http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/arkansas/ en-us Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:55:59 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284816/posts As many people across the nation enjoy a day off for July 4th, the grills will be fired up and the fireworks will light up the night sky. It is a time for celebrating our nation’s freedom from the British government’s tyranny and control over a group of independent patriots, determined to build a nation based upon individual freedoms and rights. While the current trend in Washington is to move toward the oppressive, suffocating monstrosity of big government (which is spawning TEA Parties across the nation), it is a time for my family and me to reflect, not only on... Family Security Matters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284816/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:55:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284000/posts Slaying an afterthought to LR robbery, police say Teens’ accounts of killing differ in affidavit BY JACOB QUINN SANDERS ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE All that the four teenage boys wanted to do, Little Rock police say, was rob the old man and scare him a little. Killing him, police said, was an afterthought. According to an arrest warrant affidavit unsealed Wednesday, the four boys, who ranged in age from 14 to 16, met Tuesday afternoon at the corner of Eddy Lane and Lark Place in a quiet, older neighborhood just south of Base Line Road, just to hang out. One asked if... ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284000/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 12:56:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2283483/posts Police Seek Fourth Teen in LR Burglary-Homicide Reported by: KARK 4 News Wednesday, Jul 1, 2009 @10:30am CST Little Rock Police are looking for local teen they're calling a person of interest in Tuesday's residential break-in that left a homeowner dead. The suspect is identified as Antonio Demetrius Terry, 16, of Little Rock. He is named in police reports read in court this morning when three other suspects were arraigned in the case. Maurice Clark, 67, was shot when the suspects broke into his home. Thomas Stacy Caffery, 17, Craig Deshaun Woods, 15, and Mashawn Kendrick, 14, all pleaded not... KARK (AR NBC affiliate) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2283483/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 19:15:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283480/posts Three suspects appeared in a Little Rock courtroom this morning and pleaded not guilty to murder charges in a burglary-turned-shooting Tuesday afternoon that left a homeowner dead. The three juveniles are all charged as adults in the killing of Maurice Clark, 67, at his home at 4 Lark Place, just south of Baseline Road. They're identified as: Thomas Stacy Caffery, 17 Craig Deshaun Woods, 15 Mashawn Kendrick, 14 Bonds for each of the teens, who are all from Little Rock, were set at one-million-dollars. They are also charged with theft of property and fleeing. According to police reports read in... KARK (AR NBC affiliate) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283480/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 19:14:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282958/posts That is the take from some friends at the Arkansas Judicial Network who have put this video together, urging you to contact Sens. Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor to tell them to oppose their fellow Democrat in the White House and vote against Judge Sonia Sotomayor: (snip) And that is the key. The people back home in Arkansas will note how Sen. Lincoln, who will be asking those very same people for her job back in 2010, will vote for this woman who, despite her wisdom, was overturned on a case which resonates. Remember, it was Mrs. Lincoln who tepidly... The K. Ryan James Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282958/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 02:08:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2279452/posts LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas prisoner nearly died after guards left him lying naked in his own feces for a weekend, and while investigating the incident corrections officials found that guards received lap dances while on the job, documents obtained by The Associated Press show. The prison system fired Lt. John Glasscock, who supervised guards on duty at the maximum-security Tucker Unit prison. One sergeant was fired, another was demoted and three others received written warnings, according to a report stamped "Sustained (Allegation is True)." The report said Glasscock gave false information to investigators and did substandard work "resulting... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2279452/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:41:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273650/posts Judge receives mental update in Pressly case Slaying suspect has confessed three times, prosecutors say BY JOHN LYNCH ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE The Marianna man accused of killing TV news anchor Anne Pressly has “confessed” three times to the slaying, a Pulaski County prosecutor revealed during a court hearing Tuesday. The claim by chief deputy prosecutor John Johnson prompted a challenge from defendant Curtis Lavelle Vance, who said his statements were made under duress because Little Rock police had threatened his life. “That was under extreme pressure,” Vance said. “I had a gun in my face.” Prosecutors denied Vance’s allegations of coercion... Arkansas Democrat Gazette (subscription may be needed) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273650/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:58:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2272824/posts LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The man accused of killing an Arkansas television anchorwoman from South Carolina will appear in court and could discuss why he refused to take part in a mental competency exam. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2272824/posts#comment Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:58:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272881/posts LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A deputy prosecutor in Arkansas says the man charged with capital murder in the beating death of a TV anchorwoman has confessed to the killing. Curtis Vance is charged in the beating death last October of Anne Pressly, an anchorwoman for KATV in Little Rock. Pressly survived five days after she was found severely beaten in her home. Yahoo - AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272881/posts#comment Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:45:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270799/posts Judge blocks phone for suspect in soldier shootingAP - Friday, June 12 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A judge has blocked jail telephone access for a man accused of killing a soldier outside an Army recruiting center in Arkansas. Abdulhakim Muhammad, 23, has called The Associated Press twice this week to discuss the shooting of Pvt. William Andrew Long. Little Rock District Judge Alice Lightle sent a letter to the Pulaski County jail, ordering jailers to bar Muhammad from using the phone, except to speak to his lawyer. A spokesman for the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office declined Thursday to release the... Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270799/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:51:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2270265/posts I heard on the news this morning that Obama called the widow of the Security Guard murdered by the nutjob at the Holocaust Museum. Offered his condolences. I was wondering, does anyone know if he called the family of the soldier assasinated by the Islamic terrorist in Arkansas? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2270265/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:24:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2269553/posts For eight years George W. Bush and Dick Cheney succesfully kept America safe from terrorist attacks on the homeland, yet under the Obama administration there has been a terrorist attack on U.S. soil that you probably didn’t hear anything about. On June 1, 2009 U.S. Army Pvt. William Long, 24, was gunned down in front of his recruiting office in Little Rock Arkansas by a self proclaimed Muslim Jihadist. But the Pro-Obama media reported very little on it if they reported anything at all. Whether the media neglected to report this act of Jihad because it precluded and would have... Creating Orwellian Worldview http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2269553/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:51:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268926/posts It happened at about 6:30 a.m. at the Holiday Inn Express on Sanders Street. Police say a person called the front desk and said they were an employee at a fire sprinkler service. Officer Sharen Carter says the caller told the clerk there was a problem with the sprinklers and the clerk needed to reset them by pulling the fire alarm. She complied, which caused the alarm go off. Police say the caller then told her to pull the lever on the fire alarm down, but she was unable to do so. Carter says the caller then instructed the clerk... KARK 4 News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268926/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:15:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267926/posts The day before he died, U.S. Army Pvt. William Andrew “Andy” Long floated the Buffalo River with his sister, Vanessa Rice. If he had his way, she said, the pair would have gone skydiving. “I’m so blessed to have had that day with Andy,” Rice tearfully told guests at her brother’s funeral Monday at Harlan Park Baptist Church in Conway. “My brother meant the world to me. Andy loved to be outdoors, to travel, and he couldn’t wait to get to Korea to serve his country.” The service was followed by a burial with full military honors Monday at the... ARDEMGAZ (requires subscription) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267926/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 13:12:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267423/posts <p>Little Rock - Army Private William Long was to have been on his way to his first posting today when, instead, he was being eulogized in his hometown.</p> <p>Long, from Conway, was killed June 1 outside the Army-Navy Career Center in west Little Rock where he had volunteered to tell others about his military experience. A Muslim convert once imprisoned in Yemen has pleaded not guilty to capital murder in Long's death. He allegedly told police he targeted Army personnel "because of what they had done to Muslims in the past."</p> KATV Channel 7 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267423/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 19:53:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267026/posts The case has attracted high-level attention, with President Obama saying Thursday in a written statement that he was "deeply saddened" by the shootings. CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267026/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 09:38:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265958/posts Freepers: I need your help. As you are aware, the terrorist attack in Little Rock, Arkansas, resulting in the murder of Pvt Long, and wounding of another garnered alot of controversy by the inaction of our President, and the mediablackout compared to the Tiller shooting.Now there is another outrage. A muslim fanatic crashed the memorial service where the National Anthem, a prayer for PVT Long were just being completed. Please go to YouTube.com, (click the link in the header), and sign up if you have to. Don't let the anti-Americans and anti-semites on Youtube take up for this gross disrespect... YouTube (or should I call it Jihad supporter tube?) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265958/posts#comment Sat, 6 Jun 2009 02:02:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265641/posts NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. | The man accused of fatally shooting a soldier outside a recruiting center begged for FBI agents to free him from a Yemeni jail where he was "radicalized" by Islamic terrorists, his lawyer told Associated Press on Thursday. Lawyer Jim Hensley described Abdulhakim Muhammad as an impressionable youth driven to public service in an impoverished Middle Eastern country. But teachings by "hardened" terrorists in Yemen and experiences with Afghan child refugees who were missing limbs drove him to become someone his parents didn't recognize, Mr. Hensley said. "Here comes the FBI, who may be able to... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265641/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jun 2009 17:30:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265480/posts • –––––CONWAY — Pvt. William Andrew “Andy” Long, 23 of Conway, died Monday, June 1, 2009. Andy was born June 26, 1985, in Long Beach, Calif., to Daris and Janet (Roberson) Long. Andy recently finished Army training at Ft. Benning, Ga., and was on his way to Korea. He attended Sunny Gap Baptist Church in Conway. His family says he had an infectious smile, a great sense of humor, and a brilliant mind. He is a hero. Andy is survived by his parents, Daris and Janet Long of Conway; sister Vanessa Rice and husband Robert of Conway and brother Triston... Arkansas Democrat Gazette (subscription may be needed) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265480/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jun 2009 14:16:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265139/posts Crowd rallies in support of troops where soldiers shot Posted on 04 June 2009 By Rob Moritz Arkansas News Bureau LITTLE ROCK — Dozens of people rallied in support of U.S. military personnel Thursday outside a recruiting center where two soldiers were gunned down this week. Pvt. William Long died and another soldier, Pvt. Quinton I. Ezeagwula, was wounded in the attack Monday at the Army-Navy Career Center in west Little Rock. Police arrested Abdulhakim Muhammad, 23, who has pleaded innocent in the shooting. Muhammad, born Carlos Bledsoe, converted to Islam as a teen-ager and legally changed his name in... Arkansas News Bureau http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265139/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jun 2009 02:25:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264662/posts In conjuntion with www.freerepublic.com, The American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Patriot Guard (AR), and Alerts Secure Arkansas is planning a huge rally to support our military. It will be held on Thursday, June 4th, at 4 p.m., in front of the Army-Navy Recruiting Station at Ashley Square, corner of Reservoir Road and Rodney Parham in Little Rock (. This is an emergency rally to show respect for our troops and let them know we mourn the loss of soldier William Long and the wounding of soldier Quinton Ezeagwula. Please bring your Flags, yellow ribbons, and signs. For more... SECURE ARKANSAS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264662/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jun 2009 15:26:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264333/posts The White House finally got around to releasing a statement on the jihadi attack against our troops at the Arkansas military recruitment center. Here is the entire statement: “I am deeply saddened by this senseless act of violence against two brave young soldiers who were doing their part to strengthen our armed forces and keep our country safe. I would like to wish Quinton Ezeagwula a speedy recovery, and to offer my condolences and prayers to William Long’s family as they mourn the loss of their son.”“Senseless?” It made perfectly good sense to a vengeful Muslim convert jihadi bent on... MichelleMalkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264333/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jun 2009 02:51:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264299/posts CONWAY, Ark. (AP) — The father of a soldier slain outside a recruiting center sought a quiet life for his family in rural Arkansas after years of military service, but the battlefield came home to find them. Daris Long's son, Army Pvt. William Andrew Long, was shot Monday in suburban Little Rock while he stood and smoked a cigarette, far from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Long, 23, died in an attack that also wounded Pvt. Quinton I. Ezeagwula, 18. The alleged gunman, Abdulhakim Muhammad, also 23, told investigators he wanted to kill as many Army personnel as he... AP via Google News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264299/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jun 2009 01:56:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263754/posts In an armed attack outside the Army-Navy Career Center which handles recruiting, in Little Rock, AR, Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, 23, killed one soldier wounded another. Muhammad, an American citizen who is a convert to Islam and previously known as Carlos Bledsoe, already had been under investigation by the FBI at the time of the shootings. He had traveled to Yemen, received indoctrination from radical clerics, according to a watch group, and possessed a false Somali passport. He was charged in the death of Pvt. William Long, 23, while a prosecutor said Muhammad admitted shooting Long and another soldier "because of... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263754/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:37:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263721/posts ..why the White House didn't put out a statement responding to the shooting at a military recruitment center Monday. Doesn't that clash a little with their response to the killing of Dr. George Tiller? ...how much Republicans are willing to put on the line to slow Sotomayor's confirmation process - and whether the White House has active plans to undermine opposition. How big a fight would Obama pick to get Sotomayor confirmed by August, rather than in September? Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263721/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 13:57:05 GMT