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Little Rock City Manager Accused of Misconduct Involving LOPFI Pension System

  Delphone Hubbard - Little Rock City Manager Delphone Delaney Hubbard was selected to be the Little Rock Fire Department Chief in November 2017 by City Manager Bruce Moore. Hubbard was sworn in as the 14th fire chief of the Little Rock Fire Department on January 2018. Hubbard was sworn in as the 14th fire chief of the Little Rock Fire Department in January 2018. Hubbard presented with a helmet during a change-of-command ceremony Hubbard was LRPD Chief until April 2025, when he was appointed  Acting City Manager by Mayor Scott. Three months later Scott announced that Hubbard was going to be the new City Manager to replace Bruce Moore, who died October 14, 2023. Upon Moore's death, Assistant City Manager Emily Cox was immediately named acting city manager.  Cox was informed that due to a lack of melanin she would not be chosen to replace Moore (she was the most qualified candidate by far). In December 2025, Cox resigned and accepted a position at the University of Arkansas...
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El Dorado’s Police Misconduct Crisis: How Misconduct by Detective Shelly Rowland Raises New Questions About Policing in the City

Link to story:  https://corruptionsucks.blogspot.com/2026/03/el-dorados-digital-crisis-how.html
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LRPD Officer James Sloan Caught in Testilying Scandal: Acknowledges Tampering with Public Records

His heading the LRPD FOI Unit is unethical & shady The Little Rock Police Department has been subject of corruption investigations by federal law enforcement agencies over the years with little to no change in their crooked operations. LRPD's corruption streams from the top down throughout the ranks*: ⬥ In 1988, LRPD police chief Jess. F. "Doc" Hale was arrested after stealing funds from a drug store cash register. After being suspended, he committed suicide. ⬥ In the 1990's the safe city of Little Rock became one of the most violent cities in the United States. HBO produced a documentary about the gang violence that had taken over the city. White LRPD cops headed the white flight movement out of the city citing crimes and schools as a reason to relocate.  ⬥ In 2010, LRPD cops murdered the father of two black LRPD officers. The city settled a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the man's family in 2016 for $900,000 (the apartment complex that hired the cops to do...
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When the Law Is Not Applied Equally: Questions Raised by the Prosecution of El Dorado's Former Mayor

     By Rena Borden - El Dorado Former Mayor Veronica Smith-Creer was arrested and charged with felony theft in 2024,  while others who played central roles were not .  That difference alone raises serious questions about selective enforcement and how the law is applied in practice. The charge was based on her decision to move funds from a nonprofit organization that was not in compliance into another nonprofit that was in compliance and served a similar mission. https://arkansasag.gov/news-release/former-el-dorado-mayor-arrested-on-theft-charge/ To understand why that decision was made, the events leading up to it matter. In October 2022, I began trying to help raise a reward for a missing young woman in El Dorado, Arkansas. Ieshia Jackson disappeared on October 31, 2020. Her case remains unsolved. I was directed to contact Captain Scott Harwell, who served as the liaison between El Dorado Crime Stoppers and the El Dorado Police Department. Captain Harwell inst...
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People Trust Credit Union taken over by federal regulators due to unsafe and unsound practices

 Arlo Washington removed as CEO by federal regulators On January 16, 2026, the National Credit Union Administration ("NCUA") placed People Trust Community Federal Credit Union into conservatorship because of unsafe and unsound practices. They gave CEO Arlo Washington the old heave ho and gave control of accounts to Arkansas Federal Credit Union ("AFCU"). People Trust account members were directed to go to AFCU's 17500 Cantrell Road location in Little Rock for continued service. The credit union had two locations. One in North Little Rock and the other in Little Rock. 4301 E. Broadway St, North Little Rock 4000 W. 12th St, Little Rock There is no information posted at the former Little Rock location of People Trust to indicate the failure of the institution and where to go to get your money or make payments on loans. Just a undated notice about the lobby being temporarily closed due to seasonal changes and to minimize the spread of germs. People Trust was charter...
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