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The number of candidates hoping to be the next sheriff of Pulaski County has grown to three.
Detective Lieutenant Bobby Jones of the Pulaski County Sheriff s Office announced this week that he s running for the office, joining retired Kentucky State Police Post 11 Commander Todd Dalton and PCSO Captain Troy McLin.
Sheriff Greg Speck s decision not to run for a third term opened the door for Jones to attempt his first political campaign. The lieutenant added that he d been approached by several people encouraging him to run for the office, which like other county and city posts, will be decided by voters next year.
By Christopher Harris
Commonwealth Journal May 11, 2021
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Monticello woman Constance Armstrong, 71, was injured crossing the street at this intersection between Central Avenue and East Mt. Vernon Street in Somerset on Tuesday afternoon. Carla Slavey I CJ
Over the course of two days, Somerset saw two different traffic accidents involving pedestrians on busy roadways.
On Tuesday at 12:24 p.m., Constance Armstrong, 71, of Monticello, was in downtown Somerset, attempting to cross from the north side sidewalk of East Mt. Vernon Street walking south at the intersection with N. Central Avenue, when she was struck by a 2016 Hyundai, according to the Somerset Police Department (SPD).Â
Body found on I-40 Westbound near Maumelle exit, police say
According to the sheriff s office, a body was discovered on I-40 westbound near the Morgan/Maumelle exit on Friday. Author: THV11 Digital Updated: 4:17 PM CDT May 7, 2021
PULASKI COUNTY, ARKANSAS, Ark. According to the Pulaski County Sheriff s Office, human remains were discovered on I-40 westbound near the Morgan/Maumelle exit on Friday, May 7 at about 10:30 in the morning.
The remains, state police say, are believed to be those of a male.
The body has been tentatively identified, according to police, and agents are trying to locate the next of kin.
The body has been transported to the Arkansas State Crime Lab where the manner and cause of death will be determined.
A suspect in a North Little Rock shooting is dead after shooting himself during a traffic stop near the Buffalo National River in Searcy County. Forty-year-old Damon Scott Casey was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by two National Park Rangers shortly after noon on Tuesday.
A spokesman for the Buffalo National River says the park rangers stopped the car driven by a female, whose identity has not been released, near Tyler Bend for traffic violations. Both Casey and the female driver gave park rangers identification and it was determined Casey had warrants from another jurisdiction, along with a lengthy criminal history involving firearms, drugs, assault and domestic violence.
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Sheriff Greg Speck reports that on May 5, 2021, Lieutenant Bobby Jones, Commander of the Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division appeared before the Pulaski County Grand Jury in the case of the murder of Leanna Brumley who had gone missing in May of 2019. The Pulaski County Grand Jury returned an indictment charging Gerald Avalon Hendricks, age 55, of Shady Grove Road in Science Hill, KY with Murder and Tampering with Physical Evidence surrounding the murder of Leanna Brumley.
On May 6, 2021, Lieutenant Jones served the indictment on Gerald Alvalon Hendricks at the Pulaski County Detention Center where he had been previously lodged on unrelated charges.