A Jefferson County man reputed to be near the top of one of two notorious street gangs that have plagued Pine Bluff and Little Rock in recent years was allowed to go home to his family to await trial in a ruling that U.S. Magistrate Judge Joe Volpe called "an agonizingly close decision."
A Pine Bluff man who is one of three twice-indicted defendants in a far-flung investigation into gang violence and drug trafficking was ordered to remain in jail to await trial and could soon be joined by his girlfriend after a federal magistrate judge determined during her testimony that the woman was lying under oath.
A defendant indicted as one of 80 people accused in a GETROCK Task Force operation that combined FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration resources to interdict gang violence and drug trafficking in Central Arkansas was allowed to go free on bond to await trial Tuesday and two other defendants were arraigned on charges in the case.
A woman appeared in federal court Tuesday morning after FBI agents say she tried to open the emergency door on an airliner and bit another passenger, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Little Rock on Saturday, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday.
A recent investigation into gang activity and drug trafficking by the FBI s GETROCK Task Force and the Drug Enforcement Administration that resulted in the indictments of 80 people resulted in the detention of one more defendant to await trial and the arraignment of three others.