Arkansas

FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. – The use of lethal force by two Fayetteville Police Department officers has been ruled justified in the September 2025 shooting death of 42-year-old Brandon Poulter. According to Fourth District Prosecuting Attorney Brandon Carter, the officers' actions were consistent with Arkansas law. On September 7, 2025, Fayetteville Police officers responded to reports of gunfire at an apartment complex in the 300 block of North Garnet Court. As officers attempted to make contact with individuals inside the apartment, additional gunshots were fired from within, targeting both the officers and an armored vehicle. The suspect, identified as Brandon Poulter, continued to engage officers with gunfire. Officers returned fire, striking Poulter. He was later found deceased i...

PRESCOTT, ARK. – A Texarkana man is facing 24 felony charges following an ongoing investigation into sex crimes involving multiple juvenile victims across four Arkansas counties. File Photo (October 2024) According to the Arkansas State Police, Alejandro Mendoza, 35, was charged on October 1, 2025, in both Nevada and Hempstead Counties. The charges include rape, indecency with a child by exposure, sexual grooming of a child, internet stalking of a child, and multiple counts of engaging children in sexually explicit conduct. The investigation began in July 2024 when the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office requested assistance from the Arkansas State Police Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. Mendoza was first arrested on September 11, 2024, and a $250,000 bond was set at...

ST. JOE, ARK. – A St. Joe man has been sentenced to life without parole plus 10 years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to Capital Murder and Abuse of a Corpse in the death of his wife. According to court records, Jeffery Stansbery, 76, pleaded guilty on Friday, October 3, 2025, in Searcy County Circuit Court to the charges stemming from the death of Amanda Stansbery, 43, also of St. Joe. On September 5, 2024, the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division assisted the Searcy County Sheriff’s Office after deputies discovered Amanda Stansbery deceased at her Chipley Road home. Deputies had been dispatched for a welfare check after Jeffery Stansbery reportedly told staff at Cox Medical Center in Branson, Missouri, that he had harmed his wife...

FORDYCE, AR – The Arkansas State Crime Laboratory has concluded that the deaths of two Fordyce residents last month were the result of a murder-suicide. File Photo (August 2025) On September 15, 2025, the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division initiated a death investigation at the request of the Dallas County Sheriff's Office after a deceased couple was discovered inside a home in the 1700 block of West 4th Street. Deputies with the Dallas County Sheriff's Office and officers from the Fordyce Police Department responded to the residence around 11 a.m. after receiving a report of two unresponsive individuals. Upon arrival, authorities located the bodies of 81-year-old David Parham and 70-year-old Holly Parham. The Dallas County Coroner pronounced both individuals de...

FORREST CITY, AR – Dr. Sudesh Banaji, 61, of Forrest City, was convicted on September 29, 2025, of six counts of Second-Degree Sexual Assault following a jury trial in St. Francis County Circuit Court. The conviction stems from multiple incidents involving sexual assaults of female patients during medical examinations at Banaji’s clinic in Forrest City. He was sentenced to six years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections and ordered to pay $90,000 in fines. According to the Arkansas State Police, the investigation began in August 2023 when the First Judicial District Prosecutor’s Office requested assistance from the Criminal Investigation Division (CID). Special Agents with ASP CID arrested Banaji on August 26, 2024, following their investigation. For further information, c...

MARSHALL, AR – Stephen Phillip Treat, 67, was sentenced to nine life sentences on September 24, 2025, after a Searcy County jury found him guilty of nine counts of rape and other related offenses. The charges stemmed from an investigation launched in July 2023 after a woman reported to the Searcy County Sheriff's Office that Treat had raped her repeatedly between 2012 and 2022, beginning when she was a minor. The Sheriff's Office requested assistance from the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division. Treat was arrested on July 18, 2023. Following a two-year legal process, he was convicted and sentenced to life in the Arkansas Department of Corrections on each of the nine rape counts.

FAULKNER COUNTY, AR - Colt Ryder Brussel, 8, and Bradley Browning Brussel, 5, of Faulkner County have been safely located, according to the Arkansas State Police. A Missing/Endangered Advisory was issued at the request of the Faulkner County Sheriff’s Office after the boys earlier this morning. Their photos have since been removed for privacy.

WILLISVILLE, Ark. – The Eighth Judicial District-North Prosecuting Attorney has determined that two Arkansas State Police troopers acted lawfully when they used force during the July 22 apprehension of Daniel Wallace, 35, of Rosston. The incident began around 5 p.m. when Nevada County deputies responded to a shooting at a home on Arkansas Highway 200 in the Morris community. Deputies found a 47-year-old Rosston man with life-threatening injuries. Wallace, identified as the suspect, fled the scene in a white 2012 Chevrolet Tahoe. Troopers later located Wallace at a convenience store in Waldo, sparking a pursuit north on U.S. Highway 371. During the chase, Wallace fired multiple rounds at officers. A trooper executed a tactical vehicle intervention, after which Wallace exchanged gu...

HAZEN, Ark., Sept. 18, 2025 – Arkansas State Police are searching for two suspects who fled into a wooded area following a high-speed pursuit that ended along Interstate 40 near Hazen early Wednesday morning. According to ASP, the pursuit began around 8:45 a.m. when troopers attempted to stop a black Hyundai Palisade for a traffic violation. The driver reportedly fled at speeds nearing 100 miles per hour while making dangerous lane changes. The driver, identified as Brevin Tre Harvey, 24, of Saltillo, Miss., and a rear passenger, Marice Quencha Sykes, 30, of Tupelo, Miss., exited the vehicle and fled on foot into nearby woods. Both men remain at large. A third occupant, Kyle Anthony Easley, 33, of Shannon, Miss., was taken into custody and booked into the Prairie County Detent...

FORDYCE, Ark. – The Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division is conducting a death investigation following the discovery of two deceased individuals inside a residence in the 1700 block of West 4th Street. File Photo (August 2025) According to the Dallas County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to the home around 11 a.m. on Monday, September 15, along with Fordyce Police, after receiving a report of two unresponsive people. Upon arrival, authorities located David Parham, 81, and Holly Parham, 70, both of Fordyce. They were pronounced deceased at the scene by the Dallas County Coroner. The bodies will be transported to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory to determine the cause and manner of death.