Bentonville Crime

Crime, law and justice, and police blotter near Bentonville, AR or anywhere in the US.

Recent Crime News

• Three Men Shot In Head; One Drives Self To Hospital

  4 hrs ago | via 5NEWSonline.com 

  Rogers Police are investigating a shooting they say left three men with non life-threatening gunshot wounds to their heads.

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• County To Revive Ambulance Debate

  Friday May 25 | via NWAonline 

  Benton County's emergency medical services study could be ready for review next week, justices of the peace were told Thursday night.

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• Walmart Special: Bentonville's Night of the Long Knives

  Thursday May 24 | via Frying Pan News 

  It must be so confusing to be Walmart these days. The big retailer has been rumbling along happy-faced for years- crushing local competition, squeezing labor in its stores and commanding supply chains abroad with ruthless pressure to produce at ever-lower wages and ever-faster rates.

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• Karren, Smith win judgeships

  Tuesday May 22 | via NWAonline 

  Rogers District Judge Brad Karren was elected circuit judge Tuesday, while Bentonville attorney Tom Smith appeared to beat Judge Jon Comstock in a very tight race.

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• Bentonville schools seeking missing teen

  Tuesday May 22 | via NWAonline 

  Bella Vista Police confirmed just before 9 p.m. Tuesday that they located 14-year-old Lexie Verdejo, an endangered runaway missing from Bentonville.

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• Bentonville Teen Reported Missing

  Tuesday May 22 | via 5NEWSonline.com 

  Bentonville Public Schools and the Bella Vista Police Department are trying to locate Lexie Verdejo, an 8th grader at Lincoln Jr.

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• Residents oppose rezoning to make way for Walmart

  Monday May 21 | via The City Wire 

  It's no secret the Bentonville behemoth would love to put a Walmart store of some sort in Bella Vista, as it continues to scour the country for more real estate amid a very saturated landscape.

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• Walmart: What the Whistleblower Said

  Thursday May 17 | via Frying Pan News 

  It was only a few breezy spring Sundays ago that the New York Times produced a headline sure to provoke heartburn in Bentonville Arkansas, the corporate HQ for Walmart: "Vast," "bribery" and "hushed up" are four words you don't want to see topping a front-page story in the Sunday New York Times related to your business practices, even if you are ... (more)

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• UALR Commencement Saturday is School's Largest-Ever

  Wednesday May 16 | via ArkansasMatters 

  UALR will celebrate spring commencement Saturday with the largest group of graduates in school history, including the first graduate of the new Ph.D. program in criminal justice.

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• Four Arrested after Car Meth Lab Discovered

  Tuesday May 15 | via 5NEWSonline.com 

  Bentonville Police say the investigation led police to the Pomeroy Apartments in Centerton.

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• Recall news

  Wednesday May 9 | via KLTV Tyler 

  Whatever disputes remain between Pennsylvania prosecutors and Jerry Sandusky's defense lawyers about turning over evidence before trial are expected to be addressed in a court hearing.

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• Memories & Milestones

  Tuesday May 8 | via Glenwood Springs Post-Independent 

  Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Jones and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Gould announce the engagement of their children Victoria Jones and Evan Gould.

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• Our Arkansans of the Year

  Tuesday May 8 | via Arkansas Times 

  Alice Walton , for building Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the world-class, $2 billion art museum in Bentonville.

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• Video released of Rogers shooting suspect's death

  Friday May 4 | via Log Cabin Democrat 

  BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Authorities have released a dash-cam video that shows the interaction between two Madison County Sheriff's Office deputies and a man who apparently shot himself to death.

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• Bentonville girl missing, police seek help

  Thursday May 3 | via NWAonline 

  Officers were called the home of Catherine Elizabeth Williams on Tuesday, at approximately 6:20 p.m. because Catherine was not at her residence when her father and stepmother arrived home from work, according to a news release.

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