A Heber Springs man convicted on six counts of production of child pornography after a jury trial last August asked for and was granted mercy by a federal judge not often given toward leniency in sentencing.
A Craighead County attorney accused of threatening to kill two federal judges was arraigned Thursday on an indictment charging him with threatening a member of the federal judiciary.
A West Virginia man indicted as part of a far-flung steroid trafficking ring based out of Central Arkansas was sentenced on Wednesday to spend three years in prison for his role in the conspiracy.
A 59-year-old Heber Springs man, who had been facing a potential presumptive life sentence after his conviction on six counts of production of child pornography, was instead sentenced Wednesday to a total of 20 years in prison. The man had insisted in court that the 15-year-old girl in question had told him that she was 18.
A Tennessee man who pleaded guilty to possession of a machine gun and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison in a plea deal that saved him from a likely 30-year minimum prison term had he elected to go to trial.