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A judge sentenced a Saline County man to a total of 50 years in prison for ongoing criminal activity. According to a statement from the Saline County Prosecutor’s Office, Read the details below. On March 3rd, 2025, Shannon Anthony Barnett, age 50, a white male from Alexander, Arkansas, was found in violation of his […]
Prosecuting Attorney Chris Walton announced that Catera Lewis, of Louisville, Kentucky, entered guilty pleas to murder in the second degree and robbery on Tuesday, December 17, 2024. Circuit Judge Josh Farmer accepted the State’s recommendation and sentenced Lewis to 35 years in the Division of Correction. Lewis was the second suspect to plead guilty for […]
You may remember an incident where a man was breaking into a home in Saline County, and the resident caught him and “stood his ground.” The suspect was out of prison at the time, but is now sentenced to go back. READ MORE BELOW Prosecuting Attorney Chris Walton announced that John Nutt, Jr., of Little […]
UPDATE NOV 25, 2024 — Patrick and the People has given MySaline.com permission to run this interview from Monday, November 25, 2024. (This interview does have some language not suitable for all audiences but might be considered PG if it were in the theater.) Joe Exotic from the Netflix™️ show Tiger King™️ tells “Angry” Patrick […]
A Benton man faces multiple counts of possession of child pornography. READ MORE BELOW On Wednesday, November 13, 2024, Special Agents from the Arkansas State Police (ASP) Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC), with assistance from the Arkansas Attorney General’s Office and the Saline County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO), executed a search warrant in the […]
A Saline County man was arrested early Tuesday morning at a residence on Zuber Road, in the Salem community of Benton. He is suspected to be involved with child pornography. READ MORE BELOW On Tuesday, November 12, 2024, agents from the Arkansas Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Taskforce, with assistance from the Arkansas State Police […]
A Benton man received a 50-year prison sentence for charges associated with child pornography. READ MORE BELOW John Preston Anthony, age 33, pled guilty to two counts of distributing, possessing, or viewing matter depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child. Judge Ken Casady sentenced Anthony to 600 months in the Arkansas Department of Corrections. […]
A Saline County man was recently convicted of child pornography charges according to Prosecuting Attorney Chris Walton. On Monday, June 10, 2024, Michael Vining, age 60, of Benton, entered a guilty plea for three counts of Possessing Child Pornography and one count of Video Voyeurism. He was sentenced to 40 years in the Arkansas […]
A Saline County jury found Christopher Evans, of Little Rock, guilty of possessing a methamphetamine pipe and a small baggie of psilocyn or magic mushrooms at a trial held on Thursday, May 30, 2024. Judge Brent Houston accepted the jury’s recommendation and sentenced Evans to 12 years in the Division of Correction. On July 17, […]
Heather Hare, 33, of Conway, was sentenced to serve the next 13 years in federal prison for transporting a minor across state lines for the purpose of unlawful sexual activity. Hare was sentenced on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, by United States District Judge Lee P. Rudofsky. MORE DETAILS BELOW The investigation into Hare revealed that […]
