Operation Delta Crossroads wound up catching 20 people in four states yesterday after a two-year drug trafficking investigation.
Most of the arrests were in West Memphis and Crittenden county but the drug ring streatched into northern Mississippi, Tennessee, Boston and Houston.
Charges include possession of cocaine and crack cocaine, firearms and distrubiting a controlled substance. Prosecutors say more arrests are expected.
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There have been a rash of robberies in the past few days police are trying to sort out.
In Conway, three separate armed robberies happened within an hour and a half Sunday night. It started about 10 pm when police say three males and one female went around robbing people at gunpoint. These four are considered armed and dangerous.
In Little Rock, the Anthony school and Ms. Selma’s schools in Little Rock were locked down for a short time Monday while police looked for a robbery suspect in the area. It was just a precaution; the suspect reportedly held up the Walgreens on Cantrell. At this time, he has not been found.
Benton police are searching for a suspect who used a pickaxe to rob Walmart Monday morning. The suspect entered the store and went to the jewelry department where he used a pickaxe to break open one of the display cases. He threatened to shoot employees if they tried to stop him, but he didn’t display a gun.
These cases are still under investigation. If you have any information on any of them, call police.
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Malvern police are asking for help identifying a scam suspect.
Police say the elderly victim was led to believe that she had won money in a game of chance. She believed the money she gave would be doubled and returned back to her. The suspect took her cash, and later gave the victim a bag with folded newspaper made to resemble folded money.
If anyone has any information of the identity of this subject please contact the Malvern Police Department at 501 332-3636.
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Pulaski County is trying to deal with major jail overcrowding.
As of this morning the Pulaski County jail has 88 more inmates than it’s designed to hold. Sheriff Doc Holladay says they’ve housed almost 400 inmates for the state regularly.
If the overcrowding continues, he says the jail will have to restrict occupancy to only the most violent inmates. Local law enforcment officials will meet Thursday to talk about it.
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The debate continues about letting teacher carry guns in class. Arkansas lawmakers plan to meet today to discuss certifying public school employees to carry guns.
The joint meeting of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees in Little Rock comes after a state board voted in September to allow more than a dozen school districts to continue using teachers, administrators and other staff as armed guards.
The board said it would not accept any new applications from school districts for now.
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