Cody Hiland announces resignation as U.S. attorney in Little Rock
CODY HILAND
coming resignation from the office, a tacit acknowledgment that
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United States Attorney Cody Hiland, 48, of Conway, has announced his resignation as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, effective 11:59 p.m. on December 31, 2020. After his resignation, he plans to pursue opportunities in the private sector.
Hiland, a graduate of the University of Central Arkansas and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, had previously served as the elected Prosecuting Attorney for the 20
Former Greene County sheriffâs lieutenant pleads guilty to stealing FBI money
Former Greene County Sheriffâs Lieutenant pleads guilty to stealing FBI money By Region 8 Newsdesk | December 21, 2020 at 4:22 PM CST - Updated December 22 at 5:49 AM
GREENE COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT) - A former Greene County sheriffâs lieutenant arrested in 2019 pleaded guilty to stealing over $30,000 of FBI money.
According to a media release Monday from Cody Hiland, Office of the United States Attorney Eastern District of Arkansas, Scott Pillow pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government funds.
The investigation began in 2019 after investigators received information that Pillow was abusing his role with the Greene County Sheriffâs Office.
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Former Greene County deputy pleads to stealing money in FBI sting
Former Greene County deputy pleads to stealing money in FBI sting
December 21, 20204:42 pm
Scott Pillow, 56, of Paragould, a former Greene County deputy, has pleaded guilty to stealing $30,000 when the FBI set him up for a sting in a fake drug deal.
From the news release from the U.S. attorney’s office in Little Rock:
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After receiving information that former Lieutenant Pillow might be abusing his role with the Greene County Sheriff’s Office, FBI Special Agents and Task Force Officers conducted a ruse narcotics investigation and sought Pillow’s help with the investigation. On November 4, 2019, FBI parked a rental vehicle in a commercial parking lot in Paragould and staged a glass drug pipe in the vehicle along with a red backpack containing $76,000. The cash was divided into ten bundles of $7,600 each, and investigators recorded the serial numbers.