FORT SMITH: Lottery prize winner starts six days in jail
Man sentenced on sex charges Oct. 8
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Arkansas’ biggest lottery winner to date picked up his $75,000 prize in Little Rock on Tuesday, then surrendered to Sebastian County jailers to begin serving a six-day jail term on two sex-offense convictions.
Joe Pierce, 34, of Van Buren pleaded no contest Oct. 8 in Fort Smith District Court to charges of indecent exposure and loitering, both misdemeanors.
Loitering is defined as lingering or remaining in a public place for the purpose of soliciting sex.
It’s been an eventful week for Pierce and his family. The day before he appeared in district court, his wife, Amanda Pierce, gave birth to their second child, daughter Kinley Jo.
Police reports state that on Aug. 22, Pierce agreed to perform oral ...
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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 9 on 10/15/2009
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