Photo: Searcy County Investigator Deputy Justin Flint escorting rape suspect Genaro Ortiz to his vehicle for transport to the Searcy County Detention Center.
A Searcy County man has been arrested after assaulting an unarmed person with a firearm. According to the Searcy County Sheriff's Office, deputies dispatched to
Trystan Barker (Photo courtesy of Searcy County Detention Center) An area man is accused of running motorists off the road, leading authorities on a high-speed
Searcy County Sheriff Kenny Cassell reports that home visits conducted by agents with Arkansas Community Corrections have lead to the arrests of five Searcy County residents.
Agents conducted a home visit on April 21 at the residence of 49-year-old James Douglas Watkins, who is a parolee, and 47-year-old Nellie Leann Ford in Marshall. After advising Watkins for the reason of the visit, agents began a search of residence looking for compliance checks.
In the shared bedroom in a nightstand belonging to Watkins, agents located a pouch that contained multiple bags of a white crystal-like substance believed to be methamphetamine, a straw with white residue inside and a smoking device that contained a burned residue inside it.