Police audits attack evidence logs Record-keeping issues found at Bentonville, Rogers departments

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock) BYLINE: BY ADAM WALLWORTH ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Bentonville, AR Beer cans and broadswords are among the items that fill the rows of shelves in one of the invisible places in police departments – the property rooms. The...

BENTON COUNTY Sloppy shelving spurs defender to review cases

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock) BYLINE: BY ADAM WALLWORTH ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Bentonville AR The Benton County public defender plans to review two years’ worth of cases possibly affected by the actions of a former Bentonville police officer who was...

BENTON COUNTY Sloppy shelving spurs defender to review cases

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock) BYLINE: BY ADAM WALLWORTH ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Bentonville AR The Benton County public defender plans to review two years’ worth of cases possibly affected by the actions of a former Bentonville police officer who was...

Phillips charged with drug, theft offenses

Clay County Democrat By RYAN ROGERS Marmaduke, AR Former Marmaduke mayor Byron Phillips was arrested Tuesday, June 16, following an investigation of alleged crimes he reportedly committed while in office. Phillips, 42, was arrested on class B felony charges of two...

Phillips charged with drug, theft offenses

Clay County Democrat By RYAN ROGERS Marmaduke, AR Former Marmaduke mayor Byron Phillips was arrested Tuesday, June 16, following an investigation of alleged crimes he reportedly committed while in office. Phillips, 42, was arrested on class B felony charges of two...

A justified audit Cleaning house in Rogers

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock) Rogers / Springdale, AR IT’S GOOD to see Rogers’ police department getting around to the mess in its evidence room. An audit a few months back found major problems that could easily have undermined the cops’...