The best way to avoid a scam by fake breeders is to adopt from a local shelter. However, if you are looking to buy online, there are some steps to take that will greatly reduce the chance of getting ripped off and ending up without an animal at all. According to the Attorney General’s office, […]
Benton CEO pleads guilty to charges related to Medicaid overbilling
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge today announced Chirie Bazzelle pleaded guilty to obstructing governmental operations. Bazzelle is the owner and CEO at New Beginnings Behavioral Health Services (New Beginnings). In 2018 alone, New Beginnings billed the Medicaid program over $5.3 million. As a result of this investigation and Bazzelle’s arrest New Beginnings is no longer a Medicaid provider. “This […]
Phone scammers want your info to apply for unemployment
The Saline County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) is warning residents about scam phone callers that seek your personal information so they can steal your identity. A statement from SCSO says they have received several complaints about callers posing as police officers. The caller claims that the person’s identity has already been stolen. Then they ask the […]
Saline County man gets a 20-year sentence for several counts of possession of child pornography
Roughly two years after a Benton man turned himself in, he pleaded guilty to child pornography charges and was sentenced in court, according to the Attorney General’s Office. David Jefferson Brown, age 46, of Benton was convicted of 4 counts of distributing, possessing or viewing matter depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child, a class […]
AG going to U.S. Supreme Court to fight high Rx prices; protect small pharmacies
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on Tuesday February 25th filed a brief with the United States Supreme Court in the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) case in Arkansas. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in that case on April 27, 2020. In this case, the AG’s office says Rutledge seeks to protect small businesses in […]
9 Gym Membership Tips – Get Ripped in the New Year, not Ripped Off
Getting in shape is always a top New Year’s Resolution and joining a gym is a popular step in achieving that goal. More than 60 million Americans are members of health clubs and gyms, according to the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association. While the decision to join an exercise program or gym can be […]
Arkansas AG Calls for Feds & Telecoms to Stop Scammers from Robocalling
LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge wrote an op-ed article that was recently published in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, calling for the federal government and telecom companies to do more to stop illegal caller ID spoofing and robocalls. That article is re-printed here below: The phone rings and rings and rings. The number on my caller […]
Attorney General to Hold Mobile Office and More in Benton Feb 8th
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has announced mobile office locations for February. Here is the schedule. Read below that for what to expect: Clark County, Thursday, February 1, 10 – 11:30 a.m., Clark County Cooperative Extension Service, 640 South 6th Suite B, Arkadelphia, AR 71923 Garland County, Tuesday, February 6, 10 – 11:30 a.m., Garland […]
Benton Woman Gets Probation, Must Pay Restitution for Exploiting Impaired Adults
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced Tuesday, November 21, 2017, the conviction of Beverly Ann Brooks, age 59, of Benton for transferring funds out of nursing home residents’ trust accounts. Brooks pleaded guilty in Pulaski County Circuit Court to six counts of exploitation of an endangered or impaired adult, Class A misdemeanors for misappropriating the funds of six […]
Benton Officer Honored as Officer of the Year for Central Region
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge honored Sgt. Ronald Davidson of the Benton Police Department with the Central Region Officer of the Year award on Tuesday. Rutledge presented the award to Sgt. Davidson during the 2017 Outstanding Law Enforcement Officers of the Year Awards ceremony held at Camp Robinson. Rutledge told the crowd, of more than 650 […]