Law Enforcement Agencies Make Additional Drug Arrests in Searcy County

On the evening of October 20, 2010, local law enforcement agencies made additional arrests in Searcy County in a drug sweep that began during the morning hours of the day. Twentieth Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Marcus Vaden charged Beauford Clark, age 21, with two counts of delivery of … [Read more...]

Murder Charges Filed for Deaths of four in Vilonia Road Rage Crash

Charges have been filed against two central Arkansas men in the deaths of four people related to the September 12, 2010 car crash on Highway 64 near Vilonia.           Twentieth Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Marcus Vaden has charged James Holian, age 38, of Cabot, Arkansas and Russell … [Read more...]

Aggravated Assault Lands Conway Man in Jail

Danny Oneel, age 28, of Conway was arrested on October 3, 2010, and charged by Twentieth Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Marcus Vaden on two counts of Aggravated Assault and one count of Terroristic Threatening. Although it is unclear what initiated Oneel's violent outburst, the known facts … [Read more...]

Battery Charge Results in 12 Year Sentence

A Searcy County man has been sentenced to the Arkansas Department of Correction for Battery. Bradley Loggins, age 41, was arrested on July 12, 2009 by Sheriff's Deputies and charged by Twentieth Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Marcus Vaden with 1 count of First Degree Battery for shooting a … [Read more...]

Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission Investigation Leads to Conviction

After an investigation by the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission into the failure of testing equine, a Leslie man has been sentenced to 120 days in the Searcy County Jail. Bruce Long, age 63, of County Road 44 in Leslie was contacted by an ALPC Equine Inspector as to a formal complaint on … [Read more...]

Rape Conviction Nets 20 Year Sentence to a Conway Man

Arthur Harold Cox, age 57, of Conway was sentenced September 7, 2010 for the crime of Rape. Based upon the plea, Cox will serve 20 years in the Arkansas Department of Correction.      In June of this year, Cox was serving as a maintenance worker at Salem Park Apartments on Dave Ward Drive. As … [Read more...]

Vaden Named To Board Of The Children’s Advocacy Centers Of Arkansas

Marcus Vaden, 20th Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney, has been named to the Board of Directors of the Children’s Advocacy Centers of Arkansas, Inc.  The purpose of the Children’s Advocacy Centers of Arkansas, Inc. is to function as a statewide umbrella organization assisting and supporting … [Read more...]

Escapee Sentenced After Years At Large

A Van Buren County man has pled guilty to charges of Robbery, Kidnapping, Escape and Theft of Property.  Tim Nguyen Miller, age 36, was sentenced to serve 264 months in the Arkansas Department of Correction with an additional 120 months suspended imposition of sentence. “While the story of this … [Read more...]

Conway Man Sentenced For Multiple Drug Charges And Child Endangerment

Eric Matthew Helton, age 26, of Conway was sentenced to the Arkansas Department of Correction for several drug charges and child endangerment.       Twentieth Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Marcus Vaden, charged Helton with 2 Counts of Delivery of a Controlled Substances, Manufacturing a … [Read more...]

Illegal Alien Lands in Jail After Man was killed in Traffic Accident

A Faulkner County man was killed Monday night when another driver, identified as Guadalupe Lopez, forced his vehicle off Interstate 40. Concerned citizens reported that a red Ford Taurus driven by a Hispanic male was seen driving erratically on the interstate. Witnesses had become so disturbed over … [Read more...]