Sheriff’s Office Investigating Crime Spree

— Deputies from the Benton County Sheriff’s Office are investigating several crimes that occurred Monday in the Pea Ridge area to see if the incidents are connected.

More than 20 residential mailboxes northeast of Pea Ridge were destroyed and the windows of a large “spreader” truck in the Jones trailer park area were broken out.

Later, in the same area, deputies responded to a report that two head of livestock were shot and killed.

Residents reported seeing an older model red-colored pickup with loud exhaust pipes in the area around the time of the incidents.

Anyone with information about the incidents is asked to call 479-271-1009.

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