SPRINGDALE -- Department of Homeland Security agents served multiple search warrants across Northwest Arkansas early Thursday, authorities said.
The warrants were part of an investigation, said John Ahrends, Homeland Security resident agent in charge.
Officials with the Rogers, Bentonville, Fayetteville and Springdale police departments assisted in serving the warrants. They directed further questions to federal authorities.
Search warrants in Springdale were served at 1128 B Conner St., 1811 Patti Ave., 2091 A Emily Circle and 514 Butterfield Coach Road, Apartment F 205, according to Lt. Derek Wright, spokesman for the Springdale police.
Barry Larry, 29, was booked Thursday into the Washington County jail. He was arrested over a parole violation. His address is 1811 Patti, according to the jail's website.
Larry was on parole after serving five months of a four-year sentence for aggravated assault, domestic battery and terroristic threatening, according to Benton County court records. He was released from the Benton County jail on April 16, 2015, according to his jail release report.
Andre Smith, 36, was being held Thursday in the jail on counts of contempt of court and failure to appear. His address is the Conner address, according to the Washington County jail's website.
The other addresses weren't found on the jail intake website Thursday afternoon.
Homeland Security will turn over its case to the U.S. attorney's office, and any information after that will come from the U.S. attorney, Ahrends said.
Bryan Cox, a Homeland Security spokesman, said the agency served state warrants in Washington County, and the U.S. attorney's office for the Western District of Arkansas was involved.
Cox declined to elaborate on the nature of the investigation. The U.S. attorney's office did not return a request for comment.
State Desk on 05/28/2016