Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 24, 2026.
Cross County, Arkansas, has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Cross County Sheriff's Office, three city agencies and two state agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Cross County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Cross County public records, Arkansas arrest records, Arkansas inmate search and Arkansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Cross County
The Cross County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Cross County. It reported 192 arrests for 2022, its latest complete year.
Arrests inside three of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Wynne, 7,905 residents: 390 arrests reported for 2025.
- Parkin, 771 residents: 10 arrests reported for 2025.
- Cherry Valley, 575 residents: 24 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Cross County: the State Park at Parkin Archeological State Park and the State Park at Village Creek State Park (state agency).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Cross County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Wynne: 390 for 2025, 374 for 2024, 311 for 2023, 277 for 2022, 538 for 2021 and 598 for 2020.
- Cherry Valley: 24 for 2025, 43 for 2024, 21 for 2023, 48 for 2022, 18 for 2021 and 44 for 2020.
- Parkin: 10 for 2025, 28 for 2024 and 36 for 2023.
- Cross County Sheriff's Office: 192 for 2022.
Together, the three agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 424 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 424 in 2025 against 445 in 2024, down 4.7 percent.
Through July 2026, the three agencies with every month so far on file reported 214 arrests, against 238 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Cross County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Cross County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 86 people, up from about 78 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 143 beds, and it ran at 60 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Cross County Sheriff's Office at crosscountysheriff.org/inmate-roster/filters/current/booking_time=d... (page title: Inmate Roster | Cross County AR Sheriff's Office | Sort Booking Time | Descending | Page 1), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Arkansas Division of Correction lists its inmates at doc.arkansas.gov/correction/online-services.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Cross County
An arrest in Cross County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Cross County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Cross County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at arcourts.gov/administration/acap/courtconnect, phone (501) 410-1900); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at arcourts.gov/circuit/?q=attorneys, phone 870-238-1212).
Statewide, CourtConnect is the Arkansas Judiciary's free statewide case search.
Arkansas is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the state runs an online name-based background check open to the public, through the Arkansas State Police. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Cross County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer within 3 working days when the record is not immediately available, and it may charge the actual cost of copying.
- An arrest by the Cross County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Wynne, Parkin or Cherry Valley: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the State Park at Parkin Archeological State Park or the State Park at Village Creek State Park: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 870-238-1212, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Cross County Circuit Court, through the court records page at arcourts.gov/administration/acap/courtconnect, phone (501) 410-1900.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Arkansas State Police Identification Bureau.
Cities in Cross County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the four cities in Cross County: Wynne, Parkin and Cherry Valley. Hickory Ridge has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Cross County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Cross County each year?
Wynne reported 390 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the three agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 424 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Cross County?
Look on the custody page of the Cross County Sheriff's Office at crosscountysheriff.org. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Cross County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Cross County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Cross County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Arkansas State Police: the state runs an online name-based background check open to the public. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Cross County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Cross County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 3 working days when the record is not immediately available.
Is this the official Cross County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.