Lynch at Large

Fox 16 is breaking a major story concerning arrests of the Lonoke Mayor Tom Privett and Lonoke Police Chief Jay Campbell and three others on a stack of charges. Fox 16 will have further developments at its' regularly scheduled 9 PM newscast.

The Arkansas Times Blog has further also. Max and the gang have been doing a tremendous job on this one too. Here it a portion.

We've learned that additional arrests include the chief's wife, Kelly Campbell; Little Rock bail bondsman Bobby Cox, and Larry Gene Norwood, also once a bondsman.

Lonoke Prosecutor Lona McCastlain is driving the probe. She had assistance from State Police. The investigation grew out of complaints about misuse of state prisoners housed at the Lonoke jail. But the charges include theft of services (the single misdemeanor count against the mayor); theft of property and theft by receiving (among others against the police chief); manufacturing controlled substances and burglary, among others against the chief's wife; terroristic threatening, among others against bondsman Cox, and a conspiracy count against Norwood. All this according to the State Police.

All the suspects have bonded out of the county jail.

Hell, even my old friend Matilda has gotten in on this story.