Mayor Harold Copenhaver greenlighted the Jonesboro Police Department to schedule additional police shifts between Black Friday and New Years Day to increase police presence in highly populated shopping areas.
A Jonesboro man choked his wife until she was unconscious, police said.
Multiple people were given bonds exceeding $100,000 after being charged with possession of drugs, guns and stealing collectible coins.
Crews are responding to a fire at FMH Conveyors on Highland Drive.
A Brookland man choked and hit a woman while robbing her home over the weekend, police said.
A Jonesboro man has been pronounced dead after being shot in a domestic violence incident on Friday.
Over $5000 worth of clothes and purses were shoplifted by two suspects from a mall store.
A Jonesboro man was given a $500,000 bond after being charged with impersonating a police officer at multiple Jonesboro schools. He said he “does dumb stuff.”
A Jonesboro man was given a $250,000 cash-only bond after being charged with vehicle theft and possession of drugs and guns.
Multiple people, including a man convicted of murder, were found with drugs and firearms in their apartments in Jonesboro. One of them was given a $250,000 cash-only bond.