Tamera Deaver News Today

A federal judge in Little Rock called attorneys from the U.S. attorneys office and the Federal Public Defenders Office to task Wednesday over what he considered to be excessive delays in the trial of a North Little Rock man jailed since January 2021 on federal charges of possession of child pornography and failure to register as a sex offender.

A 56-year-old North Little Rock man who fatally shot a 22-year-old man in a Crystal Hill trailer park has accepted a 19-year prison sentence on a reduced charge.

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 homeless man who admitted to breaking into a parking garage and stealing a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration car, ammunition and other items was sentenced to 47 months in prison and three years of supervised release Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Lee Rudofsky.

A Faulkner County man facing federal charges of attempted production of child pornography and distribution and receipt of child pornography pleaded to the attempted production count in federal court Tuesday and is facing a possible sentence of 15 to 30 years in prison.

A Cleburne County man on trial for production of child pornography was convicted Tuesday in federal court after a jury deliberated for nearly five hours at the conclusion of five hours of testimony from two witnesses spread out over two days.

A Cleburne County man arrested in mid-2020 on charges involving sexual assault and child pornography went on trial Monday in federal court on an indictment handed up in December 2020 charging him with six counts of production of child pornography.

A Little Rock man arrested by Capitol police earlier this month on suspicion of arson at the State Capitol Building was arraigned in federal court Thursday on a two-count indictment charging him with making an improvised incendiary device and possessing an improvised incendiary device.

A Pulaski County man who pleaded guilty last year to a federal count of interfering with flight crew members and attendants was sentenced to five years' probation Thursday in federal court in Little Rock during which time he is prohibited from drinking alcohol and must submit to substance abuse counseling.

A Washington County man was sentenced Thursday in federal court to 46 months in prison for manufacturing counterfeit currency.