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Recently, officers with the Benton Police Department took a report of runaway juvenile, who was identified as River Williams (16 YOA).

On 2/16/15, at approximately 9:14 AM, officers with the Benton Police Department responded to 611 N. Summit Rd. on report of a possible accidental shooting.  

UPDATE 3-11-15: Poe has been arrested and is no longer being sought by our agency.  

On 2/16/15, at approximately 9:14 AM, officers with the Benton Police Department responded to 611 N. Summit Rd. on report of a possible accidental shooting.  

UPDATE 3-11-15: Poe has been arrested and is no longer being sought by our agency.  

On 2/16/15, at approximately 10:08 PM, officers with the Benton Police Department responded to 2700 Silica Heights on report of a disturbance with a weapon call.  While in-route to the call, officers were informed the suspect in the case was chasing the victim around the residence with a knife.  

On 2/16/15, at approximately 10:08 PM, officers with the Benton Police Department responded to 2700 Silica Heights on report of a disturbance with a weapon call.  While in-route to the call, officers were informed the suspect in the case was chasing the victim around the residence with a knife.  

On 2/10/15, at approximately 5:50 PM, officers with the Benton Police Department responded to Wal-Mart (17309 I-30) on report of a shoplifting that had occurred.  Upon their arrival, they were informed by employees that the suspect in the shoplifting had fled from the store into a wooded area nearby.