8th North Task Force

10/22/2025

Outstanding work!

03/06/2025

03/27/2024

We will continue to work with our federal, state and local partners to dismantle major drug trafficking organizations. Thanks to all the Agents, Officers and Deputies involved!

01/24/2024

01/03/2024

On Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024 at about 10:15am, officers from the Hope Police Department, Hempstead County Sheriff’s Office and the 8th North Task Force, executed a search warrant in the 300 block of North Louisiana Street in Hope, AR. The search warrant was executed as the result of a several month-long investigation into the sales of illegal narcotics.

Officers recovered five and one-half ounces of Crack Co***ne and over an ounce of methamphetamine. $5800 in U.S. Currency and four vehicles were also seized.

Arrested as a result of this investigation was Ira Scott, 64 of Hope, AR. Scott was charged with Possession with Intent to Deliver (Co***ne), Possession with Intent to Deliver (Methamphetamine), Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Maintaining a Drug Premises and Possession of a Controlled Substance Near Certain Facilities. Scott is currently in the custody of the Hempstead County Detention Facility awaiting a first court appearance.

12/23/2023

https://hopeprescott.com/2023/12/21/charles-pugh-arrested-for-delivery-of-controlled-substances/

Charles Pugh Arrested for Delivery of Controlled Substances

07/12/2023

Conway charged with possession

https://hopeprescott.com/2023/07/10/conway-charged-with-possession/

01/30/2023

09/06/2022

Prescott Police Department Press Release: On August 30th 2022, officers with the Prescott Police Dep

09/01/2022

The first jury impaneled in the new Hempstead County Courthouse resulted in a 50-year sentence for a 49-year Hope man. The jury gave Reginald Featherston 40 years in the Arkansas Division of Correction for possession of greater than 10 grams of methamphetamine with purpose to deliver, and enhanced that sentence by 10 years because the crime was committed in close proximity to a multi-family public housing facility. The jury also gave him 15 years in ADC for possession of drug paraphernalia.
The case was presided over by Hempstead County Circuit Judge Joe C. Short who ruled that the sentences for the methamphetamine and paraphernalia charges will run concurrently and that the 10-year enhancement will run consecutively.
The investigation was conducted by Sergeants Gary Dorman and Justin Crane of the Hempstead County Sheriff’s Office, who are assigned to the 8th North Drug Task Force. They were assisted by Hope Police Department Corporal Justin Dean and his canine partner.
During the investigation, the agents located 88 tablets of what appeared to have been ecstasy. After receiving the analysis of the tablets by the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory, the tablets were determined to have contained methamphetamine. The agents also located drug paraphernalia on Featherston’s person and in the vehicle he was operating.
The case was tried by Eighth North Judicial District Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Ben Hale.

08/19/2022

Curtis Carroll Charged With Fleeing, Wanted in Columbia County

https://hopeprescott.com/2022/08/19/curtis-carroll-charged-with-fleeing-wanted-in-columbia-county/