Lawrence County Man Arrested On Rape Charges
James Sydney “Syd†Humes, age 25 of Black Rock was arrested by the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office on an outstanding warrant for rape, a Class Y Felony. Court documents state…
Law Enforcement And Fire Departments Have A Busy Night As Storms Pass Through
Lawrence County received significant damage as a strong storm system moved through in the early morning hours on Tuesday. Shortly before 2 AM the Lawrence County Dispatch began receiving dozens…
Criminal Investigation Division And Coroner Called After Body Discovered Outside Smithville
Details are still coming in, here’s what we know. Around 10 am Thursday the Lawrence County Dispatch was advised of a body discovered in a camper located on a private…
Leaving the Scene of an Accident Leads to Numerous Charges for Walnut Ridge Couple
A two vehicle accident at 1:15 pm on Monday left investigators searching for a suspect in a damaged vehicle that left the scene. There were no injuries in the accident,…
Drug arrest made outside the Dollar General in Imboden
A first responder call for the Imboden Fire Department resulted in a drug arrest by law enforcement. Around 1:30 pm on Friday the Imboden Volunteer Fire Department along with Pro…
Details Released In Shane Hill-Sexual Indecency with a Child Case By Investigators
Sheriff’s Investigators in the Shane Hill case have released details surrounding the charges against the Sloan Hendrix student. We first brought you this story on Jan. 9th after reports of…
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…
November 2019 Strawberry Shooting Declared Murder/Suicide
On November 22, 2019 authorities were called to a residence outside of Strawberry where two gunshot victims were discovered, that is now being declared a murder/suicide by the Lawrence County…
Woman arrested for DWI and endangering the welfare of a minor
A Pocahontas woman was arrested on Friday night in Lawrence County for allegedly driving under the influence and endangering the welfare of a minor. At 10:47 p.m. Lawrence County Dispatch…
Woman stabbed at Autumn Inn , Suspect now in Custody
Lawrence County authorities captured the suspect in an early morning stabbing shortly after 9 a.m. on Friday. 44 year old, Brad Hackworth was arrested after allegedly stabbing a female multiple…
Fugitive with warrants tazed and arrested
On Saturday afternoon shortly after 5:00 pm, Lawrence County dispatch received a 911 call reporting a male subject who was causing a disturbance at a residence on Lawrence 106 just…
Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Multiple Car Break-Ins That May be Related
Early Wednesday morning Lawrence County dispatch received multiple calls reporting several vehicles broken into and mail removed from mailboxes and discarded on the ground. Deputies responded to the area of…
Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office Awarded Courtroom Security Grant
The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office was recently awarded a Courtroom Security Grant totaling $15,000 through Administrative Offices of the Courts Supreme Court of Arkansas. The grant application was submitted for…
Cook’s Towing Makes Donation to LCSO
Cook’s Towing and Recovery recently made a donation to the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office. Devices to add additional emergency vehicle lighting and a monetary donation were made. Photo attached showing…
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…