1967 Cold Case murder arrest made On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at approximately 10:30 A.M. James Leon Clay, age 67 of Georgetown, Delaware was taken into custody by officials with the Georgetown, Delaware Police Department on a Warrant from the Jackson County Circuit Court for Kidnaping and Murder in the First Degree. The arrest…
Search Warrant leads to arrests On Friday, April 10, 2015, investigators with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office obtained and executed a search warrant at 1407 Dill Street in Newport, Ar. Investigators received information on stolen property being at the residence. Upon the execution of the search warrant Jeremy Curtis Cooper and John Michael Sullins were…
Jonesboro man hit by train in Jackson County Michael Tilley Press release.docx Media Kit
On Monday, March 2, 2015, at approximately 3:22 A.M. Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to an accident involving a southbound Amtrak train and a 2015 Ford Mustang. A preliminary investigation showed that the driver of the mustang, Mr. Pradeep Burugu, of Houston, Texas, attempted to cross the Union Pacific Railroad Crossing at Jackson County Road…
Keith Allen Thompson, 40, appeared before Judge Harold Erwin in Jackson County Circuit Court Wednesday, Aug. 8, where he pled on charges of Theft of Property, Criminal Trespass, and Criminal Mischief First Degree. Charges were filed against Thompson after a report was filed with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office in January that a crane had…
In a continuing effort to keep the children and citizens of Jackson County safe, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office conducted Operation Safe Playground on Wednesday, July 24th and Thursday, July 25th.. During Operation Safe Playground, Officers of the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office along with the United States Marshal’s Office, Newport, Diaz, and Swifton Police Departments traveled…
A Tuckerman man faces drug charges following a traffic stop last week. According to Sheriff David Lucas, the traffic stop was conducted on Hwy 18 at the Exxon Travel Center by Arkansas State Police Trooper Robert J. Stewart on Friday, July 19, at 5:01 p.m. During the stop, it was determined that Garret Blain Ussery,…
In October 2012 the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by the Mayor of Weldon in reference to missing city funds. At that time an investigation was began and an Audit was requested. Andrea Grigsby Adams resigned from her position as the City Clerk of Weldon on October 9, 2012, during an audit conducted by…
On Saturday, July 6, 2013, around 11:45 p.m., Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputies were on patrol on Highway 367 by Campbell Station where they attempted to initiate a traffic stop. Three subjects immediately exited the vehicle and one ran inside a Campbell Station residence near the site of the stop. Deputies followed the subject to the…
On Friday, July 12, 2013 at approximate 2:30 pm officers from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and the Diaz Police Department executed a search warrant on the residence of Jerry Lamar Ellis at 1315 Cindy Lane in Diaz. During the search warrant officers found a loaded weapon and a large amount of ammunition, a quantity…