Morris gets 35 years in Urban Renewal case

Update May 16, 2024 Thursday Judge Robert Edwards of Searcy sentenced Morris to 35 years in prison and fined $330,000 plus must pay restitution in amount of $667,000.  Edwards handed down a sentence much harsher than the jury recommended.  Jury advised to make each of... Read More.
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Jury sentences Smith to 13 life sentences in 2020 murders

By Ray King After deliberating for an hour-and-a-half Wednesday, a Jefferson County jury found Bryant Lamont Smith, 36, guilty of two counts of Capital murder, one count of attempted capital murder and multiple other offenses that all happened the same day. He was found guilty in... Read More.
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Jury finds former Little Rock cop guilty of child pornography

LITTLE ROCK— A jury found former Little Rock Police Officer Eddie Scott Seaton, 55, of Cabot, guilty of receiving obscene images and possession of child pornography.  The jury returned their verdict Thursday afternoon to Chief United States District Judge D.P. Marshall, Jr., who presided... Read More.
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Jury finds Barnett guilty in Jan. 6 attack on capitol

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Arkansas man who propped his feet up on a desk in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the U.S. Capitol riot was convicted on Monday of joining a mob’s attack on the building two years ago. A jury deliberated for approximately... 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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Federal jury convicts Monticello man of drug offenses

LITTLE ROCK—A Monticello man has been convicted of selling methamphetamine three different times in 2018 following a two-day trial that featured videos of all three sales. A federal jury convicted Ramien “Rambo” Collins, 40, on all three counts for which he was indicted. The jury... Read More.

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.