Tag: Arkansas
Bob Pilletto Best, Bank Robbery, Arkansas 2026
⏱ 2 min read Bob Pilletto Best, a 60-year-old Jacksonville man, robbed First Arkansas Bank & Trust on February 6, 2025, making off with $5,300. Best, who has a prior conviction for bank robbery, entered the bank, pretended to look for something to write on, and then demanded cash from a teller, claiming he had…
Melvin Wiltshire, Armed Bank Robbery, Arkansas 2024
⏱ 2 min read Melvin Wiltshire, a 58-year-old from Mount Ida, Arkansas, walked into the Strong, Arkansas Simmons Bank on April 2, 2024, wearing a camouflage face mask and a hooded gray sweatshirt. He pointed a black revolver at three bank employees and demanded they fill a green and black backpack with cash. The employees…
Markevin Duwayne Taylor, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Arkansas 2026
⏱ 2 min read Markevin Duwayne Taylor, a 33-year-old Hot Springs man, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his role in a methamphetamine trafficking operation. In July 2024, law enforcement agents conducted undercover controlled purchases of methamphetamine from Taylor, leading to a search warrant at his residence on August 5, 2024. The…
Werrick Baines, Firearms Violations, Arkansas 2026
⏱ 2 min read In a massive crackdown on violent crime, 39 individuals were arrested in Little Rock, Arkansas, as part of Operation Viper, a high-intensity fugitive apprehension initiative. The operation, which took place in coordination with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners, resulted in the seizure of 35 firearms, $74,400 in illegal proceeds,…
Orlando Nembhard, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Arkansas 2026
LITTLE ROCK—A New York man will spend the next 135 months in federal prison for his role in a multi-state, cross-country conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine. Orlando Nembhard, 34, of Mt. Vernon, New York, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of…
Brian Hughes, Rape and Child Pornography, Arkansas 2025
⏱ 2 min read A 21-year-old North Carolina man has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for producing and distributing child pornography. Brian Hughes flew from North Carolina to Arkansas in April 2025, where he picked up a 15-year-old girl near her school and raped her at a hotel. He then produced explicit images…
Bradley Quillen, Online Exploitation and Coercion of Minors, Arkansas 2026
⏱ 2 min read Bradley Quillen, a 31-year-old former teacher and coach at Rogers Middle School in Arkansas, was sentenced to 31 years in prison for exploiting and coercing minors online. Quillen used social media platforms to target multiple minor females, including two girls aged 8 and 12, and coerced them into sending sexually explicit…
Gabriel Perkhofer, Child Pornography Distribution, Arkansas 2026
⏱ 2 min read Fayetteville, AR – Gabriel Perkhofer, a 48-year-old Australian permanent resident, thought he’d found the perfect prey. He messaged an undercover cop posing as a mom with two minor daughters and started sending explicit files. Perkhofer even traveled from Missouri to meet the imaginary mother, but instead, he got arrested for state…
Brian Isaac Hughes, Child Pornography, Arkansas 2026
FAYETTEVILLE, AR – In a devastating case of child exploitation, a North Carolina man has been sentenced to a lengthy prison term for producing and distributing child pornography featuring an Arkansas minor. Brian Isaac Hughes, 21, was sentenced on May 12, 2026, to 324 months in federal prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release,…
Gabriel Perkhofer, Child Exploitation, Arkansas 2026
FAYETTEVILLE – Gabriel Perkhofer, a 48-year-old Australian permanent resident, has been sentenced to 345 months in federal prison without the possibility of parole, followed by lifetime supervised release, for distributing child pornography and possessing a phone containing child pornography. On May 12, 2026, the Honorable Chief Judge Timothy L. Brooks presided over the sentencing hearing…
