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'Fletcher Long'

Arrests made in grain thefts

Prosecuting Attorney Fletcher Long of Forrest City has announced the arrests of five men, including two police officers, for stealing $130,000 worth of soybeans and corn from a McCrory granary in December and January.
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Prosecutors have all the power

But little oversight. Is a violation not a violation if a prosecutor says, 'I didn't mean to'?
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Attorney general contests judge's effort to name special prosecutor in Phillips County murder case

The attorney general's office entered the controversy engendered by Circuit Judge L.T. Simes extraordinary decision to deny an effort by Prosecuting Attorney Fletcher Long not to prosecute a murder case and to order instead a special prosecutor handle the matter.

Slayer who didn't show for Forrest City sentencing in custody

 KAIT-TV in Jonesboro reports that a man who pleaded guilty to a St. Francis County slaying but didn't show up for sentencing turned himself in to Craighead County authorities in Jonesboro last night.
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Killer fails to show for sentencing; sheriff calls Judge Simes' release of defendant 'idiotic'

Interesting case reported today in the Forrest City Times Herald Anthony Antwan Millbrooks, who pleaded guilty Aug. 12 to manslaughter in the shooting death of Roosevelt Willis, did not return to court Thursday morning for a sentencing hearing.

Singing the Delta blues

An unprecedented strike force of more than 700 law officers swept across the Delta last week to arrest 70 people indicted for drug dealing and public corruption.
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No retrial for Curtis Vance

There'll probably be no retrial of Curtis Vance, Anne Pressly's killer, on a charge that he raped a former Marianna school teacher.
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