Guilty plea entered in fraud allegations

LITTLE ROCK—An England, Arkansas woman has pleaded guilty to her involvement in a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of more than $11.5 million that was intended to benefit farmers who had been discriminated against. Niki Charles, 49, pleaded guilty to... Read More.
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Jury finds man guilty in fentanyl related death

LITTLE ROCK—A federal jury convicted a Little Rock man who distributed the fentanyl that resulted in a person’s overdose death in early 2021. Following a three-day trial and after one hour of deliberation, the jury convicted Jemel Foster, 32, of four federal drug and... Read More.
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Jury finds man guilty of sex crimes

LITTLE ROCK—A Little Rock man has been convicted of four sex offenses at the conclusion of a three-day trial. A federal jury found KeShawn Boykins, 27, guilty on all four counts for which he was indicted: two counts of sex trafficking, distribution of child... Read More.
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Arkansas deputy found guilty of negligent homicide

CABOT, Ark. (AP) — A former Arkansas deputy was convicted Friday of negligent homicide but acquitted of the more serious offense of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a white teenager whose death had drawn the attention of national civil rights leaders and activists. Jurors... Read More.
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UA professor pleads guilty to lying to FBI

FAYETTEVILLE – An Arkansas man and University of Arkansas Professor pleaded guilty today to one count of making a false statement to the FBI about the existence of patents for his inventions in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Simon Saw-Teong Ang, 64, of Fayetteville,... Read More.
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Guilty plea in gun conspiracy case

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Oklahoma man pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to smuggle guns through Arkansas to Mexican drug cartels. In a statement, federal prosecutors said Andrew Scott Pierson, 47, of Jay, Oklahoma, entered his plea before a federal judge in Little Rock,... Read More.