UPDATE: BODY IDENTIFIED - STATE POLICE INVESTIGATING DEATH OF WOMAN FOUND...
UPDATED NEWS RELEASE AS OF SEPTEMBER 27, 2014 The body of a woman found alongside Interstate 40 near Palestine earlier this week has been identified as Amy Darlene Bandy, age 35. A commercial truck...
View ArticleCOMMANDER OF STATE POLICE EXECUTIVE PROTECTION SECTION PROMOTED
Lieutenant Mike Hagar, 41, of Conway was promoted to the rank of captain today during a meeting of the Arkansas State Police Commission. The recommendation for promotion was presented to the...
View ArticleSTATE POLICE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES IN SEARCY COUNTY SHOOTING INCIDENT
John T. Kolata, 75, of Searcy County is hospitalized at a Little Rock hospital along with a Searcy County Sheriff’s Deputy. Both were wounded during an exchange of gunfire inside the Serenity Farm...
View ArticleSEARCH FOR PAROLE ABSCONDER ENDS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING
An Arkansas State Trooper on patrol duties in Pope County last night (Friday, October 24th, 8:35 PM) attempted to stop a passenger vehicle in Russellville along Arkansas Highway 7 (north). The...
View ArticlePIKE COUNTY MAN IDENTIFIED AS DRIVER IN BUS STOP HIGHWAY DEATH
Dwight L. Moody, 88, of Delight (Pike County), has been identified as the driver of a vehicle that struck a student who had exited a Kirby School District bus earlier this week in Pike County....
View ArticleGUNMAN DIES FOLLOWING BAKERY HOSTAGE AND SHOOTING INCIDENT
UPDATE - OCTOBER 31, 2014 The Arkansas State Police was notified this afternoon (Friday, October 31, 2014) that John T. Kolata, 75, of Searcy County, had died. Kolata was the gunman involved in...
View ArticleINVESTIGATION UNDERWAY OF BODY FOUND NEAR PINNACLE STATE PARK
The body of a man identified as James Thomas Lovelady, 44, of Little Rock was discovered shortly before 7 AM today near Pinnacle Mountain State Park. Two women walking along an area off Highway 300...
View ArticleCOMMISSION APPROVES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LIEUTENANT PROMOTIONS
(LITTLE ROCK) – During a meeting of the Arkansas State Police Commission today, two lieutenant promotions recommended by Colonel Stan Witt, Director of the Arkansas State Police were approved....
View ArticleCLICK IT OR TICKET THIS THANKSGIVING: Holiday Crackdown Scheduled
Additional Information Contact: Ann Whitehead – Highway Safety Office (501) 618-8133 ann.whitehead@asp.arkansas.gov (LITTLE ROCK) – Arkansas State Troopers are joining forces with other state and...
View ArticleTROOPER RECRUITS COMPLETE ACCELERATED TRAINING - NEW TROOPERS ASSIGNED TO...
(LITTLE ROCK) – Twenty-four Arkansas State Police Trooper Recruits graduated tonight (Thursday, November 20, 2014) during ceremonies at the Arkansas State Capitol. The recruit candidates were...
View ArticleHoliday Highway Safety Campaign “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over”
Additional Information Contact ASP Highway Safety Office – Ann Whitehead (501) 618-8133 ann.whitehead@asp.arkansas.gov (LITTLE ROCK) – Beginning tomorrow the Arkansas State Police will join other...
View ArticleROADSIDE SHOOTING INCIDENT CLAIMS THE LIFE OF WANTED FUGITIVE
Tumetheus Lestavian Pack, 44, (last known official address) Portland, Oregon, wanted by Houston Police died today at Wadley Regional Medical Center in Hope of what law enforcement witnesses report was...
View ArticleSTATE POLICE COMMISSION APPROVES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROMOTIONS - COLONEL...
(LITTLE ROCK) – During a meeting of the Arkansas State Police Commission today, the positions of two lieutenants and one sergeant were considered for promotions. The commission followed the...
View ArticleSTATE POLICE INVESTIGATING OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING AT ENGLAND HOME
Two men are dead following a law enforcement officer involved shooting incident outside an England residence this afternoon (Friday, January 9th). At the request of authorities within the England...
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CLARK COUNTY STORE ROBBERY LEAVES ONE DEAD: STATE POLICE AND LOCAL LAW...
An Arkadelphia man is dead following an early morning robbery at Jordan’s Kwick Stop Shell, located at 180 Valley Street in Arkadelphia (Caddo Valley area). Christopher D. Brown, 24, of 290 Frost...
View ArticleSTATE POLICE CID INVESTIGATING PERRY COUNTY HOMICIDE
Special Agents of the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division are investigating a shooting incident that occurred in Perry County last night that claimed the life of William J. Bates,...
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TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH CLARK COUNTY STORE ROBBERY – MURDER
Special Agents of the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division arrested two Pine Bluff men today (Thursday, January 29th) in connection with the robbery and murder inside an Arkadelphia...
View ArticleSTATE TROOPER RECRUIT APPLICANTS NEEDED: SCREENING PROCESS UNDERWAY FOR MAY...
State Police Recruiters have begun a search for qualified applicants who want to become Arkansas State Troopers. The recruiters are encouraging applicants to submit their medical assessment waiver...
View ArticleTHIRD SUSPECT IN CLARK COUNTY CONVENIENCE STORE ROBBERY – HOMICIDE ARRESTED...
Special Agents of the Arkansas State Police and U.S. Marshals have arrested the third suspect wanted in connection with the murder of an Arkadelphia convenience store clerk. Craig Allen Wade, 24,...
View ArticleARRESTS MADE IN ATTACK ON CLARK COUNTY JAIL PRISONER
Special Agents of the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division have arrested two Clark County Jail employees who are charged with Battery (2nd degree). William D. Sayre, 25, of...
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