Cindy Tate

The prison sentences ordered for two Walnut Ridge bank embezzlers were reduced by six months on Wednesday thanks to the sharp eye of their co-defendant's lawyer. read more >

Sharp-eyed lawyering resulted in a shorter prison term for Peggy Sutton, the last of three defendants to be sentenced for stealing almost $4 million from First National Bank of Lawrence County, and it could bode well for her co-conspirators. read more >

Brenda Montgomery was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release for her part in stealing nearly $4 million from First National Bank of Lawrence County, where she was a teller. read more >

Three former employees of First National Bank of Lawrence County who have already pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud scheduled to be sentenced in federal court in Little Rock later this week. read more >