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Gun request puts Ark. school shooter in spotlight

After serving nearly a decade in custody for opening fire at a Jonesboro middle school in a 1998 sniper attack that killed four students and a teacher, Andrew Golden was released last year at age 21 and tried to start a new life.

Jonesboro shooter gets more prison time in Ark.

Jonesboro school shooter Mitchell Johnson was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison and could remain behind bars well into his 30s.

Ark. school shooter again facing prison sentence

Jonesboro school shooter Mitchell Johnson could get as many as 30 years in prison for stealing a debit card and possessing marijuana, though his attorney says the slayings he committed as a 13-year-old should not be considered at sentencing.

Judge sentences Jonesboro shooter to 4 years

A man who as a teen helped shoot and kill five people in a schoolyard ambush was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison on an unrelated federal weapons charge.

Prosecutor: Arkansas school shooter not mistreated in jail

A prosecutor says there's no evidence that one of two Arkansas men who killed a teacher and four students in a school shooting a decade ago has been mistreated while in jail on separate charges.

1998 Ark. Shooter Faces New Theft Charge

One of the men who killed a teacher and four students in a school shooting a decade ago faces two new felony charges accusing him of stealing a debit card as he awaited sentencing in a separate case.

Jonesboro School Shooter's Bond Revoked

Jonesboro school shooter Mitchell Johnson was turned over to federal marshals Wednesday after a judge revoked his bond on a recent gun and drug conviction because he had been arrested over the weekend.

Jonesboro Shooter Arrested Again

Jonesboro school shooter Mitchell Johnson, already facing sentencing on a federal weapons charge, was arrested on a charge of misdemeanor drug possession, police said Monday.

School Shooter Convicted on Gun Charge

A federal jury convicted a 23-year-old man on an obscure weapons charge Tuesday, apparently unaware that 10 years ago he and another boy killed four classmates and a teacher in a schoolyard ambush.

Chemist: Test Error in Ark. Shooter Case

A state crime lab chemist returned to the witness stand for a second day Tuesday as a trial resumed for a man who served time for a deadly 1998 school yard ambush and now faces federal charges that could return him to prison for a decade.

New Trial to Begin for School Shooter

Mitchell Johnson, who served time for helping kill five people during a 1998 ambush in a Jonesboro school yard, could only dream of California as he sat handcuffed in the back of a police cruiser on New Year's Day 2007.

Jonesboro School Shooter Back in Court

A man who helped shoot and kill five people during a schoolyard ambush as a teen pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a new weapons charge.

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Wendy's Forgets Straw, Amputee Pulls Gun
Source: KAIT8

A forgotten straw in a bagged order at Wendy's in Jonesboro, AR cascades into two arrests and multiple felony charges, according to Jonesboro police.

A 2-vehicle wreck on U.S. 63 in southeast Jonesboro claimed the lives of five people
Source: jonesborosun.com

A 2-vehicle wreck on U.S. 63 in southeast Jonesboro claimed the lives of five people and injured five others on Wednesday afternoon.

Teacher Threatens To Rip Out Student's Eyeballs
Source: local6.com

A high school science teacher has resigned after he allegedly threatened to rip out a student's eyeballs and kill a student's family... See more irresistible headlines  

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