Stories from Wednesday, July 29, 2015

The following are reports from the Blytheville Police Department. Monday, July 27 -- Police took a residential theft report in the 100 block of West Missouri St. The victim reported that someone had stolen his 2009 scooter valued at $1,500 from his carport...

Mississippi County Intake Report - 7/20/15 through 7/26/15 -- Andrew Lee Armstrong, 40, of Blytheville - commitment, misdemeanor failure to appear; -- Dewayne Bingham, 55, of Blytheville - misdemeanor failure to appear (2); -- Tracy Blake, 21, of Keiser - residential burglary, felony theft of property - all other;...

Timothy Johnson, 41, of Manila was fatally wounded just after 8 p.m. Tuesday evening by a Manila Police Department (MPD) officer who was responding to a disturbance at 601 Highway 18. According to the Arkansas State Police (ASP), "initial reports indicate that Johnson was holing a knife and advanced toward the officer after reportedly being ordered to drop the knife."...

The Blytheville Police Department is asking for the public's help in finding two wanted men. Escriba Canada, Jr., 26, is wanted for residential burglary and third degree domestic battery. Travis Reed, 25, is wanted for failing to comply with sex offender registration and registered offender living near victim...