas State Police announced.
On Tuesday, August 12, 2025, Special Agents with the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division served arrest warrants on Gregory Otis, 38; Typaris Johnson, 26; Antonio Aldridge, 31; Reko Branscomb, 28; and Carmello Hawkins, 18. Each faces charges of first-degree murder, first-degree battery, and engaging in violent criminal group activity.
All five suspects remain in custody on $3 million bond each, with their first court appearance scheduled for Tuesday, August 19.
The charges stem from an August 8 incident in which detention staff found Craig injured in his cell shortly after he had been booked on charges of possession of child sexual abuse materials and possession of a firearm by certain persons. Craig was taken to Baptist Health Medical Center in Stuttgart, where he was pronounced dead just before 10 p.m.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office requested assistance from state police investigators. Craig’s body has been sent to the Arkansas State Crime Lab to determine the exact cause and manner of death.
