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LITTLE ROCK -- A Mississippi County man who is one of 35 people in central and eastern Arkansas indicted as part of an FBI investigation into gang violence and drug trafficking pleaded guilty in federal court in Little Rock on Thursday to one count of conspiracy to distribute marijuana, for which he could receive a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
At least one of 35 defendants named in a sweeping drug conspiracy indictment has objected to a continuance of the trial, and is demanding, through his attorney, to go to trial as scheduled on July 24 in federal court before U.S. District Judge James M. Moody Jr.
A Little Rock man who was one of 27 people indicted in a wide-ranging investigation into gang violence and drug trafficking in Central Arkansas and was ordered detained for trial by a magistrate judge in November appealed that decision Thursday but may have to wait until next week before learning if he will be allowed to leave jail.
A Little Rock man who was one of 27 people indicted in a wide-ranging investigation into gang violence and drug trafficking in Central Arkansas and was ordered detained for trial by a magistrate judge in November appealed that decision Thursday but may have to wait until next week before learning if he will be allowed to leave jail.
Dungog Library has re-opened following the most significant refurbishment in 40 years.