NARCOTICS INVESTIGATION LED TO SIX ARRESTS
In response to numerous citizen reports, via social media and through the Benton Police Department and Saline County Sheriff’s Office TIP line, an investigation was conducted at 600 Pearl Street in Benton for suspected narcotic activity.
A woman reported missing for more than 8 years has returned to Saline County through the diligent work of a Benton Police Department detective and citizens sharing a missing person post via social media on Tuesday.
A memorial honoring fallen law enforcement officers will be held at the Benton Municipal Complex on Wednesday. The program will begin at 7:30 p.m.
On 5/6/16, at approximately 4:30 a.m., officers with the Benton Police Department responded to a vehicle accident involving a train at the Sidell Road train crossing off Benton Parkway. The driver of the vehicle, 28-year-old Laura E.
Officers with the Benton Police Department are searching for a man accused of robbing a juvenile at gunpoint in a business parking lot Thursday night. Officers are searching for 18-year-old Christopher Marquese Henson of Benton. He is described as 6-feet tall, black male with black hair and brown eyes.
As a result of a 6-month narcotic investigation conducted by officers with the Saline County Sheriff’s Office, Benton Police Department, and Arkansas State Police, with cooperation from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Little Rock District Office, two people have been arrested and face multiple drug related charges.