ARKANSAS STATE POLICE FATALLY SHOOT ARMED SUSPECT FOLLOWING STORE ALTERCATION IN ALMA
May 16, 2025
ALMA, Ark. — On Friday, May 16, 2025, at approximately 6:30 a.m., Arkansas State Police (ASP) received a report of a reckless driver near the 7-mile marker eastbound on Interstate 40 near Van Buren. Troopers suspected this vehicle was connected to an earlier domestic disturbance and aggravated robbery in Fort Smith.
The suspect stopped at the Hilltop Travel Center in Alma and entered the store. ASP Troopers and Crawford County Deputies responded to the scene. An altercation occurred between the suspect and law enforcement, during which the suspect produced a handgun and fled.Officers pursued the suspect, repeatedly commanding him to drop his weapon. The suspect faced the officers while still armed, and refused to comply. ASP Troopers fired their weapons, fatally striking the suspect.
No law enforcement officers were injured in the incident. The deceased will be transported to the Arkansas State Crime Lab to determine the manner and cause of death. ASP’s Criminal Investigation Division is investigating the shooting and will submit a case file to the Crawford County Prosecuting Attorney, who will determine whether lethal force was consistent with Arkansas law.
ARKANSAS STATE POLICE SEEKS PUBLIC’S HELP AFTER MOTORCYCLIST SHOT ON I-40 NEAR MORRILTON
May 14, 2025
MORRILTON, Ark. — Arkansas State Police (ASP) is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating the individual responsible for shooting a motorcyclist on Interstate 40 in Conway County on Tuesday, May 13, 2025.
The shooting incident occurred at 9:46 p.m. on Interstate 40 at the 104-mile marker.The victim, a 58-year-old man from Morrilton, reported that while traveling on his motorcycle eastbound, he felt something strike the back of his helmet. The victim pulled over to the shoulder, where he discovered that he had been shot.
The victim was transported to a local hospital, where he is expected to recover from his injuries.Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the ASP.
ARKANSAS STATE POLICE SEIZE OVER 1,100 POUNDS OF ILLEGAL MARIJUANA IN I-40 TRAFFIC STOP
May 13, 2025
OZARK, Ark. — On Saturday, May 10, 2025, at approximately 10 a.m., Arkansas State Police (ASP) conducted a traffic stop on a tractor-trailer for a traffic violation on Interstate 40 near the 30-mile marker near Ozark.
During a search of the trailer, Troopers discovered three pallets containing 49 boxes of illegal marijuana, with a total weight of 1,135 pounds.
The driver, identified as Kok Tse, 51, from Brooklyn, New York, was arrested and transported to the Franklin County Detention Center and booked on felony charges of Trafficking a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
FORMER MARION COUNTY AIRPORT TREASURER ARRESTED FOR STEALING NEARLY $118,000
May 13, 2025
YELLVILLE, Ark. — On Monday, May 12, 2025, Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) Special Agents arrested Douglas E. Starkey, 66, of Yellville, on charges of felony Theft of Property and Abuse of Office.
This arrest followed an investigation initiated by a request from the 14th Judicial Prosecutor's Office regarding missing funds at the Marion County Regional Airport.
During the investigation, CID agents discovered that Starkey, the former treasurer of the Airport Board of Directors, had stolen $117,696 from the airport.Starkey turned himself into the Marion County Detention Center around 1:30 p.m. and posted bond a short time later.
ASP ASKS FOR PUBLIC’S HELP IDENTIFYING ROAD RAGE
SHOOTING SUSPECT
May 12, 2025
HOMAN, Ark. – Arkansas State Police (ASP) has asked for the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a man who shot another motorist on Interstate 30 in Miller County on Monday, May 12, 2025.
The incident occurred at around 12:40 p.m. in the westbound lanes of I-30 near the 11-mile marker. The victim, who was westbound in a red 2016 Toyota Prius, said the suspect was driving a gray Nissan Altima with Arkansas license plates. The suspect is described as a black male, with short hair who was wearing an orange fleece.
The victim, a 40-year-old Texas man, was shot in the forearm. He was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.The suspect vehicle approached the victim from behind, following him closely and flashing his headlights.
The victim reported that he changed lanes, and the suspect continued to follow him. The victim said he threw a water bottled at the suspect’s vehicle before the suspect shot his vehicle several times about 11 miles northeast of the Arkansas/Texas border.
The victim’s vehicle was hit multiple times. Anyone with information about the incident or the suspect should call ASP Troop G at (870) 777-4641.
SUSPECT ARRESTED AFTER INCIDENT AT BERRYVILLE HOSPITAL
May 12, 2025
BERRYVILLE, Ark. — The Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) has been requested by the Carroll County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) to investigate a shooting incident at Mercy Hospital in Berryville that occurred on Saturday, May 10, 2025.
William Kevin Rose, 25, of Little Rock, had been arrested by the Eureka Springs Police Department (ESPD) in a separate incident for aggravated assault and resisting arrest. After his arrest, Rose was transported to Mercy Hospital for medical treatment.
While under medical care at the hospital, Rose managed to obtain a service weapon from a Carroll County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) deputy. He fired two rounds inside the hospital. No one was injured during the incident.
Medical staff subdued and disarmed Rose before he escaped custody and fled into a nearby wooded area.
A coordinated search involving the Berryville Police Department and CCSO deputies resulted in Rose being located and taken back into custody.
Rose was transported to the Carroll County Detention Center.Charges against him include Aggravated Assault on an Employee of a Correctional Facility, Theft, Resisting Arrest, Fleeing, Battery, Making Terroristic Threats, and Breaking or Entering.
ASP, WMPD, AND MEMPHIS AUTHORITIES APPREHEND ROBBERY SUSPECTS AFTER HIGH-SPEED PURSUIT ACROSS STATE LINES
May 12, 2025
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — On Sunday, May 11, 2025, at approximately 6 p.m., Arkansas State Police (ASP) responded to a BOLO alert from the West Memphis Police Department (WMPD) regarding suspects in a West Memphis robbery.ASP Troopers spotted the vehicle on Interstate 55 near the 1-mile marker in Crittenden County, traveling at speeds near 100 mph as it crossed the bridge into Tennessee on I-55.Troopers conducted a Tactical Vehicle Intervention (TVI) at the 9-mile marker in Memphis, Tennessee.
Following the TVI, a passenger fled on foot.The driver, identified as Joe N. Carter, 64, of Paducah, Kentucky, was apprehended.
The passenger, Phillip Harris, 43, of Old Forge, Pennsylvania, was later located and taken into custody by the Memphis Police Department and WMPD officers in an abandoned house. Harris was wanted for outstanding warrants out of Crittenden County.
Carter and Harris were transported to the Shelby County, Tennessee, Detention Center.
