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Category: Crime

Cell phone pings leads to two life sentences for 2012 murderer

August 26, 2017 Free PressMurders

Editor’s Note: This report is another in a series of reports on more than 150 people who have been charged in murder related cases in the area since 2011. We know they were suspects, but what happened afterwards?   In…

Murders, Rico Collins

License plate stop reveals gun, drugs; driver jailed

August 26, 2017August 28, 2017 Free PressPolice Arrests

Everyone has done it at one time or another, but when Herdurius Scott forgot to lower his license plate over the gas sprout on his car, he was spotted by police, and it landed him in jail on six unrelated…

Crimes

Jewelry temptation too much for manager; steals $18,000 worth and pawns it

August 26, 2017August 26, 2017 Free PressPolice Arrests

    Managers of Jewelry stores face tremendous temptations. They have access to keys, cash, and the merchandise. Occasionally, the temptation to misappropriate the cash or the merchandise using the keys is overwhelming. A local woman who managed the Kay…

Crime

Criminal Activities August 14-20, 2017

August 24, 2017August 31, 2017 Free PressCrime, Police Arrests

Trio gets caught up in a criminal conspiracy On Tuesday, August 15, 2017, according to a Metro Narcotic Unit agent, agents received a call from CI that Beaudion and two other individuals went to Houston, TX. The CI advised that…

Crime

Woman caught stealing from employer in an unusual way

August 24, 2017 Free PressCrime

On Wednesday, August 23, 2017 according to a Monroe Police officer, a officer was dispatched to Burlington Coat Factory in reference to a theft complaint. Contact was made with the District Loss Prevention Manager, Brian Vincent. Vincent stated he was…

Crimes, Whitney L. Fuller

2012 Drug deal ends with two dead, three accused get 30 years to 19 months

August 11, 2017August 11, 2017 Free PressMurders

As murders in our city increase, our continuing series looks as the last 120 murders to see how the suspects were treated in court. Slaps on the wrists or stiff penalties?  Huttig Arkansas is just fifty miles from Monroe, even…

Black on Black Crime, Crimes, Murders

She fought him for messing with a co-worker

August 3, 2017 Free PressPolice Arrests

Monroe police arrested a woman on Tuesday for fighting with her husband over a relationship she said he had with a co-worker. An officer was dispatched to a local business and spoke to a man who advised that his estranged…

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