An Arkansas man was facing charges related to CSAM – Child Sexual Abuse Materials – and had been in his jail cell less than a day, when guards found him dead in his cell. A statement from Arkansas State Police says it might not be a natural death. On Friday, August 8, 2025, the Monroe […]
Inmate Altercation at Saline County Jail Adds Charges, Injures Deputy
An incident involving an inmate at the Saline County Detention Center got him in more trouble and left one deputy injured. On Friday March 12, 2022, around 6:30 p.m., inmate Alan Jeffcoat, age 52, of Benton instigated an altercation with two Detention Deputies, according to a report from the Saline County Sheriff’s Office. The Deputies […]
Inmate Escaped From Saline County Jail Duty Has Been Apprehended
UPDATE: ESCAPEE HAS BEEN APPREHENDED. 12/13/16 4:56PM According to Lt. Jeffrey Silk of the Saline County Sheriff’s Office, Joseph Dillon Smith, a white male, age 25, was on a work detail in the area of the Saline County Detention Center, walked away from that detail. Smith was incarcerated for misdemeanor charges. He was last seen […]