Second Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington announced on March 19 that no charges will be filed against Jonesboro Police Department Patrol Officers Bryan Bailey and Christopher Jefferson in the March 7, 2019 shooting of Rodney Fisher at Curtview Street in Jonesboro, AR. Mr. Ellington's letter to Colonel Bill Bryant of the Arkansas State Police, [...]
MARION, AR – Second Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington announces the guilty plea of Jamie Pernell Horns, 27, to Second Degree Murder and Possession of a Firearm by Certain Persons in Marion on January 15th. Horns pleaded as a habitual offender and was sentenced by Judge Randy Philhours to thirty years in the Arkansas [...]
Scott Ellington, Prosecuting Attorney for the Second Judicial District, announced today the creation of the Second Judicial District Organized Criminal Activity Task Force (OCATF). The OCATF is comprised of law enforcement officials from the Second Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, the Jonesboro Police Department, the Blytheville Police Department, the Osceola Police Department, the Craighead [...]
Very honored and excited to begin my third term as District Prosecuting Attorney. I am so fortunate to have the support of my family and so many friends. I owe a special thank you to my wife for just putting up with me, and I appreciate Circuit Judge Cindy Thyer for making time to administer [...]
MARION, AR – Second Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington announces that Brandon James, 28, pleaded guilty to Second Degree Murder and Possession of a Firearm by a Certain Person on Tuesday after a jury was called to hear his case. James was sentenced to forty-five years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections for Murder [...]
