ON 10/17/2022 JOSEPH NELSON WAS ARRESTED BY PHILLIPS COUNTY DEPUTIES ON WARRANTS FOR RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.JOSEPH NELSON IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD AT THE PHILLIPS COUNTY DETENTION CENTER; BOND WAS SET AT $5000. 

  ON 10/20/2022 THE PHILLIPS COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE WAS INVESTIGATING THE BREAK-IN AND THEFT THAT HAD OCCURRED AT THE PHILLIPS COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT AND DURING THIS INVESTIGATION PHILLIPS COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRESTED JOHN POOLE ON WARRANTS FOR COMMERCIAL BURGLARY AND THEFT OF PROPERTY, BOND SET AT $50,000. JOHN POOLE WAS ALSO ARRESTED ON A WARRANT FOR COMMERCIAL BURGLARY AND THEFT OF PROPERTY THAT HAD OCCURRED AT THE RESTORATION OUTREACH CENTER INTERNATIONAL CHURCH. 

   ON 10/24/2022 THE PHILLIPS COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE ARRESTED EVELYN WILLIAMS ON FUGITIVE WARRANTS, BOND SET AT $2,500 AND SHE IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD AT THE CROSS-COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.

   ON 10/22/2022 PHILLIPS COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRESTED KEVIN WADE SMITH FOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA DURING A TRAFFIC STOP. BOND SET AT $10,000 AND HE IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD AT THE PHILLIPS COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.

  ON 10/23/2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 5AM THE PHILLIPS COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE WAS DISPATCHED TO A RIVER BOAT ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN WHICH PHILLIPS COUNTY INVESTIGATORS WERE CALLED IN TO INVESTIGATE WHAT APPEARED TO BE A SUICIDE BY A CREW MEMBER.BODY HAS BEEN SENT TO THE ARKANSAS STATE CRIME LAB TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF DEATH.