A Benton man faces multiple counts of possession of child pornography. READ MORE BELOW On Wednesday, November 13, 2024, Special Agents from the Arkansas State Police (ASP) Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC), with assistance from the Arkansas Attorney General’s Office and the Saline County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO), executed a search warrant in the […]
Saline County man arrested with 152 charges of CSAM
A Saline County man was arrested early Tuesday morning at a residence on Zuber Road, in the Salem community of Benton. He is suspected to be involved with child pornography. READ MORE BELOW On Tuesday, November 12, 2024, agents from the Arkansas Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Taskforce, with assistance from the Arkansas State Police […]
Benton man gets 50 year prison sentence for child porn after guilty plea
A Benton man received a 50-year prison sentence for charges associated with child pornography. READ MORE BELOW John Preston Anthony, age 33, pled guilty to two counts of distributing, possessing, or viewing matter depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child. Judge Ken Casady sentenced Anthony to 600 months in the Arkansas Department of Corrections. […]
Rivendell escapee back in custody; Was on psych evaluation
He is back in custody now, but a man escaped from Rivendell, the mental health facility on the evening of Thursday night, September 5th, 2024. The escapee is David Garrison Goings, age 28, 5’7″ tall and 167 lbs. He is considered to have violent tendencies toward himself and others, according to a statement Benton Police […]
US and Arkansas flags to be lowered Friday for Fordyce victims; Suspect faces 4 counts of Capital Murder
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders issued a statement Monday that both the United States flag and Arkansas flag would be lowered to mourn the lives of the lost in Fordyce shooting. This will occur beginning at sunrise on Friday, June 28, 2024 and end at sunset on the same day. SHOOTING DETAILS & IMAGES […]
Benton man gets 40 years for child porn video
A Saline County man was recently convicted of child pornography charges according to Prosecuting Attorney Chris Walton. On Monday, June 10, 2024, Michael Vining, age 60, of Benton, entered a guilty plea for three counts of Possessing Child Pornography and one count of Video Voyeurism. He was sentenced to 40 years in the Arkansas […]
Defendant gets 12 years state prison for meth and mushrooms; Previous record cited
A Saline County jury found Christopher Evans, of Little Rock, guilty of possessing a methamphetamine pipe and a small baggie of psilocyn or magic mushrooms at a trial held on Thursday, May 30, 2024. Judge Brent Houston accepted the jury’s recommendation and sentenced Evans to 12 years in the Division of Correction. On July 17, […]
Former Bryant teacher gets 13 years after transporting minor for sexual activity
Heather Hare, 33, of Conway, was sentenced to serve the next 13 years in federal prison for transporting a minor across state lines for the purpose of unlawful sexual activity. Hare was sentenced on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, by United States District Judge Lee P. Rudofsky. MORE DETAILS BELOW The investigation into Hare revealed that […]
Saline County youth pastor accused of embezzling over $23K from church camp
A Saline County youth pastor, school staff member, and church camp treasurer is suspected of embezzling over $23,000 from that church camp, according to documents from the Bryant Police Department. On March 19, 2024, Bryant officers began to investigate Phillip Batchelor, age 45, of Benton, on allegations of embezzlement. The police report states that the […]
Saline County man charged with over 1200 counts of sexual images of children
A Bryant man faces hundreds of charges involving images of children that were of a sexual nature. On the morning of Monday, September 18, 2023, the Saline County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Taskforce, along with the Bryant Police Department arrested Richard Jason Wilson, age 56, of Bryant. The suspect is already a […]
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