Overview

• Finkbeiner admitted to querying the Arkansas Crime Information Center database for personal use and paying for sexual acts with a private individual.
• Seventh Judicial Circuit Judge Margaret Dobson imposed a six-month prison term with three months credited for time served and a $4,500 fine.
• He has been stripped of all sheriff’s authority since December 2023 and resigned after pleading guilty to federal charges earlier this year.
• U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry A. Bryant ordered him held in custody pending sentencing on separate federal counts of false statements and obstruction.
• The case has intensified scrutiny of rural law enforcement oversight and spurred calls for reforms at the Arkansas Crime Information Center.