Failed candidate and city of Little Rock payroll clerk being investigated for campaign finance law violations

Lela Chism, failed "Democratic" candidate and CLR payroll clerk

Lela Chism, a failed candidate for the Saline County Quorum Court and a payroll clerk is being investigated by the Arkansas Ethics Commission for campaign finance law violations. A complaint was filed after we found that Chism had violated the law.

Chism was only able to get one resident of Saline County to make a campaign contribution in her failed campaign for office. Chism received most all her campaign contributions from a political action committee and one of its officers and from the Saline County Democratic Party (guess they didn't know she was a Magamole).

Chism, a resident of Saline County has been employed by the city of Little Rock since 2017.

Chism is messy.

Court records reveal that Chism defaulted on credit card payments and her debtors obtained default judgments against her.

Chism paid off the 2023 judgment amount of $3,500.14 in March of 2024.

The 2024 judgment in the amount of $1,058.67 is still owed by Chism. Maybe her debtor should garnish her city of Little Rock wages.

Chism, never married, has three kids from two different baby daddies according to court records.

Court records also show that Chism was involved in an entanglement with a married man. Chism filed for an order of protection against him and stated he was with his wife when he allegedly threatened her.

Chaism failed to show up at the hearing and the judge dismissed the matter.

Stay tuned for updates.

ASP Trooper texts and stalks a 14 year old that was near same age as his own daughter, while having an affair with her married sister.

Was ASP Trooper Billy Martin trying to pull all 3 sisters? In January 2019, Callie Hinson and Joseph Ramer began dating. On June 13, 2020, Joseph proposed to Callie. They were married on February 21, 2021. By the time of their first anniversary, their marriage was in shambles and Callie was estranged from her family all due to this man, Arkansas State Police Trooper Billy Mitchell Martin. Martin joined the ASP as a recruit in January of 2007. Records from his personnel file indicate he was from Boone County and he was posted there after graduating troop school. Martin was promoted to Trooper First Class in July 2011 and Corporal in July 2014. In late 2019 and early 2020, Martin tried to get transferred to a Criminal Investigation position in Boone County but was unsuccessful. Around that same time, Martin filed for divorce from his wife of 10 years. The Divorce was finalized in March 2020. Martin hit the single scene hard and had no trouble hooking up with bad...

Arkansas State Police Troopers fired for illicit sexual relationship

Two Arkansas State Police Troopers were fired on April 5, 2024 after administrative investigations were conducted into accusations that they were romantically involved. Sgt. Mark Austin Blackerby (38 and married) of Scott and Trooper Jessica Diane McCord (30 and single) of Conway during their interviews with the State Police Office of Professional Standards ("OPS") in January 2024, were dishonest about the affair according to records provided to us by the ASP. Blackerby and his wife Cassie - a Jacksonville cop Initially, the investigation focused on Blackerby and both Blackerby and McCord denied a sexual relationship even though ASP vehicle tracking systems showed their vehicles parked at secluded locations for hours at at time and his vehicle at her home in Conway multiple times when he was on the clock. Blackerby admitted that he also disabled the tracking devices in his vehicle to try and hide his movements and their hookups. Blackerby told investigators that he is a ...

ASP Trooper Lincoln Smith fired for admitted criminal activity

The Arkansas State Police has confirmed that Trooper Lincoln Smith from Troop E (based in Pine Bluff) was fired on April 11th for illegal conduct. False reports of his arrest went viral on social media. As the ASP criminal investigation is on-going, they will not release any further details of his criminal actions. As the termination letter states, Smith admitted to criminal conduct and was immediately fired. Smith was hired by the ASP on October 2023. Smith was employed by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission as a Game Warden prior to his hiring by the ASP. Records obtained from CLEST do not indicate that the ASP requested decertification. Jacksonville 911 was contacted about Smith and they advised he last worked for them in 2022. At the time of publication, Smith's Facebook page is still open and up. Stay tuned for updates.

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