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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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Undercover LRPD cop Babe Ruth Cook suspended over entanglement with stalker

Cook and her convicted harasser/stalker Cameron Brandt Meharg In December we received a tip about LRPD cop Babe Ruth Cook. Cook was in LRPD Recruit Class 95 and became a LRPD cop back on January 31st of 2020. Cook was featured in our LRPD Cops Caught Slippin series. Here's the episode. So we sent a Freedom of Information request to LRPD. LRPD responded and sent us this incident report. As the report states, one of Cook's neighbors was watching TV and heard loud banging noises and yelling. He went outside and observed a violent altercation. He called 911 and three LRPD cop responded to the off-duty undercover cop's house in the western part of the safe city of Little Rock. A supervisor responded shortly after. The neighbor told the cops that he saw Cook standing in her front yard screaming at a man in a red jacket saying to "get the fuck out of my house" and "I hate you". Then they both went inside her house. He then saw, through an open door, the man ch...
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