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.
Little River County, Arkansas, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Little River County Sheriff's Office, one city agency and one state agency. 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 Little River 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: Little River County public records, Arkansas arrest records, Arkansas inmate search and Arkansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Little River County
The Little River County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Little River County. It reported 70 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in Little River County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Ashdown, 4,088 residents: 164 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 one more agency in Little River County: the State Park at Millwood State Park (state agency).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Little River County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts 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.
- Ashdown: 164 for 2025, 162 for 2024, 233 for 2023, 231 for 2022, 178 for 2020 and 261 for 2019; 2021 is missing months.
- Little River County Sheriff's Office: 70 for 2025, 97 for 2024, 94 for 2023, 102 for 2022 and 119 for 2019; 2020 and 2021 are missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 234 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 234 in 2025 against 259 in 2024, down 9.7 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Little River County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Little River County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 58 people, up from about 29 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 86 beds, and it ran at 67 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Little River County Sheriff's Office at lrcounty.org/departments/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Little River County), phone (870) 898-5115, Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
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 Little River County
An arrest in Little River County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Little River County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at arcourts.gov/directories/circuit/lauren-abney, phone 870-898-7280); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at arcourts.gov/circuit/?q=prosecuting-attorney, phone 870-261-1747).
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 Little River County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 Little River County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (870) 898-5115.
- An arrest in Ashdown: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- An arrest by the State Park at Millwood State Park: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 870-261-1747, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Little River County Circuit Court, through the court records page at arcourts.gov/directories/circuit/lauren-abney, phone 870-898-7280.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Arkansas State Police Identification Bureau.
Cities in Little River County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the five cities in Little River County: Ashdown. Foreman, Wilton, Ogden and Winthrop have 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 Little River County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Little River County each year?
Ashdown reported 164 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 234 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Little River County?
Ask the Little River County Sheriff's Office at (870) 898-5115; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at lrcounty.org/departments/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Little River County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Little River County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Little River 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 Little River County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Little River 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 Little River 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.