Arrest History in Craighead County
Craighead County arrest records are not held in one public file. The sheriff and jail create custody records when a person is booked. Jonesboro Police, Brookland Police, Lake City Police, Cash Police, Arkansas State Police, University Police, and other agencies may create the incident or arrest report. Courts later create the case file if charges are filed.
The sheriff's official roster route is the strongest recent booking source. It links to Current Inmates, New Inmates, and Recent Releases through RPS/Relativity. The New Inmates page is especially useful for last-48-hours booking activity, but it is still a custody record. It does not prove guilt, and it may not match the final charges filed in Craighead County criminal court cases.
Craighead County New Inmates Log
The RPS New Inmates page is the county's main recent-arrest publication. It shows people booked in the last 48 hours, while Current Inmates shows the active jail population and Recent Releases shows people released in the last 48 hours. Those three views answer different timing questions, so a missing name on one page is not the end of the search.
The sheriff roster page linked from Craighead County Sheriff's Office roster gateway also provides RPS Inmate Info app badges. The app is a mobile way to select Craighead County Sheriff's Office and view jail roster information, including releases, charges, bond, photos, and court dates when the roster publishes them.
The RPS New Inmates page is the official recent-booking view for Craighead County arrest history checks.
It helps place a new arrest in time before the court file has fully caught up.
| RPS View | Use It For | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Current Inmates | People currently in county custody | Not a complete arrest-history archive. |
| New Inmates | Bookings in the last 48 hours | Very recent cases may not have court filings yet. |
| Recent Releases | Release timing in the last 48 hours | Release does not erase the arrest record. |
| RPS Inmate Info app | Mobile roster access | County selection is required in the app. |
How to Look Up Craighead County Arrests
A complete Craighead County arrest lookup uses every channel that fits the event. The jail roster answers current or recent custody questions. The arresting agency holds the report. The court file shows filed charges and disposition. Arkansas State Police/DPS background-check products are statewide repository checks, not copies of the local police report.
- Search Craighead RPS New Inmates for last-48-hours bookings.
- If the person is not there, check Current Inmates and Recent Releases because the timing may place the record in another roster view.
- Write down the arresting agency, charge text, bond, booking time, court date, and release status without treating any booking charge as a conviction.
- Search Search ARCourts after filing time has passed to find the court case and outcome.
- Request the incident or arrest report from the arresting agency, such as JPD for Jonesboro incidents or the sheriff for sheriff-created reports.
- Use Arkansas DOC Inmate Search or Arkansas VINE for state prison, post-release supervision, and notification questions after the county jail stage.
The RPS Current Inmates page is the live custody roster to check after the new-inmates view.
Current custody is only one slice of arrest history, so court and agency checks still matter.
Craighead County Arresting Agencies Matter
The "Arrested By" field can change the next step. A Jonesboro Police arrest may require a JPD incident report request. A sheriff arrest may route through the county or sheriff FOIA form. A Brookland, Lake City, Cash, Arkansas State Police, or University Police arrest may book into the same county jail but still have a report held by the agency that responded.
| Agency | Record Route | Contact Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Craighead County Sheriff's Office | Sheriff FOIA and RPS roster | 901 Willett Rd., Jonesboro, 870-933-4551; 107 Cobean Blvd., Lake City, 870-237-4511 |
| Jonesboro Police Department | JPD request page, JustFOIA, phone, or in person | 1001 S. Caraway Rd.; reports 870-935-5562 or 870-935-5657 |
| Arkansas State Police Troop C | State police report route | Jonesboro city information lists 870-935-7302 |
| University Police Department | Campus police records route | Jonesboro city information lists 870-972-2093 |
| Brookland Police Department | City contact first, jail custody countywide | 613 Holman, Brookland; 870-935-0538 |
| Lake City Police Department | Local police route and eastern district court nearby | 406 Court Street, Lake City; 870-237-4431 |
What an Arrest Record Shows
A Craighead County arrest record can mean several things. The police report is the officer-created event record. The booking card is the jail intake record. The court file is the prosecutor and judge record. The Arkansas repository entry is a state-level criminal-history product that depends on arrest and disposition reporting.
| Booking Date and Time | The jail intake time shown by RPS, often in date and time format. |
|---|---|
| Arresting Agency | The sheriff, city police, state police, university police, or other agency that made the arrest. |
| Charges | Charge descriptions as entered at booking; court-filed charges may later differ. |
| Bond | Dollar amount or bond status where set; it is a release condition, not a sentence. |
| Photo and Demographics | RPS roster cards can show a booking photo, race, sex, age, and locality line. |
| Court Date or Release | Court-date and release fields appear when populated in the roster data. |
Jonesboro Police Arrest Reports
Jonesboro is the county's largest city, and JPD records have the clearest local process. Jonesboro Police says most incident reports are available by the next business day after immediate computer entry, with no fee for incident reports. Requests can be made by email or JustFOIA, in person at 1001 South Caraway Road, or by phone.
Accident reports follow a different route. JPD points to Crashdocs for online accident reports and says the required fields are last name, report number, and date of loss. Accident reports are generally available in one to three business days and carry the state-mandated fee. Those crash records are not the same thing as an arrest record, but the request page is often where readers find the right police records contact.
The Jonesboro Police records request page documents report timing, request channels, and fingerprinting details for local police records.
That page is the better source for a Jonesboro incident report than the county jail roster.
Recent Arrests and Booking Logs
Recent Craighead County booking logs are useful for timing. The New Inmates page catches bookings in the last 48 hours. Current Inmates catches people still in custody. Recent Releases catches people who left custody within the recent-release window. Each view is a snapshot that changes as jail status changes.
Do not treat a roster absence as proof that no arrest occurred. The person may have been released outside the recent window, booked under a spelling variation, held in another jurisdiction, cited without county jail booking, or transferred. For court follow-up, use the court case search once enough time has passed for a filed case to appear.
The RPS Recent Releases page fills the short gap after a person leaves Craighead County custody.
Release information can explain why a name disappeared from Current Inmates while the arrest record still exists.
Note: Craighead RPS publicly displays booking photos, but this page does not republish arrestee names or mugshots.
RPS Inmate Info App
The RPS roster page links to the RPS Inmate Info mobile app through App Store and Google Play badges. The app is not a separate records custodian. It is a mobile way to view Relativity/RPS detention information after selecting Craighead County Sheriff's Office.
Use the app when a phone screen is easier than the roster website. Use the sheriff FOIA route, the arresting agency, or the court clerk when the app does not answer the records question. App data still needs to be read as custody information rather than a final criminal history.
The Crashdocs portal is referenced by Jonesboro Police for accident reports, which stay separate from ordinary Craighead County arrest history records.
Keeping crash reports separate from arrest and booking records prevents the search from mixing unrelated police products.
Arrests vs Convictions
An arrest is a custody event. A conviction is a court outcome. Craighead County records can show one without the other, and that difference matters when reading arrest history. A dismissed charge, an unfiled arrest, or a sealed case can leave a different public trail than a conviction with a sentence.
| Record Type | Created By | What It Proves | Where to Check |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrest or booking | Law enforcement and jail | Custody or booking occurred | RPS roster or arresting agency |
| Filed charge | Prosecutor or court | A court case was filed | Search ARCourts or clerk |
| Disposition | Court | How the charge ended | Case docket or certified court record |
| Repository result | Arkansas State Police / DPS systems | Statewide criminal-history product | Official background-check channels |
An arrest is not proof of guilt. Check the court disposition before treating any booking entry as the final outcome.
Sheriff FOIA for Booking Details
The Craighead County "Submit" page has separate General FOI Request and Sheriff's Office FOI Request routes. Visible fields include a requested-information box and preferred delivery methods such as email, on-site inspection, CD copies, fax copies, and pickup copies. The county transparency page names Wendy French, County Administrator, as FOIA contact at 870-933-4500 and wfrench@craigheadcountyar.gov.
Use FOIA when the public roster does not answer the question, when a sheriff-created report is needed, or when a person needs to inspect available county records. Active investigations, juvenile details, protected victim information, and personal identifiers may be withheld or redacted under Arkansas law.
The Arkansas DOC Inmate Search is the state-prison layer after a Craighead County case leaves local custody.
That state search should not be confused with the county jail roster for recent arrests.