U.S. Marshals arrest 47 in Eastern Arkansas enforcement sweep
Forty-seven arrests, 31 of them tied to sex-offender registration violations, came out of an Eastern Arkansas sweep that reached Phillips County through the Marshals task force.
Two Eastern Arkansas enforcement operations produced 47 arrests, including 31 registered sex offenders charged with failing to comply with Arkansas registration requirements. Phillips County was inside the Eastern Arkansas Fugitive Task Force’s coverage area, putting local communities within the same enforcement net that reached West Memphis and Pine Bluff.
Operation Trident ran June 19-25 in West Memphis and produced 30 arrests. Of those, 25 were failure-to-comply sex offender cases. Four arrests involved internet stalking of a child and solicitation or use of a communication device to facilitate a child exploitation offense, while five others also included charges of traveling for the purpose of an unlawful sex act with a minor. Other charges in the Trident arrests included possession of narcotics, resisting arrest, possession of a firearm by certain persons, possession of marijuana and a probation violation.
Operation Call Your Bluff ran June 23-25 in Pine Bluff and produced 17 arrests, including 11 fugitives and six registered sex offenders charged with failing to comply with registration requirements. The fugitives were wanted on felony charges that included multiple counts of possession of a firearm by certain persons, possession of a machine gun, criminal use of a prohibited weapon, robbery, theft of property by threat, absconding, probation violations, hindering apprehension, simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms, and possession of methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana.
Investigators also seized five electronic devices and one firearm during the Pine Bluff operation.
Cory B. Harris, the Acting U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Arkansas, has led the office since Jan. 8, 2024. The Eastern Arkansas Fugitive Task Force investigates violent crimes and arrests violent offenders in the Eastern District of Arkansas, and its county list includes Phillips County.
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