Update: 31 Counties On Disaster List

Tuesday afternoon, four more counties in Arkansas were added to the disaster list by Governor Asa Hutchinson.  Those added were Conway, Jefferson, Perry and Sebastian Counties.  The announcement came after heavy rain and flooding in recent weeks.  The total number of counties on the list is now at thirty-one.

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Van Buren Marina Destroyed By Flooding

The Wildcat Marina in Van Buren has not only been closed due to the rise of the Arkansas River, but has been destroyed.  According to Gabe Draper, Harbormaster, the marina itself has moved over 100 feet down river and approximately 60 feet back onto the banks.  He said "So whenever the water goes down, all of the damage is just going to be that much worse."

Draper said there is insurance, but he still doesn't have a home.  Due to no power or water, it is non-livable.  According to Draper, it will take a minimum of a year to re-build the mar- ina.  He has been Harbormaster for a little over a year.

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Subject Of Silver Alert Found Safe

Gary Gooding was reported missing on May 28.  Crawford County Deputies said at approxi- mately 11 p.m. on the 28th, he returned to the Crawford County Health & Rehab Facility where he is a patient.  Officials with the facility said Gooding, 68, was checked out earlier by family, to go on an outing.  While with them, he lost his temper and wandered off.  The family at that time reported him missing.

Gooding is diabetic and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and dementia.  It was a concern at the time he went missing, that he did not have his medications with him.  Good- ing appeared to be in good health when he was found.

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Missing 15 Yr-Old Found With Theft Suspect

Okeem Jordell-Denard Mason, 24, was arrested May 26 in connection with a theft at the Van Buren Walmart on May 18.  Mason had active felony warrants out of Florida.  Attached to his records was the name of a missing 15 year-old girl from Florida.  Authorities said she was found where the two were staying in Franklin County.

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Robbery Suspect Arrested

Robert Moore of Ft. Smith has been arrested in connection with an aggravated robbery.  The robbery took place at Family Stop #2 at 6217 U. S. 271 S. on May 26.  Police received a call at approximately 10:50 p.m.  Detectives were told by the store clerk that the suspect came brandishing what appeared to be a handgun, demanding money.

Moore, 27, was identified on surveillance footage.  He was arrested at his residence.  A- ccording to a release, Moore was interviewed at the police station, where he gave a full explanation of the robbery.  He was then booked into the Sebastian County Adult Detention Center on a $50,000 bond.

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Sex Offender Compliance Checks In Ft. Smith

Compliance checks were conducted last week on registered sex offenders in the Ft. Smith area.  Assisting the Ft. Smith Police Department were the Arkansas Probation & Parole per- sonnel and the U. S. Marshals Service.  A news release from the Police Department stated that officers verified an offender's address by actually going to the person's listed address.  241 offenders, out of 260, were verified living where they had reported to live.  There were only six found to be in violation and one arrest, according to the release.

Thirteen of the remaining nineteen offenders were not verified during this time.  However, police will continue the verification.  For a map of registered sex offenders in Ft. Smith go to www.fortsmithpd.org and click on the Public Awareness tab and hit Sex Offender Search.

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Gov. Hutchinson Presented Commemorative Pistol

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson was presented a limited edition U. S. Marshals Museum Colt Peacemaker pistol by U. S. Marshals Museum officials.  The pistol is a limited edition commemorative airgun of the Colt Single Action Army Revolver, also know as the "gun that won the west".

Out of the five hundred commemorative airguns, ten were donated to the museum for auc- tion sales.  The pistol was accepted by Hutchinson on behalf of the Arkansas General Assem- bly.

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