Lacey Rae Moore faces at least 12 years in prison and has agreed to pay restitution of more than $12.5 million for damage caused by seven fires, including five for which criminal charges were dropped as part of her plea deal. read more >

A conspiracy charge seems to be related to a $1.5 million loan that has already resulted in bank fraud charges against the Florida borrower, Alberto Solaroli; other charges allege deliberate fraud against the federal TARP program. read more >

Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen on Friday found that the U.S. Attorney's Office in Little Rock was in contempt of court for failing to pay three private defense attorneys the fees he had ordered more than a year ago. read more >

State and federal authorities want a judge to find ExxonMobil broke the law when a pipeline failed at Mayflower and spilled an estimated 150,000 gallons of crude oil in a neighborhood and adjacent waterway, authorities announced Thursday. read more >

Criminal charges in the U.S. District Court’s Western District of Arkansas climbed 7.1 percent for the 12-month period that ended March 31, 2012. read more >

Roger Stephen "Steve" Clary pleaded guilty Thursday to a single count of mail fraud, admitting that he misused almost $1.6 milion of a $4.5 million loan he received from Bank of America Leasing Capital in 2008. Four other federal felony counts were dismissed. read more >

From John L. Smith’s pep talk to reporters to U.S. District Judge Bill Wilson’s withering remarks to out-of-line prosecutors, they said it all in 2012. read more >