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Arkansas Crime

Mom Accused Of Dumping Baby In Dumpster

The Huffington Post | David Moye | Posted 06.10.2013 | Crime

A 22-year-old woman in Altheimer, Ark., was arrested after allegedly tossing her 9-month-old baby boy in a garbage can. Brittany Cole was arrested ...

New 'Suspects' Named In West Memphis Three Slayings

Posted 03.29.2013 | Crime

The mother of a boy killed in the well-known "West Memphis Three" case alleges that her ex-husband and his drinking buddies are the culprits who mutil...

Father Arrested For Shaking 2 Infants To Death

AP | Posted 03.14.2013 | Crime

SPRINGDALE, Ark. -- An Arkansas man accused of fatally shaking two of his infant children in separate angry outbursts was charged Thursday with two co...

Man Accused Of Killing Parents Unfit For Trial

AP | Posted 02.26.2013 | Crime

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- A man charged with killing his parents and abducting his sister has been committed to the Arkansas State Hospital after a judge f...

Neighbor Who Allegedly Killed Abused Girl In Vacant Lot Heads To Court

AP | JEANNIE NUSS | Posted 03.09.2013 | Crime

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A prosecutor said Monday he plans to seek the death penalty for an Arkansas man accused of killing a 6-year-old neighbor who...

Man Who Allegedly Killed 6-Year-Old Wept When Body Was Found: Neighbor

AP | JEANNIE NUSS | Posted 01.28.2013 | Crime

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — A 6-year-old Arkansas girl who was the victim in an abuse case last year and was found dead this past week in a vacant house...

6-Year-Old Girl Chained To Dresser, Killed

AP | JEANNIE NUSS | Posted 01.27.2013 | Crime

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — An Arkansas man accused of killing a 6-year-old girl who lived next door cried the day her body was found in a nearby vacant...

2 Teens Found Dead At Same Home Within A Week

AP | JEANNIE NUSS | Posted 09.12.2012 | Crime

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Authorities in northeast Arkansas said Friday that an 18-year-old found fatally stabbed this week was a suspect in the shooting o...

Accused Killer Who Dumped 16-Year-Old's Body In Plastic Barrel Heads To Court

AP | Posted 05.15.2012 | Crime

FORT SMITH, Ark. -- An Arkansas man accused of killing a 16-year-old girl he met online is slated to go on trial this summer after authorities found h...

CAUGHT ON TAPE: Hot Dog Tong Robbery Attempt

Posted 04.18.2012 | Weird News

He's armed -- and sort of dangerous. An Arkansas man used a pair of hot dog tongs to threaten a convenience store employee and customer during a fa...

Arkansas Man Accused Of Abducting Daughter Surrenders

AP | ALLEN REED | Posted 06.02.2012 | Crime

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- An Arkansas man suspected of abducting his 18-month-old daughter after allegedly beating and stabbing her mother walked into an a...

18-Month-Old Missing After Mom Attacked With Ice Pick

AP | ALLEN REED | Posted 06.02.2012 | Crime

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Authorities are searching for an Arkansas man who is suspected of abducting his 18-month-old daughter after allegedly crashi...

Arkansas: 18-Year-Old Students Can Have Sex With Teachers

AP | ALLEN REED | Posted 03.29.2012 | Crime

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the state's law banning sexual contact between teachers and students, finding ...

Man Pleads Guilty In Death Of Teen Found In Plastic Barrel

AP | JEANNIE NUSS | Posted 02.22.2012 | Crime

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A convicted rapist accused of killing a 16-year-old girl he met online pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder Wednesday,...

Police Seek Suspect In Huckabee Relative's Death

AP | Posted 03.24.2012 | Crime

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — Authorities in Arkansas were searching Sunday for a suspect wanted in a homicide and kidnapping case involving a distant rel...

Police Find Missing Woman's Body In Arkansas Wilderness

AP | JILL ZEMAN BLEED | Posted 03.04.2012 | Crime

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A police dispatcher last seen alive leaving a party with her boyfriend shortly before Christmas was slain, authorities said ...

Torched Car Abandoned In Woods, But No Sign Of Missing Mom

Posted 12.30.2011 | Crime

A large, ongoing search for a mom who vanished before Christmas has turned up no trace of her since the burnt wreckage of her car was found in an Arka...

Juror Tweet Wins Death Row Inmate New Trial

AP | JEANNIE NUSS | Posted 02.07.2012 | Crime

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out a death row inmate's murder conviction and said he deserves a new trial be...

It's Safe To Go Barefoot Again -- Alleged Toe Sucker Caught

Posted 11.26.2011 | Weird News

This isn't what they mean by playing footsie. Police arrested a man known as the "Toe Suck Fairy" for allegedly harassing Arkansas women by talkin...

Police Search For Toe-Sucking Bandit Nipping At Women's Feet

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.20.2011 | Crime

A toe-sucking bandit is on the loose in central Arkansas. The man has allegedly approached two women in the area and asked to suck on their toes. A...

WATCH: Man Sees His House Getting Burglarized During Airplane Fly-Over

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 10.31.2011 | Crime

They say someone up there is watching -- and sometimes that someone is you. Steven Lynn was on his first small airplane ride when he thought it wou...

Men Controversially Convicted Of Killing Boy Scouts Might Be Released

AP | JEANNIE NUSS | Posted 10.19.2011 | Crime

UPDATE: After serving 17 years behind bars for the brutal murder of three children in eastern Arkansas, Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley Jr. and Jason...