Jonesboro officer rescues 8-year-old boy who fell through icy pond

Jonesboro Police Officer Troy Ellison is shown navigating across an icy pond in an attempt to rescue a child in this still of video taken from Ellison's bodycam. (Courtesy of the Jonesboro Police Department)
Jonesboro Police Officer Troy Ellison is shown navigating across an icy pond in an attempt to rescue a child in this still of video taken from Ellison's bodycam. (Courtesy of the Jonesboro Police Department)

Jonesboro’s Troy Ellison, after 20 years as a software engineer, turned to police work for a “slower way of life.”

That’s not what the 52-year-old police officer got over the weekend, when he rescued a boy who fell into a local pond covered with ice.

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