Jacob Kade Holliday admits to stealing $1.5 million of public funds Holliday, 33, was working as a Craighead County clerk when caught stealing over $1.5 million funds from the county. He used the funds to bankroll his businesses, Holliday Development and Management LLC and Total Healthcare LLC, and claimed to have

David Liles killed while charging at police Staffers at a substance abuse treatment facility called police to report a man holding knives. The police split up as they arrive and the man, Liles, was in between two buildings and ran towards the police and was shot by the officer who found

Jon Eric LaRue convicted after sexually assaulting teen LaRue, 41, was accused of assaulting his daughter’s best friend during a sleepover on New Year’s Eve, 2016. A month later, Sherwood detectives came to see LaRue regarding the accusations the girl leveled against him. LaRue claimed that he only covered her with

Jackson Rodriguez-Robles sentenced after holding woman captive Rodriguez-Robles, 38, was arrested in 2018 after police were told that he was holding a woman captive in his apartment. The police found Rodriguez-Robles’s wife severely beaten with eyes swollen shut and her lips so swollen that she could barely speak. Her fingers also

James Ray Jones arrested after hit and run Jones, 42, is accused of hitting a bicyclist Friday evening while driving on Grand Avenue. Police were alerted after part of the bicyclist’s body was found near the road nearby the following morning. Surveillance footage showed the accident and a truck driving off.

Javier Rueda arrested on route to kill former girlfriend A woman called the police after receiving text messages from Rueda, a former boyfriend. The messages shown to police were from Rueda stated that he was on his way to kill her. An officer stopped Rueda, who was walking his bicycle, a

Robin Gaines cleared of charges after shooting murder Fort Smith officer Gaines, responded to a call last October of a domestic assault where he found a man beating a 15-year-old boy’s head with a brick. The officer ordered the man, Christofer Conner, to the ground as Conner started approaching him. Gaines

Billy T. Smith arrested stealing public property Smith, Glenwood’s mayor, was arrested after an investigation by the Arkansas Attorney General into theft of government asphalt. The asphalt was leftover from a resurfacing project on U.S. 70. Smith had hired a company to haul the asphalt to resurface driveways belonging to him

Clifton Louis Williams pleads guilty to fentanyl distribution Williams, 29, was indicted in 2019 after being caught running a fentanyl distribution ring. The FBI began investigating him in 2018, twice, using a confidential informant to purchase from Williams. They also activated a wiretap on Williams’ phone to identify other individuals he

Jayden J. Prunty killed in police shootout An officer encountered Prunty, 22, in the area around Spruce and Warren. During the exchange, both Prunty and the officer were shot. The officer, Corey Obregon, was shot in the leg and treated at St. Bernard’s Regional Medical Center. Prunty was sent to a