Authorities in Arkansas arrested a mother on negligent homicide charges on Thursday, months after her 9-month-old daughter reportedly choked to death in her car seat. The Sentinel-Record reported that infant Lucy Weber choked on the top buckle of her car seat, which Summer Rose Kazzee, 22, left her in the rear bedroom with the door …
Late last month, Arkansas police arrested a woman after reportedly spotting a bow in her hair that was actually a small plastic bag containing methamphetamine. According to the Baxter Bulletin, Flippin police officer Kenneth Looney pulled over Jessica Kropp, 38, after noticing the registration for the car she was driving was expired. Kropp reportedly drove …
Two Arkansas parents have been arrested after their infant daughter ate some of their methamphetamine and died, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports. Carrie Darby, 22, and Joseph Phillips, 30, both of Widener, have been charged with manslaughter in the death of their 13-month-old daughter Delaney Phillips on July 7. The St Francis County Sheriff’s Office completed …
An Arkansas man who fled to Canada before standing trial for raping his teen daughter had allegedly crossed the border undetected with his wife and four children before his arrest earlier this month. CBC News reported Thursday that the father fled the country in May before he was to stand trial in Polk County for …
An Arkansas woman was sentenced to six years of probation Monday after admitting to planting child pornography on her husband’s phone and falsely accusing him of sexually assaulting their 13-year-old daughter. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported that Cherie Renee Bolton, 34, pleaded guilty last week to possessing and distributing child pornography and filing a false police …
Authorities in Arkansas say a woman and her 4-year-old son were found dead on Tuesday, hours after loved ones reported them missing and two days after they were last seen. According to KATV, Camden police have named a suspect but had not apprehended him as of the most recent reports available. Reports identify 23-year-old Jory …
Authorities in Arkansas say a former state senator is dead and an ex-staffer is in custody on suspicion of killing her. State police say 57-year-old Linda Collins-Smith’s partially decomposed remains were discovered in her Pocahontas residence earlier this month, as reported by Fox News. Though additional details about a motive or cause of death were …
The family of a Texas man missing for nearly a week says he has been found alive in a remote region of the Ouachita National Forest in Arkansas. According to CNN, 38-year-old Joshua McClatchy disappeared after texting his mother on June 1 that he had become lost during his hike along the Caney Creek Wilderness …
Authorities in Arkansas are searching for two inmates who reportedly escaped from a county detention facility early Thursday and remain on the run. According to KATV, Jason Michael Brown, 31, and Geronimo Espericueta, 47, were discovered missing from the Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility at 2:13 a.m. Officials suspect the pair escaped via a bathroom …
Authorities in Arkansas say a manhunt ended on Sunday with the arrest of a murder suspect days after the murder of Johnson County resident Christopher Farmer. According to WTHV, sheriff’s deputies acted on a tip in tracking down 29-year-old Robert Baker. Authorities initially encountered the suspect near the area described in the report and the …
Authorities in Arkansas say a woman was seriously injured when a man shot her in the face with a crossbow during an incident at the suspect’s home. The alleged victim was reportedly attempting to protect her son and nephew from the attack. According to Oxygen, 34-year-old Joseph Avellino was arrested on Tuesday and is expected …
An Arkansas jury has awarded an aspiring surgeon $3 million five years after a mall escalator ripped off and mangled her right big toe. Per KATV, Aisha Siddiqui, 27, filed a lawsuit 10 months after the December 2013 incident at Park Plaza mall. Surveilance cameras caught the moment when Siddiqui’s toe became trapped in the machinery; …
