US EditionFormer police officer pleads guilty in incident involving excessive force in Arkansas
Joseph Tucker Harris was sentenced to 120 days confinement and four years probation after pleading guilty to excessive force and false reporting in a police car incident.
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Former Jonesboro officer shown on video beating inmate sentenced to 30 days in jail | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
A former Jonesboro police officer who was recorded on video punching a handcuffed man in the back of a police car last year was sentenced this week to 30 days in jail after pleading guilty to a felony and a misdemeanor charge in Craighead County Circuit Court, the Arkansas State Police said in a news release Wednesday.
Former Jonesboro police officer enters guilty plea in 2024 incident
On Tuesday, November 18, 2025, former Jonesboro Police Department Officer Joseph Tucker Harris, 29, of Hickman, Kentucky, pleaded guilty in Craighead County Circuit Court to the felony of Filing a False Report with a Law Enforcement Agency and the misdemeanor of Third-Degree Battery. These charges stemmed from an incident in August 2024, involving excessive force against a detainee.Craighead County Circuit Judge Scott Ellington sentenced Harris …
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