Overview

• On August 13, a federal judge lifted a stay and allowed a civil-rights lawsuit against a former Washington County deputy to proceed following his jury acquittal in a fatal pursuit shooting.
• The deputy was acquitted of wrongdoing after prosecutors failed to prove he unlawfully shot a motorist during a chase that ended with the victim’s death.
• In Fayetteville on August 13, a man originally charged with manslaughter in his infant’s death pleaded guilty to endangering a child after the state medical examiner determined suffocation was the cause.
• Prosecutors said the suffocation ruling undercut homicide claims and justified reducing the charge, significantly lowering the defendant’s potential sentence.
• On August 15, 21-year-old Emily Albarran was arrested in Springdale on charges including aggravated assault on a corrections employee, second-degree assault, resisting arrest and leaving the scene of an injury accident, and she remains jailed without bond.