GUM SPRINGS ROAD HOMICIDE VICTIMS IDENTIFIED: YELL COUNTY INVESTIGATION...
Arkansas State Crime Laboratory authorities and Special Agents of the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division have identified two gunshot victims discovered yesterday (Thursday, May 11,...
View ArticleHAULING UNSECURED LOADS POSE DANGEROUS THREAT ON STATE HIGHWAYS
Arkansas State Police and other law enforcement agencies are looking to stop drivers who are hauling unsecured loads. Forty-two states have agreed to help educate the public on the importance of...
View ArticleSTATE POLICE HONORS CORPORAL ROY MOOMEY AS TROOPER OF THE YEAR; OTHER...
(LITTLE ROCK) – Corporal Roy Moomey, a seven year veteran of the Arkansas State Police Highway Patrol Division, assigned to Troop H, has been awarded the department’s highest honor, Trooper of the...
View ArticleNEWPORT POLICE OFFICER KILLED; ASP INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY
A Newport Police Officer was shot near Remmel Park late today (Monday, June 12, 2017). Lieutenant Patrick Weatherford, 41, of Newport died a short time later at a Newport hospital. Weatherford was...
View ArticleSUSPECT BEING HELD IN CONNECTION WITH NEWPORT POLICE OFFICER MURDER
An eighteen year old suspect is being held in connection with the murder of Newport Police Lieutenant Patrick Weatherford. At approximately 6 PM yesterday (Monday, June 12, 2017) Newport Police...
View ArticleARKANSAS LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS UNIFIED MESSAGE FOR JULY 4th DRIVERS: ...
Additional Information Contact: ASP Highway Safety Office – Ann Whitehead (501) 618-8133 – ann.whitehead@asp.arkansas.gov (LITTLE ROCK) – The celebration of our nation’s birthday during the...
View ArticleINVESTIGATION OF INTERSTATE 30 SHOOTING INCIDENT CONTINUES
Arkansas State Troopers are continuing their work from overnight (Tuesday, June 27, 2017) in connection with a shooting incident that occurred in the area of Interstate 30 and the I-630 interchange....
View ArticleCID MAJOR AMONG THREE PROMOTIONS APPROVED BY ASPC
(LITTLE ROCK) – Captain Mark Hollingsworth, 56, of North Little Rock was promoted to the rank of major today. He is a thirty-one year veteran of the Arkansas State Police. The nomination for...
View ArticleLAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN SIX STATES READY TO CRACKDOWN ON SPEEDING...
Additional Information Contact: ASP Highway Safety Office – Ann Whitehead (501) 618-8133 – ann.whitehead@asp.arkansas.gov (LITTLE ROCK) – Law enforcement authorities in Arkansas and in five...
View ArticleCONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY ON NEW STATE POLICE WARREN HEADQUARTERS
(WARREN) – Governor Asa Hutchinson and commanders of the Arkansas State Police, along with state police commissioners, broke ground today signaling construction to begin on a new $2.8-million dollar...
View ArticleSHOOTING OUTSIDE EMERGENCY JUVENILE SHELTER IN CRITTENDEN COUNTY UNDER...
A sixteen year old male was shot and critically wounded earlier tonight outside a Marion (Crittenden County) emergency shelter for juveniles located at 104 Cypress Avenue. Special Agents of the...
View ArticleTEEN DIES FOLLOWING OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING AT MARION
A teenager wounded outside an emergency shelter for juveniles yesterday (Tuesday, July 25, 2017) died at a Memphis hospital overnight. The name of the juvenile will be released later today once the...
View ArticleDEATH SCENE INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY IN LOGAN COUNTY
The decomposed body of a female was discovered earlier today at 703 Delaware Bay Road northwest of Dardanelle near the Yell and Logan County line. A request was received this afternoon from...
View ArticleSTATE POLICE INVESTIGATING FATAL MARMADUKE SHOOTING
Special Agents with the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division are investigating a deadly shooting that occurred at approximately 10:00 this morning (Friday, August 4th, 2017) at the...
View ArticleEARN THE BADGE: ARKANSAS STATE TROOPERS LOOKING FOR RECRUITS TO FILL 2018...
Arkansas State Police Recruiters are looking for candidates who are interested in enrolling in the 2018 academy class. Thirty-five recruits will be selected to enter the academy early next year....
View ArticleHOLIDAY DRUNK DRIVING CRACKDOWN READIED BY ARKANSAS LAW ENFORCEMENT
Additional Information Contact: ASP Highway Safety Office – Ann Whitehead (501) 618-8133 – ann.whitehead@asp.arkansas.gov One last blast of summer fun too often turns into death and tragedy...
View ArticleSTATE POLICE COMMISSION APPROVES PROMOTION FOR CID ASSISTANT COMMANDER
Lieutenant David Lafferty, 57, of Garland County was promoted to the rank of captain today. The recommendation for promotion was presented to the Arkansas State Police Commission by Colonel Bill...
View ArticleDREW COUNTY DEPUTY KILLED IN CRASH; ARKANSAS STATE POLICE INVESTIGATING
Drew County Deputy Sheriff Timothy Braden, 29, was killed in the line of duty this morning following a motor vehicle pursuit that ended in a crash just outside Monticello along Barkada Road. At...
View ArticlePOLICE OFFICER AND BYSTANDER WOUNDED IN OVERNIGHT SHOOTING; SUSPECT DEAD
Michael Malik Kawon Lee, 18, of Little Rock was fatally shot by a Pine Bluff Police Officer earlier today following a disturbance and fight that left one police officer and a bystander wounded by...
View ArticleSTATE TROOPERS PREPARING FOR CHALLENGE OF WEEKDAY RAZORBACK GAME TRAFFIC
Arkansas State Troopers are preparing to meet the traffic challenges of a weekday Razorback football game at War Memorial Stadium located in central Little Rock this week. Beginning at 3 PM Thursday...
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