Monticello Live

On February 18, 1996, a local Monticello businessman was shot to death in his office on E. Gaines St.

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A senior prank that occurred Thursday night at Monticello High School, may cause serious repercussions for 8 graduating,  or not graduating, MHS seniors.

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At approximately 7:15 PM, Thursday evening, Drew County deputies were dispatched to a disturbance on Loafers Ln., located on Highway 35 E.

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Shortly before 1 PM, Wednesday,Drew County Sheriff’s Deputies and Monticello Police officers began pursuit of a 2005 white Chevy pick up,  that had received multiple complaints of reckless driving on Old Warren Road, then to Greenhill Road, then on Bowser Road.

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A former city employee, who used  his position as a clerk in the water office to gain information about a customer and fraudulently spent approximately $1,665.89 from that customers account, was sentenced in Drew County Court, Monday.

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A Monticello city council member, who was recently accused of shoplifting, has had the charges against him dropped by the court.

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This is a list of 9  drivers facing DWI charges, scheduled to be in District Court, today.

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Monticello Police report that the HWY 278 Dollar General store was robbed at gunpoint, late Sunday night.

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A 69 year old man, incarcerated at the Drew County Jail, passed away Wednesday morning, at Drew Memorial Hospital.

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A June, 2012, MLive news story about a DWI 3, 4, & 5 was picked up by CNN Headline News.

That driver, along with 8 others, including a driver with 11 citations, are listed below.

They were all on the last Drew County District Court plea day docket.
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2 brothers from Pine Bluff were brought to Drew County  for 1st appearance hearings in front of District Judge Bruce Anderson, Thursday.

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23 drivers are scheduled to be in District Court, this morning, charged with passing a stopped school bus. This traffic violation has a fine of $370.

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A Crossett man accused in the July 2016 home invasion and murder of a Crossett woman, and the attempted murder of her granddaughter, entered a guilty plea in Drew County, this week.

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This is a re-post of last year’s heroic rescue by 2 local officers of 2 ladies stranded in sinking a car during the March 2016 flood.
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On April 29, of last year, 2 men entered an Oakland Street and robbed the homeowner with a gun..

The victim stated that he was dragged outside by one of the suspects and a gunshot was fired into his car window.

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A 25 year old McGehee man died, early Sunday morning, as a result of gunshots fired in Dumas.

A 26-year-old Monticello man has been arrested and charged with capital murder and aggravated assault in the case.

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Jim Hall was arrested by Drew County Sheriff’s Deputies, Monday afternoon around 2:15.

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The Ashley County Sheriff’s Office is trying to locate a 42-year-old man, missing from Crossett.

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In January, 2015, a 19-year-old Monticello man was convicted by a jury of the  June, 2014, shooting death of his cousin.

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According to Lt. Jason Akers of the 10th Drug Task Force, a joint investigation with the Ashley County Sheriffs Department led to the arrest of an Ashley County man on felony drug charges, on highway 425 S. in Monticello.

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A retired Ashley County Sheriff’s Deputy recently travel to Michigan to deliver a death certificate and a military memorial flag to the mother of a recently identified  man, who died in an Ashley County accident in 1989.

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Last July, a Dumas man was arrested for allegedly having deviate sexual relations with his teenage son for 4 years.

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Former Monticello Mayor Zack Tucker accepted a guilty plea in Circuit Court this morning.

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A hunting vest, possibly used by Barry Harmon was located in February in the woods between Coleman and Garnett Road. Harmon has been missing since mid January, 2015.

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A local pawn shop was burglarized on February 21st in Monticello. One arrest was made and three others fled the scene.

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On February 7, 2017 the Drew County Sheriff’s Office received a call reporting that Caleb Hall had busted out the windows of his wife’s car and was currently fighting and threatening to kill her.

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According to information just received by MLive, on January 31, agents of the DTF began an investigation into allegations that deputy Robert “Bo” Sanderlin of the Drew County Sheriff’s Office attempted to entice a person with an alleged pending drug charge from mid-January, into planting drugs on another person, prior to a traffic stop/drug bust.

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Around $30,000 worth of counterfeit checks, appearing to be written by a local industry, were fraudulently cashed in Monticello and Warren, Friday, around “paycheck time”.

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