Charges Include Destruction of Property, Conspiracy, Possessing Destructive Devices
LITTLE ROCK 17 December A federal investigation resulted in charges against four people for their alleged involvement in fire bombings of police vehicles in Little Rock and North Little Rock in August 2020. Cody Hiland, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives New Orleans Field Division Special Agent in Charge Kurt Thielhorn announced today’s arrests of Brittany Dawn Jeffrey, 31; Emily Nowlin, 27; Renea Goddard, 22; and Aline Espinosa-Villegas, 24; all of Little Rock.
According to the Criminal Complaint filed on December 14, 2020, numerous incidents of vandalism occurred after protests were held at local police stations earlier this year. On August 25, 2020, a large group of protestors held a demonstration at the Little Rock Police Department 12
Leftist Journalist, BLM Activists Charged in Firebombing of Arkansas Cop Cars
27 Dec 2020
A woman described as a “far-left” journalist and three other activists are charged in the August firebombings of multiple police cars. The alleged arson attacks took place during Black Lives Matter protests in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of Arkansas charged KUAR Public Radio journalist Renea Baek Goddard, 22, and three others in connection to the firebombings of multiple police vehicles in August, according to information obtained from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Arkansas. The others charged include Brittany Dawn Jeffrey, 31; Emily Nowlin, 27; and Aline Espinosa-Villegas, 24 all residents of Little Rock.
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They are also well known activists who have been a part of several protests against police brutality. Author: THV11 Digital, Ashley Godwin (THV11) Published: 3:00 PM CST December 17, 2020 Updated: 10:14 PM CST December 17, 2020
LITTLE ROCK, Ark Cody Hiland, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, hosted a press conference on Thursday.
Federal and local law enforcement officials joined him in addressing the fire bombing of local law enforcement vehicles in the central Arkansas area in August 2020. Thirty-three tires were slashed and about $42,000 worth of damage done. These are tax payer dollars that bought these police vehicles, said Col. Bill Bryant with the Arkansas State Police.