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Former Arkansas State Senator and State Representative Henry (Hank) Wilkins IV was sentenced today to 12 months and one day in prison for conspiring to accept over $95,000 in bribes in exchange for influencing Arkansas state legislation and transactions, including steering approximately $245,000 in Arkansas General Improvement funds to his co-conspirators, which included executives at a Missouri-based health care charity.

Palmer Stubblefield, 41, of Blytheville, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 102 months in prison for stealing identifying information and using it to apply for more than $148,500 in fraudulently obtained credit.

A former local district court judge in Arkansas was arrested on criminal charges related to his alleged solicitation for sex in exchange for agreeing to take action on a criminal case pending before his court.

Augustus "Gus" Shenker, a teacher’s assistant, has pleaded guilty to three counts of production of child pornography.

An investigative focus on the pipeline of drugs and firearms between Pine Bluff and Little Rock resulted in the indictment of 80 individuals, all charged with various federal firearms and drug trafficking charges in multiple indictments that were unsealed today.

James Hester, 37, North Little Rock, was indicted for setting fire to a local restaurant.