ASP arrests two men for Internet Crimes Against Children

On Thursday, October 17, 2024, Special Agents with the Arkansas State Police (ASP) Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force executed a residential search warrant in Leachville after receiving a National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) cyber tip. The investigation led to the... Read More.
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High speed chase results in two arrests in Northwest Arkansas

TONTITOWN, Ark. (AP) — Two Michigan men are being held on multiple charges after leading police on a high-speed chase through Arkansas and Oklahoma in a stolen U-Haul that contained weapons and Molotov cocktails, authorities said. Cory Robert Mercier, 21, and Trenton Johnson, 21, were... Read More.
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Operation Safe Streets yields over 600 arrests

On Monday, Arkansas State Police reported arrest numbers from the weekend’s successful Operation Safe Streets, yielding 610 arrests for violations including 55 driving at excessive speeds and 26 driving while intoxicated. The effort was a joint operation with ASP, Little Rock Police Department and... Read More.
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Richardson discusses federal arrests

On Nov. 9, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced multiple arrests were being made in a crackdown on gang activity in Little Rock and Pine Bluff. The Pine Bluff investigation targeted EBK gang , Everybody’s Killers, and 35 people were named in indictments returned by a... Read More.
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Pine Bluff Police Department identifies Sunday homicide victim

UPDATE 1: 15 P.M. The Pine Bluff Police Department has identified the victim of Sunday's homicide as 42-year-old Steven Sanson of Pine Bluff. Sanson's family was located Tuesday morning and notification was made. 53-year-old Johnny Smithwick was arrested Monday afternoon and has been charged with 1st... Read More.