Ash Flat Man Arrested in Stabbing
On February 4th, 2020 Sharp County sheriff’s office was notified by the emergency room in Cherokee Village of a stabbing victim who came to their facility. Authorities responded and took…
Father of Shaken 5 Week Old Baby Accused Along With Mother of Child
Derek Brown, 26 years old of Cherokee Village was arrested on February 6th, 2020 and charged with suspicion of endangering the welfare of a minor/ 1st Degree/ risk of death…
Local man held in rape case of a child under the age of one
Joey Penix, 26 years old of Imboden sits in the Lawrence County jail with a $150,000 cash bond following a December 2019 investigation. According to a Sharp County affidavit a…
Student Charged As An Adult in Sexual Indecency With A Child Case
On Wednesday January 8th, 18 year old Shane Willard Hill, DOB 5-22-2001 of Imboden was arrested and charged as an adult with (1) Felony count of Sexual Indecency With A…
Missouri Man Jailed After Attack on Lawrence County Deputy
Around 11:00 pm on Tuesday, October 8th, 2019, a Lawrence county deputy was injured after an altercation with a subject on Hwy. 361 in Black Rock. The incident began when…
Traffic Stop in Black Rock Yields Large Amount of Marijuana
A routine traffic stop in Black Rock produced several large bags of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. At 7:26 p.m. on Saturday, Black Rock Police stopped a white Ford Focus traveling…
Woman Arrested After Daylight Break In
At 10:26 a.m. on Thursday, Lawrence County Dispatch received a 911 call reporting a female trespassing at 4619 Hwy 63. Black Rock. The caller stated ,while on the phone with…
Two Arrested In Ravenden During Traffic Stop On Monday Night
A traffic stop in Ravenden on Monday night has landed two men in the Lawrence County Detention Center. Ravenden Police initiated a routine traffic stop on a pickup truck with…
Hoxie Fugitive Joseph Crow Captured On Monday
 Joseph Crow, 26, was wanted on suspicion of aggravated assault on a police officer, domestic battery, fleeing, and hit and run.Hoxie Police said one of the Hoxie officers was…
Fugitive Jerrett Stanford Apprehended by Ravenden Police Department
According to Police Chief Tim McComas of the Ravenden Police Department, Jerrett Stanford was captured at the Mammoth Spring State Park in a joint operation involving Sharp County detectives, 16th…
Lawrence County Officers Arrest Black Rock Man on Multiple Charges
On 04/17/2018 Officers with the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office arrested Keith Barnes of Black Rock age 46. The arrest stems from a criminal impersonation case in which Barnes was reported…
Attorney General’s Cyber Crimes Unit Arrests Ravenden Man
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced this week, the arrest of a Lawrence County man for crimes involving children. According to the Attorney General’s press release Terry Matheny, age 58 of…
Four Arrested in Imboden Drug Raid
Armed with a search warrant officials from the Third Judicial drug task force and the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office searched a house on east second street in Imboden on Wednesday…
Felons Caught on Game Camera Arrested in Lawrence County
On Saturday the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office criminal investigation division obtained warrants for the arrest of William Webb and Kenny Medlock. The arrest warrants were obtained after footage from game…
Rape Suspect Jailed After Fleeing From Walnut Ridge Officers
Shortly after 10:30 pm a routine traffic stop quickly turned bad for one suspect. As officers ran an inquiry on a suspect in a traffic stop, the man suddenly ran…
Man Arrested for Choking Female in Black Rock
On August 27, 2017 Andre Covington, black male 28yo from Jonesboro, was arrested by the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office. At approximately 10pm on the 27th deputies responded to a domestic…