Man shot by police in critical condition
TRUMANN - The man shot by Trumann police officers during a Tuesday altercation remained in critical condition at the Regional Medical Center of Memphis, a representative said Wednesday.
Police identified the wounded man as Jacob Ashton Brown, 21.
Arkansas State Police spokesman Bill Sadler said Trumann police officers went to Brown’s home Tuesday afternoon because Brown was wanted on a felony warrant and a parole violation warrant.
Brown fled and pointed a gun at an officer during the pursuit with police, Sadler said. Officers ordered Brown to put down the weapon, but shot Brown when he refused, he said.
Brown was struck in the chest, Trumann Police Chief Chad Henson said. Paramedics flew Brown to the Memphis hospital by medical helicopter.
Sadler said state police agents are investigating the shooting and will present their findings to 2nd Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington, who will determine whether the shooting was justified.
- ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTEDriver, 20, charged in death of woman
HOT SPRINGS - A man accused of driving into the side of a house in August and causing the death of an elderly woman was formally charged Monday with negligent homicide and other offenses.
Nickollas Logan Ferrell Roe, 20, of Hot Springs was taken into custody on felony warrants of negligent homicide, punishable by up to 20 years in prison; leaving the scene of an injury accident, punishable by up to six years; and a misdemeanor charge of first-offense driving while intoxicated, punishable by up to one year in jail.
Roe is to appear Nov. 4 in Garland County District Court.
According to the arrest affidavit and earlier reports, on Aug. 20, shortly after 2 a.m., Hot Springs police responded to an accident on Lacey Street and found a red 2002 Dodge Ram pickup embedded in the side of a house.
The pickup had struck and killed the occupant of the home, identified as Mary Dukes, 87, who was lying in her bed. The driver had left the scene.
- THE SENTINEL-RECORDMan gets 10 years in sex-offense plea
TULSA - A Tulsa man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for traveling across state lines to have sex with an underage girl who had been smuggled into thecountry from Mexico.
Antonio Calderon-Garcia admitted in a plea agreement that he “facilitated” the girl’s entry into the country. The 37-year-old admitted traveling to Dallas to pick up the girl, who was 15 at the time.
The Tulsa World reported the girl lived with Calderon-Garcia until she notified a counselor of the situation.
He pleaded guilty in July to travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct.
U.S. District Judge James Payne on Wednesday sentenced Calderon-Garcia to 10 years in prison. Calderon-Garcia’s defense attorney said the plea deal was “the best we could do under the circumstances.” - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSUtility, Sierra Club disagree on fly ash
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Utility officials and an environmental group disagree about the effect of a Springfield fly-ash release.
The Springfield News-Leader reported that City Utilities said the cloud of ash that billowed over part of a Springfield on Tuesday posed no threat to residents or the environment. But Sierra Club state chapter director John Hickey said the utility “has exposed people to a dangerous pollutant.”
While the ash is made mainly of silica, it also contains trace amounts of arsenic, lead and mercury.
The ash is a byproduct of burning coal and normally is captured in a scrubber system. City Utilities said a malfunction allowed the ash to be emitted from the John Twitty Energy Center. The powdery substance coated cars, homes and lawns as far as 3 miles away.
- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ex-trooper given probation in case
JOPLIN, Mo. - A retired Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper who had been charged with child molestation has been ordered to serve two years of probation after agreeing to a plea deal.
The Joplin Globe reported that 71-year-old James “J.D.” Hall of Neosho was scheduled to go to trial Tuesday in Newton County Circuit Court on charges of first-degree child molestation and misdemeanor assault.
But Hall avoided trial by accepting a plea offer Monday from the Missouri attorney general’s office. As part of the deal, Hall pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor assault and to a misdemeanor offense of child endangerment rather than the felony charge of child molestation.
The attorney general’s office was prosecuting the case because Hall had a working relationship with the Newton County prosecutor’s office over the years.
- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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