Crime in NW Arkansas
BENTONVILLE -- Another person was selected Friday to serve on the jury for Mauricio Torres' capital murder trial, bringing the total chosen to three.
by Tracy Neal February 3, 2023A federal appeals court Tuesday reversed a lower court judge, ruling employees at the Benton County Jail are entitled to qualified immunity in a civil rights l…
by Ron Wood January 31, 2023FAYETTEVILLE -- A Washington County Circuit judge recently sentenced a Fayetteville man to more than two decades in state prison on a litany of drug, firearm, …
by Ron Wood January 30, 2023Justices of the peace plan to begin discussing how to pay for a Benton County jail expansion and the increased operating costs that would come with more space.
by Tracy Neal January 30, 2023FAYETTEVILLE -- John R. Tyson, the chief financial officer at Tyson Foods, pleaded guilty Tuesday to two misdemeanor charges related to him being found sleepin…
by Ron Wood January 25, 2023FAYETTEVILLE -- A Benton County judge denied the city's motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit with Petland, according to a Tuesday filing.
by Stacy Ryburn January 25, 2023Arrest report from Benton and Washington Counties.
by Tom Sissom January 25, 2023BENTONVILLE -- A Dardanelle woman is being held on $100,000 bond after she was arrested in connection with threatening a witness in an attempted murder case.
by Tracy Neal January 25, 2023FAYETTEVILLE -- John R. Tyson, the chief financial officer at Tyson Foods, pleaded guilty Tuesday to two misdemeanor charges related to him being found sleepin…
by Ron Wood January 24, 2023A Bella Vista man pleaded guilty Monday to evading federal income taxes, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
by Ron Wood January 24, 2023BENTONVILLE -- A local circuit judge refused to lower the bond for a couple accused of causing their child's death while sleeping with him.
by Tracy Neal January 24, 2023FORT SMITH -- A former state legislator and Republican candidate for Sebastian County judge entered a negotiated guilty plea in the county Circuit Court to one…
by Thomas Saccente January 24, 2023A compilation of arrest in Northwest Arkansas.
by Tom Sissom January 24, 2023Six people were arrested Friday in connection with various offenses during a narcotics and firearms investigation, according to a news release from the Benton …
by NWA Democrat-Gazette January 21, 2023BENTONVILLE -- A jury on Friday found a former employee for the Northwest Arkansas Children's Shelter guilty of raping a 10-year-old shelter resident.
by Tracy Neal January 20, 2023