Three men face charges in connection to the shooting incident in the parking lot of Academy Sports + Outdoors on Interstate 30. One person was struck in the incident and remains in a local hospital with serious, but not life threatening injury. About 2:40 p.m. Monday, Feb. 20, Benton officers responded to the parking lot […]
Benton PD Reports Shooting at Academy Sports in Benton
UPDATE 7PM 02/20/2017 FROM BENTON PD Officers have recovered the black Camaro suspected in the shooting incident. Detectives have located a victim and one other party involved. The white GMC double-cab truck is still being sought. UPDATE 5:26PM 02/20/2017 FROM BENTON PD: About 2:40 p.m. Monday, Feb. 20, officers with the Benton Police Department […]
Benton PD Needs Help to Find Suspects Related to Forgery at Walmart
The Benton Police Department needs your help to identify the suspects in these pictures. They are wanted for questioning concerning a forgery at Walmart on Jan. 17th. Anyone with information about the identity of the suspect and/or the suspect’s whereabouts or about the incident, please contact the Benton Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division at 501-776-5947 […]
Benton Police Officers Train to Recognize Driver Impairments
Officers with the Benton Police Department participated in a program Monday that trains them to observe, identify, and articulate the signs of impairment related to drugs, alcohol or a combination of both, in order to reduce the number of impaired drivers and impaired driving related traffic collisions. Tara Amuimuia with the Criminal Justice Institute said […]
Two Men Arrested for Allegedly Stealing Hundreds of Gallons of Cooking Oil
At approximately 2:08 a.m. Thursday, Officers were dispatched to the area of Military Road and Jameson Street in reference to a truck with a large storage tank stealing cooking oil from local businesses. Officers located the described vehicle on Highway 5 North and a traffic stop was conducted. The driver of the vehicle, 25-year-old Scotty […]
Driver Runs Vehicle Through Salon in Benton, at Least One Injured
A tenant in the building reports that a vehicle drove from the parking lot, over a hedge and through the front glass of Gayle & Blake’s Hair Shop, striking a hairstylist as she was cutting someone’s hair. The vehicle, a Chrysler Lebaron, was able to be driven in reverse out from the rear of the […]
Benton PD to host clinic FEb 18th on the correct car seat and position for your child
Do you know for sure that your child is sitting properly in a car safety seat and that is it properly installed in the vehicle? Even if you think you are sure, why not have certified car seat technicians check them for you free of charge? Join the Benton Police Department for a “Car Seat Clinic” from […]
Bauxite Man Faces Drug Dealing Charges After Multi-Agency Bust
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 […]
Benton Police Officer Unknowingly Helps TV Star’s Mother on Interstate
According to the Benton Police Department, Officer Andrew Stovall assisted a woman who was stranded on Interstate 30. He helped to jump start her car and find a nearby mechanic. Stovall was just doing his job, but what he didn’t know is that the woman was the mother of a big television star. Norman Reedus […]
Benton PD Searching for Escapee from Rivendell
At approximately 6:40 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, 20-year-old Courtney Zyronne Johnson, II, escaped from Rivendell Behavioral Health Services in Benton after being transferred there by the Lonoke County Sheriff’s Office. Johnson was last seen running behind Dogwood Lakes Apartments, which is located at 1907 Arkansas Highway 5. Johnson should be considered armed and dangerous. […]
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