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From email's obtained from the ABC, it appears that ABC Enforcement Ken Coon, Jr. is the next agent on Boyce Hamlet's hit list. Other agents that have "resigned" received an email from Hamlet in which he asked "when is your evaluation due?"   Even though Coon's father is a Republican of some repute, apparently that is not enough to keep Coon employed with Hamlet's new, elite, re-branded ABC Enforcement. Coon has given Hamlet plenty of ammunition to force him to resign (like he has other agents that threaten him or have gotten on his bad side) especially when he admits that he doesn't get much done in the winter and is not doing what is required and wants to blame the ABC Administration and others for his poor performance.  Maybe Coon needs take the advice of Jeff Crow's dad and load his wagon and be ready for the pink slip arrives.  

Jerrell Smith's employment as an ABC Enforcement Agent ended with his "voluntary" resignation back on April 22, 2015 and according the the Arkansas State Police they still have an active, and now going into it's six month, investigation concerning Smith.  As we are unable at this time to obtain information from the Arkansas State Police (ASP) about their investigation of Smith we cannot definitely say what it is centered on. However, based on emails obtained from the ABC we can offer three possible reasons that Smith is being investigated.  The first reason involves Smith requesting information from the ASP when he was working part time at Dillard's in a security/loss prevention capacity.  Smith apparently contacted the ASP for them to run a criminal history on individuals he detained for shoplifting or some other activity while working at Dillard's. There was some friction between Smith and the ASP about his contacting them to run a records check when he was

FORMER ABC ADMINISTRATION DIRECTOR MICHAEL W. LANGLEY Michael W. Langley was the ABC Administration Director for 8 years, beginning in February 2007 when he was appointed by then Governor Mike Beebe until January 2015 when he was replaced by Governor Asa Hutchinson's appointee Gary "Bud" Ray Roberts. After Governor Hutchinson gave Langley the bum's rush, he was named an "of counsel" attorney at the Barber Law Firm in Little Rock. The term "of counsel" means that the attorney has a relationship with the law firm, but is not an associate or partner and usually has no expectation of a promotion or ever becoming a partner. A lot of law firms name former public office holders or heads of government agencies that are attorneys "of cousel" with their firms.  It is more of a public relations move than a reflection on the litigation skills of the individual. Langley's use of "folks" in his Linkedn profile adds a nice, homey touch. Sp

ABC Enforcement Director Boyce "Cheater" Hamlet, wants to branch out and investigate "Food Stamp" fraud. Hamlet is so out of touch with the real world that he doesn't realize that the last "food stamp" was issued in 2002 and the Department of Human Services is the state agency that investigates fraud with the SNAP program for both recipients and retailers (more on that in a moment). HISTORY OF S.N.A.P. Public Law 100-435, the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988 was signed into law September 19, 1988 and mandated the use of Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards and the old Food Stamp program was subsequently replaced by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SNAP In emails obtained from the ABC, Enforcement agent Jessie King tells Hamlet that he has received reports that people are purchasing alcohol with "food stamp". As previously mentioned, the Arkansas Department of Human Services is the

Back in April ABC Enforcement agent Sharon Reed was apparently not keeping a safe distance between a vehicle in front of her which caused her to end up in the median. Reed's memo is not very clear and apparently she does not know about a neat little feature that Microsoft Word has - spellcheck.  That neat little tool checks for spelling and grammatical and offers suggestions. Maybe Agent Reed could use a refresher course in our traffic laws... Perhaps ABC Enforcement Director Boyce Hamlet, before his employment ends at the ABC, should have decals like the one pictured below placed in each of his agents vehicles.

At an ABC Board meeting held on August 19, 2015, the ABC Board approved an application for a permit for East End Liquor. Representative Julie Mayberry (R) District 27, which includes the East End community, spoke in opposition to the application. Rep. Mayberry stated "the district I represent did not support the sale of liquor in Saline County. So I'm here to represent them".   The proposed location of East End Liquor, on Arch Street in East End, is located close to two daycare centers. It is against the law and ABC regulations to have an outlet located within 1000 feet of a church or school.  Daycare centers are not mentioned in the law or ABC regulations. Rep. Mayberry stated that she disagrees with daycare centers not being considered in connection with an application for a permit, "there is learning going on, there is young children within 350 feet of this location and we need to look out for those children". REP. JULIE MAYBERRY SPEAKS IN OPPOSITION TO AN AP

Robert Davis, the Director of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Office of Standards & Training has accepted a complaint regarding Boyce Hamlet and 60 pages of evidence in support of allegations that he provided false and misleading information to Arkansas and Mississippi law enforcement certification agencies. Davis stated that any information received about Hamlet would be placed in his file with their agency and it is possible that information received could be used by the board there to revoke any certification Hamlet has in Mississippi.  Of particular concern to the Miss. DPS/OST is the omission by Hamlet on forms he submitted to them, under oath, that he was employed and terminated by the Arkansas State Police for cheating on an exam and subsequently lying multiple times to investigators from the Ark. State Police Special Investigation Unit. On forms that Hamlet submitted when he was with the Miss. Department of Corrections and the Miss. Department of Wildlife, Fis

UNDER HAMLET,  AGENTS THAT LEAVE GET A YELLOW STICKER PLACED   OVER THEIR FACE  ON A PHOTO THAT HANGS IN THE ENFORCEMENT  OFFICE  Since Boyce Hamlet wormed his way into a job at ABC Enforcement, four agents (not including his predecessor Carl Kirkland) have "resigned".  We know that at least two of them, Jerrell Smith and James Chandler, were forced to resign by Hamlet under threats that he would run their career if they didn't. We previously posted a story about how Hamlet had created a  hostile work environment at ABC Enforcement.    Little did we know how bad it really is for his poor demoralized employees. The only safe agents are those that are  Republican agents . Smith was forced to resign on April 22, 2015 and Chandler was forced to resign on August 17, 2015. Smith apparently made the mistake of using the Arkansas State Police to run criminal checks on suspects he was detaining for police while working part-time as a security guard at Dillard's. Hamlet told Sm

Hamlet's words would be inspiring if we didn't know the truth about him. Hamlet has no integrity whatsoever. The individual that will "tear all this down" is Hamlet himself and it will be his lying about his employment and experience that will be his undoing and that will adversely impact the credibility of ABC Enforcement and its agents. The ABC Enforcement agents, with Hamlet as an employee of ABC Enforcement, are now required to disclose to criminal defendants (i.e., individuals that they cite for violations) that there may be exculpatory evidence, which includes evidence that could be used to challenge the credibility of a material prosecution witness (Brady v. Maryland (1963) 373 U.S. 83). This applies to ABC Enforcement because as director, Hamlet supervises the agents, directs their activities and can tell them what to put in or not put in their reports. Individuals in law enforcement that were classmates of Hamlet when he was a trooper recruit are having a big

ABC Administration Director Bud Roberts is maintaining an outside law practice as evidenced by recent filing in Saline County. Let's hope he was on his own time when he filed these.  He did however use ABC personnel to notarize some documents. BUD'S APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF DIVORCE BUD'S AFFIDAVIT #1 BUD'S NOTICE OF FILING OF FOREIGN DECREE BUD'S AFFIDAVIT #2 BUD'S MOTION FOR CHANGE OF CUSTODY BUD'S ORDER

Documents obtained from the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards & Training clearly indicate that ABC Enforcement Director Boyce Hamlet made multiple violations of Ark. Code Annotated § 5-53-103 on documents he signed and that were submitted to them and other state agencies beginning back in 2000 continuing through the present time. CLICK TO VIEW HAMLET'S CLEST/ALETA DOCUMENTS Hamlet listed on his Arkansas State Police documents that he had been employed for two years by the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff Department of Public Safety when he in fact only actually worked for less than one month and only received one paycheck from them ( Hamlet's UAPB employment verification ). Apparently Hamlet did not want to disclose that he had been employed and fired for grievous misconduct by the Arkansas State Police (ASP -  see previous post ) and he provided false information about his actual employment dates at the Arkansas Department of Community Correction (DCC) to h