Detectives with the Benton Police Department/Saline County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit served a warrant at 3601 Bauxite Cutoff Road in Bauxite on Friday, Feb. 3 and arrested a suspect who was out on bond for multiple felony drug charges. Inside the residence of 38-year-old William Justin Butts, SIU detectives seized a pound of […]
Sheriff’s Office Seeks Applicants for Two Detention Officers; Deadline Friday
The Saline County Sheriff’s Office currently seeks applicants for two (2) Detention Officers. There are two positions open, with a salary range of $12.85 – $14.45, depending on the applicant’s level of experience. Interested applicants for this position may pick up a copy of the job notice posting, job description and application at the […]
Saline County Sheriff’s Office Construction Updates: Training and Evidence Expansion
The Saline County Sheriff’s Office has been updating the public on the status of construction on the expansion to the SCSO complex. The following are updates to the SCSO Facebook page on the topic: More updates as we get them!
Sheriff’s Office Captures Armed & Dangerous Lonsdale Man
UPDATE: CAPTURED!!! As a direct result of anonymous information supplied by citizens in Saline County, Walter Sanders was arrested, without incident, in the City of Benton. Sheriff Rodney Wright would like to thank all those who helped in providing information. ORIGINAL: The Saline County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) is asking the public for help find wanted […]
Watch SCSO Female Deputies on TV Friday Morning
Deputies from the Saline County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) will be featured on Good Day Arkansas, Fox 16, Friday morning. WHEN: Friday January 6, 2016, 7:45 am and 8:15 am WHERE: Television’s KLRT, Fox 16 The show will focus on six female deputies who have been hired since Sheriff Rodney Wright was sworn into office on […]
Former Saline County Deputy Is the Next Faulkner County Sheriff
Congratulations to Tim Ryals or “Sheriff Ryals as he will be called. He was voted in to fill the open position of Faulkner County Sheriff. Ryals was formerly with the Saline County Sheriff’s Office in the 80s, then the Arkansas State Police and also served former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee’s security staff. The seat was […]
21 Passed; 6 Failed Test for Selling Alcohol to Minors
Six businesses in Saline County were recently cited for alcohol violations following undercover compliance checks. Officers with the Benton Police Department’s Special Investigation Unit, the Saline County Sheriff’s Office, and the Alcoholic Beverage Control division of the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration conducted the undercover compliance checks. These operations were carried out with undercover […]
Sheriff’s Dept Seeks These Pizza Hut Robbery Suspects
MySaline reported recently on three individuals allegedly robbing Arby’s on Military Road in Bryant on Saturday, December 4, 2016. Many readers referred to a similar incident that took place in Pizza Hut on Arch Street in East End on Sunday. There was a similar description of the getaway car, it also included three robbery suspects, […]
The History of the “Saline County Jail Space” Sign
MySaline asked readers on Nov. 29, 2016, to help answer some questions about the sign pictured above. See the answers we got below. On November 22, 2007, MySaline reader Renee Taggart posted a picture of a road sign to the website. She was tickled at the boldness of the sign – seemingly saying that criminals […]
Sheriff’s Office Investigating Shots Fired in Mabelvale
UPDATE 11/28/2016: Shortly before 8:00 p.m. on November 27, 2016, deputies from the Saline County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) were dispatched to an address in the 8100 block of Russwood Lane West, Mabelvale, for a shooting. Upon the arrival of deputies, it could not be determined how many victims were involved or if anyone was physically […]