One dead, one injured in Paragould crash
PARAGOULD — A Greene County man was killed Monday afternoon and a Jonesboro man was injured after a two-vehicle crash on the east side of Paragould, according to Arkansas State Police.
Thomas James Keck Jr., 36, of Marmaduke died in the crash, which happened around 4:45 p.m. Monday at Cedar Lane and Bard Road.
According to a preliminary fatality report from ASP, the driver of a 2019 Nissan Titan, going south on Cedar Lane, ran a stop sign and collided with Keck’s vehicle, a Chrysler 300, which was going east on Bard Road.
A passenger in the Nissan, Guadlupe Lazcano, 41, of Jonesboro, was taken to an area hospital due to his injuries. Keck was pronounced dead at the scene, ASP said.
The weather was clear and the road was dry at the time of the crash. The report did not identify the driver of the Nissan.
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JONESBORO — District Judge David Boling found probable cause Wednesday to charge two people with trafficking a controlled substance in separate cases. In the first case, Boling charged Melissa Nicole Bradley-Walker, 32, of the 1700 block National Road, with trafficking of a controlled substance and felony possessing of drug paraphernalia.
Agents with the 2nd Judicial District’s Drug Task Force and the Jonesboro Police Department’s Street Crimes Unit conducted a search warrant on Bradley-Walker’s residence at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
“Officers made contact with Melissa Bradley-Walker in the residence and took her into custody,” according to a probable cause affidavit. “Before executing the search warrant, agents knew Bradley-Walker to have a confirmed warrant out of the State of Oklahoma. Agents conducted a search inside the residence and Agent (Christopher) Jefferson located a back pack that contained two cellophane baggies which contained 534 grams (1.2 pounds) of methamphetamine and a digital scale.”
Boling set Bradley-Walker’s bond at $500,000 and ordered her to wear an ankle monitor if released on bail. Her next court date is June 27 in the Craighead County Circuit Courthouse. In the second case, Boling charged Laquinton Lauderdale, 26, of the 2500 block of Bonnie Jean Place, with trafficking a controlled substance.
At 7:31 p.m. Tuesday, officers conducted a traffic stop of Lauderdale’s vehicle for an illegal window tint at the intersection of West Jefferson Avenue and Walnut Street, according to a Jonesboro police report.
“Laquinton Lauderdale was sitting in the front passenger seat and Investigator (Tanner) Huff could smell the odor of marijuana in the vehicle,” according to a probable cause affidavit.
“Investigator Huff searched the vehicle and behind the glove compartment found a bag with 1,802 suspected fentanyl pills. Lauderdale was read his Miranda right and then confessed that the pills belonged to him and he shoved them behind the glove box when they were pulled over.”
Boling set bond for Lauderdale, who is on federal probation, at $250,000 and required him to wear an ankle monitor if released on bail.
Lauderdale’s next court date is June 27 at the Craighead County Circuit Courthouse.
