Two more defendants in a long-running federal drug conspiracy and racketeering case out of Pope County were sentenced Wednesday by a federal judge, bringing the total number of defendants sentenced in the case to 29, leaving 23 remaining to be sentenced.
A Pope County woman accused of racketeering crimes related to drug distribution in Central Arkansas and the beating of a suspected informant in 2017 was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison.
Jurors in the racketeering and drug conspiracy trial of a Danville man heard graphic testimony on Wednesday about beatings administered by members of a Pope County white supremacist gang to two people they suspected of informing on members of the group.