Delta Blues
The last of the Operation Delta Blues defendants was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Little Rock.
by Linda Satter February 4, 2016Milton Johnson spent 1,188 days on the run from federal authorities until his capture in January.
by Chad Day September 30, 2015The last of 71 defendants indicted in the 2011 Operation Delta Blues investigation was arrested Saturday by federal agents in eastern Shelby County, Tenn.
by Shea Stewart January 11, 2015The wife of Demetrius Colbert, a Marianna man convicted last month by a federal jury of being a major drug dealer in Crittenden County in 2010 and 2011, was ch…
by Linda Satter July 4, 2014A jury has returned guilty verdicts on all six felony counts against Demetrius Colbert, the Marianna man charged with trafficking large quantities of cocaine a…
by Gavin Lesnick June 6, 2014Testimony ended Thursday in the trial of Demetrius Colbert of Marianna, the last of four accused major drug dealers indicted in 2011 as part of an FBI-led inve…
by Linda Satter June 6, 2014FBI agent William Cosenza demonstrated for a federal jury Wednesday how his left thigh was pierced by a large-caliber bullet as he stood to the right of the fr…
by Linda Satter June 5, 2014Numerous FBI-intercepted telephone calls between Demetrius Colbert of Marianna and admitted drug dealers who are now serving time in prison were played aloud i…
by Linda Satter June 4, 2014The uncle of a Marianna man accused of distributing large quantities of cocaine in Lee and Phillips counties testified Tuesday that he is hopeful his cooperati…
by Gavin Lesnick June 3, 2014For not having a legitimate job, Demetrius Colbert did very well for himself financially, a federal prosecutor told jurors Monday in opening statements of the …
by Linda Satter June 3, 2014Jury selection began Monday in the trial of Demetrius Colbert, who is accused of trafficking drugs for years in Helena-West Helena and Marianna.
by Ashley Nerbovig June 2, 2014A Marianna man accused of being one of four major drug traffickers in Lee and Phillips counties for years is scheduled to go on trial today in a Little Rock fe…
by Linda Satter June 2, 2014A probation officer arrested nearly a year after five other law enforcement officers were charged in a large federal investigation into drugs and corruption in…
by Arkansas Online September 5, 2013An east Arkansas prosecutor said Tuesday that the judge who removed him from a Phillips County capital-murder case last week had no proof that the prosecutor’s…
by Chad Day August 21, 2013A probation officer arrested months after five other law enforcement officers were charged in a massive federal investigation into drugs and corruption in east…
by Gavin Lesnick April 30, 2013