Brick City Outlaw Music

05/11/2026

05/11/2026

I'd rather have an honest enemy than a dishonest friend. 🙌

05/09/2026

Aug 30, 2016 Mark Hays last seen,

Sept 26, 2016 Suzen Cooper murdered, Grigsby Ford Road

Oct 14, 2016 .22-cal rifle recovered from well, Sand Road

Oct 27, 2016 Sherman sentenced 24 months for supervised release
violations

Nov 4, 2016 Hays body found, Perla Dump Road

Jan 1, 2017 Mike Cash sworn in as sheriff

Feb 2017 Rachael Cooper arrested, first-degree murder

July 23, 2017 K9 Luky found dead — blunt force trauma (gunshot-admission on body-cam)

Aug 23, 2017 Rachael Cooper plea: murder → hindering, 25 years (Williams' court)

Nov 14, 2017 FBI Evidence Recovery Team excavates Hays scene

July 26, 2018 Donald Smith arrested for Cooper murder

Aug 2018 Cooper's body found, Grigsby Ford Road

July 2019 FBI Grindr sting catches counselor Jonathan Williams

Sept 3, 2019 Federal grand jury indicts Smith & Sherman

Jan 14, 2020 Jonathan Williams arrested by FBI

Dec 4, 2020 Deputy Winberry excessive force incident #1

Aug 15, 2021 Deputy Winberry excessive force incident #2

Aug 27, 2021 Winberry resigns amid FBI investigation

Sept 21, 2021 Smith & Sherman convicted at federal trial

~Jan 2022 Rachael Cooper paroled after ~5 years

May 11, 2022 Smith & Sherman sentenced: life, no parole

June 21, 2022 Jonathan Williams sentenced: 15 years

July 2022 Hays ballistic evidence finally submitted to crime lab (6-
year delay)

Fall 2022 JDDC investigation of Judge Williams begins (Case
22-328)

Nov 2022 Crime lab confirms ballistic match in Hays case

Jan 2023 Finkbeiner takes office as sheriff

April–May 2023 Group 6 conducts 7 controlled buys at Kenneth
Smith's Perla home

June 2023 Finkbeiner withdraws sheriff's office from Group 6 Task Force

Aug 2023 FBI surveils Kenneth Smith; Finkbeiner tries to stop investigation

Sept 2023 Anthony Williams arrested for Hays murder

Nov 2, 2023 Finkbeiner arrested by FBI

Nov 17, 2023 Montgomery arrested for Hays murder

Dec 18, 2023 Kenneth Wayne Smith pleads guilty

Jan 6, 2024 Both Judge Williams + Judge Shirron recuse from Montgomery case

March 30, 2024 Judge Williams "resigns" / removed from office

April 2024 Finkbeiner arrested again (state charges)

May 28, 2024 "Big Shelby" Montgomery Sr. murdered at Sand Road — the same address where murder weapon was recovered

Oct 8, 2024 Rachael Cooper re-arrested for drug possession

Feb 6, 2025 Finkbeiner arrested for witness tampering

Feb 14, 2025 Finkbeiner pleads guilty; resigns as sheriff

May 2, 2025 Finkbeiner arrested fourth time

May 21, 2025 Montgomery convicted, 40 years

Aug 20, 2025 Finkbeiner sentenced: 24 months (Judge Hickey)

Aug 21, 2025 Kenneth Wayne Smith sentenced: 37 months

Oct 27, 2025 Judge Shirron orders JDDC press release hung beneath Williams' portrait

Dec 1, 2025 Winberry sentenced: 24 months (Judge Hickey)

Feb 6, 2026 115 lbs m**h seized on I-30, mile marker 88, Dallas→Little Rock

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05/09/2026

Chris E. Williams served as Circuit Judge, Division 1, 7th Judicial Circuit.

Before ascending to the circuit bench, he served as Hot Spring County District Court Judge from 1992 to 2002 and Malvern City Attorney from 1984 to 1992.

He was the only Division 1 circuit judge for that entire period.

Williams served as a member of the JDDC from 2001 to 2012 and as its chairman from 2012 to 2013 — the very commission that would eventually force his 👉removal.

The JDDC opened its first investigation into Williams (Case 22-328) in fall 2022.

Three additional cases followed:
**23-274**
**23-275** in 2023,
**24-116** in early 2024.

The specific allegations were never made public due to "confidentiality provisions" in the 👉negotiated resignation.👈

Williams violated 👉Canons 1, 2, and 3 👈of the Arkansas Code of Judicial Conduct 👉 Integrity, impartiality, competence, diligence, and the duty to minimize conflicts of interest.👈

His resignation letter, dated March 15, 2024, became effective March 30, 2024, and serves as permanent 👉removal👈 from office.

He is permanently barred from any judicial or public office in Arkansas.

The JDDC acknowledged the cooperation of witnesses and the support of 🧐"other government agencies" that participated in the investigations but refused to identify those agencies.

JDDC Executive Director Emily Abbott stated the investigation "predates the swearing in of Scott Finkbeiner," placing its origin before January 2023.

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05/09/2026

A federal co-defendant in the Finkbeiner witness tampering case.

Jordan Hammond - was charged with conspiracy to tamper with a witness after allegedly attempting to bribe a witness by offering to pay her husband's bond in exchange for a favorable statement to Finkbeiner's attorney.

She surrendered to authorities on February 7, 2025, was already on four-year felony probation in Boone County for m**h and hydrocodone possession, and was released on $5,000 unsecured bond.

A third, unnamed co-defendant remains unidentified in court records.

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05/09/2026

On Friday, February 6, 2026, at approximately 7:45 a.m., an Arkansas State Police trooper stopped a Nissan Rogue SUV driven by Pedro Lorenzo Valdez, 45, on Interstate 30 eastbound near mile marker 88 in Hot Spring County. Approximately 115 pounds of m**hamphetamine was found concealed in multiple cardboard boxes. Valdez told investigators he was traveling from Dallas to Little Rock. He was charged with Felony Trafficking a Controlled Substance and booked into the Hot Spring County Detention Center. The bust was part of a series of ASP stops that collectively seized more than 775 pounds of illegal narcotics.

The I-30 corridor through Hot Spring County is a documented major drug trafficking route between Dallas and Little Rock. Additional seizures include 620 pounds of m**hamphetamine ($28.1 million street value) found hidden in 10 tons of limes near Hope on I-30 in November 2025, and a 1.5-kilo m**h seizure at mile marker 70 on I-30 in Clark County in May 2025.

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05/09/2026

Former State Senator George Hopkins (D-Malvern), who served in the Arkansas Senate from 1987 to 2000 and then became Executive Director of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System (ATRS) in December 2008, was implicated in a major financial scandal involving the state's largest pension system ($17+ billion, 100,000+ members).

A Boston federal judge, Mark L. Wolf, raised questions about possible corruption after a 377-page special master's report revealed a $4.1 million "finder's fee" paid by lead law firm Labaton Sucharow to Texas attorney Damon Chargois — who had done no documented work on a $300 million class-action settlement against State Street Corp. in which ATRS served as lead plaintiff. The special master found Hopkins demonstrated "clear dereliction of his fiduciary duties to the class" by not knowing or disclosing the side payment. Hopkins testified under oath that he never asked a law firm to hire an attorney or make a political contribution. State Rep. Mark Lowery publicly called for Hopkins's resignation in July 2018, saying his testimony "lacks credibility." Hopkins retired from ATRS in late 2018.

Former State Senator Steve Faris (D-Malvern), who served in the Arkansas House from 1997–2000 and Senate from 2001–2010 (rising to Senate Majority Whip), was also connected to the chain. Hopkins testified that Faris introduced the Labaton Sucharow firm to then-ATRS Director Paul Doane in 2007, at the request of a friend named Tim Herron (associated with Chargois's firm). Herron's uncle, Gordon Powell, was former board president of Central Arkansas Telephone Cooperative — where Faris was manager and Hopkins did legal work. The Arkansas Times dubbed this web of relationships. Faris resigned from the APERS board in July 2019. No criminal charges were ever filed against either Hopkins or Faris.

Additionally, a whistleblower lawsuit was filed in August 2011 by Susan Crosby, a former senior ATRS investment analyst, alleging Hopkins illegally fired her in retaliation for reporting a $40 million investment "misrepresentation" to the board.

05/08/2026

Jonesmill

04/28/2026

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