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A man was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to assaulting two U.S. Postal Service employees during attempted and completed robberies in North Little Rock. George Elliot Gibson III, 28, of Bartlett, Tennessee, also was sentenced to two years of supervised release. Read more below. Jonathan D. Ross, U.S. attorney for […]
Three men have been sentenced to a combined 29 years in federal prison – one from Benton, Arkansas –Â for their roles in a major interstate drug-trafficking ring that funneled methamphetamine and cocaine into central Arkansas. The sentencing concludes a multi-year federal investigation that resulted in the conviction of 18 defendants involved in the conspiracy. […]
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced a multi-state settlement with the genetic-testing company 23andMe, following a massive 2023 data breach that exposed sensitive customer information. The state will receive $431,937 from the $18 million agreement reached by a coalition of 42 state attorneys general. Read more below. The 2023 cyber security incident compromised the data […]
Hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine that were headed for distribution all over the central Arkansas area, were intercepted by a multi-agency operation. Dozens of suspects were arrested. Read more below. A large-scale federal investigation into methamphetamine trafficking in Little Rock and North Little Rock that spanned two years and multiple states resulted in the arrest […]
UPDATE – JUL 7, 2026 A 29-year-old Benton, Arkansas woman could get up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty on Tuesday, to one count of distributing child pornography in federal court. The conviction stems from a 2024 investigation that uncovered over a hundred images and videos of child sexual abuse material on her […]
Arkansas officials arrested the “johns” in prostitution this time, calling it “despicable behavior.” Attorney General Tim Griffin issued a statement after investigators arrested nine men and charged them with sexual solicitation. “Earlier this week, agents in my Special Investigations Division led a multi-agency operation in Hot Springs that resulted in the arrest of nine men, […]
The University of Little Rock has joined the “One Pill Can Kill” initiative, according to a statement from the Arkansas Attorney General’s Office. Read more below. Attorney General Tim Griffin joined Christina Drale, the Chancellor at University of Arkansas at Little Rock to announce the kickoff of the One Pill Can Kill initiative at the […]
An Arkansas man was arrested in Oklahoma after investigators connected him with a number of sex slave arrests at Hot Springs massage businesses. Read more below. Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing the arrest of Zengguang “Gary” Liu in connection to human trafficking operations in Hot Springs: “Earlier this week, following a […]
An Arkansas woman accessed a nursing home patient’s banking information to steal money and pay for her own personal debts. On July 3, 2025, Brooke Ruth Cotton, age 46, of Lonoke pleaded guilty to one charge of abuse of adults (exploitation), a Class C felony. She was given five years’ probation concurrently, and ordered to […]
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued a statement about a 2023 law that is directed at loitering. He stated that it’s not about panhandling, since that was proven to be protected by the U.S. Constitution. Read the full statement and 2023 Act below: “Loitering in and around public roadways, intersections, and traffic stops has grown to […]
