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04/23/2025 - REPORTED SHOOTING INCIDENT LEADS TO MULTIPLE FELONY CHARGES
02/03/2025 - UNREGISTERED SEX OFFENDER AND ARMED FELON ARRESTED
02/03/2025 - Long Time Fugitive Arrested
01/15/2025 - Arrest Made in Weekend Shooting in Jasper
01/13/2025 - WEEKEND SHOOTING AND CRASH INVESTIGATED IN JASPER
10/22/2024 - Halloween Safety Tips
10/22/2024 - Newton County Sheriff's Office to host Annual Spook House
10/01/2024 - Domestic Dispute Leads to Threats, Shots Fired, Barricaded Suspect, Se...
10/01/2024 - New Release
09/24/2024 - Possible School Threats Investigated
06/20/2024 - Multi-time Convicted Felon Arrested and Illegal Firearm Seized
02/14/2024 - Sheriff Announces Promotions of Staff
11/10/2023 - Threats Investigated at Deer School
10/24/2023 - Sheriff Warns That High Risk Sex Offender Moves to Newton County
02/24/2023 - Multiple Search Warrants Lead to Recovered Stolen Property
02/23/2023 - Drugs, Firearm Seized, One Arrested
02/09/2023 - Citizen Tip Leads to Central Arkansas Sex Offender on the Run Being Ar...
01/06/2023 - Newton County Sheriff's Office participates in National Winter DWI Enf...
02/17/2021 - Sgt.Jeremiah Harper funeral announcement
05/03/2018 - ARRESTS MADE IN LIVESTOCK THEFTS, CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
02/26/2018 - Hikers Find Body Near Hemmed-in-Hollow
11/22/2017 - SHOOTING, ARMED STANDOFF LEAD TO ARREST
11/09/2017 - New Release
07/14/2017 - New Release
07/14/2017 - Woman arrested for injuring 89 year old and 9 month old
06/12/2017 - MOUNTAIN HOME MAN FINDS HOME IN NEWTON COUNTY JAIL
05/09/2017 - BODY OF MISSING CANOEIST FOUND ON BUFFALO RIVER
04/28/2017 - SEARCH SUSPENDED FOR MISSING CANOEIST ON BUFFALO RIVER
04/28/2017 - SEARCH CONTINUES FRIDAY FOR MISSING CANOER ON BUFFALO RIVER
04/27/2017 - SEARCH CONTINUES FOR MISSING CANOER ON BUFFALO RIVER
03/07/2017 - Sheriff's Office working Storm Damage
12/05/2016 - NEWTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE MOURNS LOSS OF ONE OF THEIR OWN
11/22/2016 - MAN REPORTED MISSING ALONG BUFFALO RIVER LOCATED IN COLORADO
11/02/2016 - NEWTON COUNTY DEPUTY SMITH GRADUATES ACADEMY
10/28/2016 - NEWTON COUNTY FUGITIVES CAPTURED, STOLEN ATV, DRUGS RECOVERED.
10/27/2016 - SHERIFF SLAPE SPEAKS OF HEALTH ISSUES
10/14/2016 - INMATES USED TO CLEAN UP ROADS
09/16/2016 - TEXAS MAN SENTENCED TO 15 ½ YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR TRANSPORTING ...
09/07/2016 - OPEN MARIJUANA GROW LEADS TO RECOVERED STOLEN PROPERTY, EXPLOSIVES
07/31/2016 - Search Warrant Leads to Methamphetamine, Paraphernalia Seizure and Arr...
07/28/2016 - Escapee back in custody
07/21/2016 - JAIL ESCAPE
07/12/2016 - Sheriff Slape sworn in as President of the Arkansas Sheriff's Associa...
06/13/2016 - Sheriff's Office investigates shooting
06/06/2016 - BODY FOUND IN EMPTY HOUSE
06/02/2016 - Compliance Checkpoint nets meth
05/18/2016 - DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE, GUNFIRE AND SHORT MANHUNT ENDS IN ARREST
05/18/2016 - FALL FROM BLUFF NEAR HAWKSBILL CRAG PROVES FATAL
02/25/2016 - JASPER MAN ARRESTED FOR RAPE, BURGLARY, FLEEING AND WEAPONS
02/25/2016 - HABITUAL OFFENDER ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES, EVIDENCE TAMPERING
02/04/2016 - Compton man arrested for stolen cattle
02/01/2016 - REPORT OF ARMED, INTOXICATED MAN LEADS TO TWO ARRESTS – GUNS AND DRU...
01/04/2016 - THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT DIDN’T ABOUND EVERYWHERE CHRISTMAS NIGHT
12/23/2015 - HIKER INJURED IN FALL AT “THE GLORY HOLE” WATERFALL
12/04/2015 - AND THE NEWTON COUNTY CRIMINAL OF THE YEAR GOES TO…
12/04/2015 - HUNTING ACCIDENT PROVES FATAL
12/04/2015 - “VIOLENT SEXUAL OFFENDER” LOCATED IN NEWTON COUNTY
11/09/2015 - NEWTON COUNTY AND U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE HUNT VIOLENT FUGITIVE
11/09/2015 - WELFARE CHECK LEADS TO MULTIPLE FOOT PURSUITS, ARRESTS FOR FLEEING, DR...
11/09/2015 - HALLOWEEN SCARE NOT GHOST OR GHOUL RELATED
11/09/2015 - SEX OFFENDERS CHECKED
10/06/2015 - AUCTION!!!!
09/28/2015 - TRUCK STOLEN AND LATER RECOVERED IN NEWTON COUNTY
09/24/2015 - ALTERCATION LEADS TO SHOOTING IN YARDELLE
09/24/2015 - UNREGISTERED SEX OFFENDER FOUND IN DEER AREA
09/08/2015 - Phone Scams
08/06/2015 - MARIJUANA GROWS FOUND IN NEWTON COUNTY, ARREST MADE
07/29/2015 - TRAFFIC STOP LEADS TO DRUG ARREST
07/23/2015 - Human remains found at Lurton
07/13/2015 - Local Man drowns on river.
06/26/2015 - Drug Arrest
06/23/2015 - Cattle Rustlin'
06/23/2015 - ALERT!!!!!! Phone Scam
05/20/2015 - Girl found, suspect arrested
04/30/2015 - Sheriffs Office asking for help in identifying suspects.
02/02/2015 - Probation/Parole visit lead to guns and drugs
12/11/2014 - Sheriff asking for help to locate missing man
12/02/2014 - DIFFICULT RESCUE AFTER MISSOURI MAN FALLS FROM BLUFF AT HEMMED-IN HOLL...
11/25/2014 - Sex Offender Arrested/ Burglary Solved.
10/13/2014 - Inmate Roster and QuikTips on line.
10/01/2014 - Auxillary Officer/ Part Time II Class Graduation
09/22/2014 - SUNDAY MORNING BURLARIES COMMITTED, SOLVED. ARREST MADE.
08/12/2014 - Sheriff's Log
08/11/2014 - 2014 Jail Standards Class
07/31/2014 - Sheriff's Log
07/23/2014 - Sheriff's Log
07/21/2014 - TEEN KILLED IN WEEKEND INCIDENT
07/21/2014 - JONESBORO MAN FALLS, SERIOUSLY INJURED, AT LOST VALLEY
07/09/2014 - Sheriff's Log
07/02/2014 - STOLEN, BURNED VEHICLE REOVERED IN NEWTON COUNTY
07/02/2014 - NEAR TRAGEDY, HEROICS ON BUFFALO RIVER
07/02/2014 - Sheriff's Log
06/13/2014 - Sheriff's Log
06/09/2014 - Arrests after shooting
06/09/2014 - Sheriff's Log
06/09/2014 - Masked burglar interrupted!
06/06/2014 - Sheriff's Office hiring Dispatcher/Jailers for new Jail
06/02/2014 - Sheriff's Log
05/26/2014 - Sheriff's Log
05/22/2014 - Sheriff's Log
05/20/2014 - Sheriff's Log
05/19/2014 - Bootlegging and Firearms Arrest
05/15/2014 - Sheriff's Log
05/06/2014 - Concealed Handgun Carry License Course
05/05/2014 - Sheriff's Log
04/30/2014 - Sheriff's Log
04/25/2014 - Wanted Mt. Judea man arrested
04/23/2014 - Mt. Judea man saught for alleged rape
04/23/2014 - Residential Burglary/Theft Arrest
04/21/2014 - MULTIPLE EASTER WEEKEND FALLS IN NEWTON COUNTY
04/18/2014 - Sheriff's Log
04/14/2014 - Stalking Arrest
04/14/2014 - Sheriff's Log
04/08/2014 - Sheriff's Log
04/02/2014 - Sheriff's Log
03/28/2014 - Arrest leads to meth
03/28/2014 - Sheriff's Log
03/24/2014 - Sheriff's Log
03/19/2014 - Sheriff's Log
03/13/2014 - Sheriff's Log
03/10/2014 - Search Warrant leads to arrests
03/10/2014 - Sheriff's Log
03/07/2014 - Footprints in snow lead to arrest
03/07/2014 - Domestic Involving Gunshots
03/02/2014 - Sheriff's Log
02/25/2014 - Sheriff's Log
02/18/2014 - Sheriff's Log
02/10/2014 - Sheriff's Log
02/04/2014 - Sheriff's Log
01/27/2014 - Sheriff's Log
01/27/2014 - Sheriff's Log
12/09/2013 - Car theft, Porn, and Shooting
10/22/2013 - Online system to help citizens keep track of valuables.
08/13/2013 - Active Shooter Presentation
08/04/2013 - Stolen vehicle reported and recovered
07/25/2013 - Marijuana Eradication leads to Search Warrant
06/18/2013 - Traffic Stop Results in Arrests
02/07/2013 - Taking Applications
12/19/2012 - 6 arrested in connection with burglaries
12/03/2012 - Search Warrant results in Meth Lab
10/24/2012 - Red Ribbon Week Mt. Judea School
10/17/2012 - Lost Hikers Located
10/09/2012 - Shooting
10/01/2012 - Suspected Meth Lab, marijuana grow and Psilocybin Mushroom grow found.
09/25/2012 - Newton County Sheriff's Reserve Deputy & Part Time II Class Graduates
09/17/2012 - Tip leads to two arrests
06/14/2012 - Tips lead to marijuana grow
06/14/2012 - Death at Pruitt investigated
05/18/2012 - Domestic call results in drug charges
04/11/2011 - 2 arrested for residential burglary and assault
03/24/2011 - Residential fire claims life
03/22/2011 - suspicious fire investigated
03/03/2011 - Jasper man arrested for theft.
03/03/2011 - 2 arrested after home visit
03/03/2011 - 2 arrested at meth lab, 1 flees
01/16/2011 - child pornography arrest
01/16/2011 - Suicide, pursuit
10/17/2010 - 2 arrested for meth and other charges
10/17/2010 - Western Grove Suicide
10/04/2010 - 3 arrested for meth lab
09/27/2010 - Death investigation at Lurton
09/13/2010 - 2 arrested for impersonating police officers
09/08/2010 - Suicide on Shiloh
08/18/2010 - Eradication Underway
08/02/2010 - Rock climbing fall at Cowell
06/17/2010 - Body found in Johnson County, Crime scene in Newton County
05/17/2010 - Break-ins at local business'
04/30/2010 - Motor vehicle accident claims life.
04/29/2010 - Four arrested for meth lab
04/19/2010 - Kansas man dies from fall
04/11/2010 - Accident on County Road 58 results in death
04/06/2010 - Traffic enforcement to be stepped up
03/29/2010 - Arrest made in Pharmacy break-in
03/09/2010 - Jasper man arrested for drugs and firearms
03/06/2010 - Ponca couple arrested for Meth
03/06/2010 - Suicides in Compton
02/21/2010 - Body recovered at Magnolia Falls
01/04/2010 - Middleton arrested for conspiracy
12/23/2009 - Arrest made in Deer school vandalism
12/09/2009 - Arraignment set for Breedlove
12/07/2009 - Homocide in Piercetown
11/24/2009 - Hunting violations lead to felony arrest
11/05/2009 - Another meth delivery arrest
11/03/2009 - Search warrant executed in Mt. Judea
11/03/2009 - Short search locates lost hiker