Siloam Springs man sentenced to 8 years for negligent homicide and DWI
A Benton County judge sentenced a Siloam Springs man to eight years in prison after he was found guilty of negligent homicide and driving while intoxicated.
3 reports on this incident · first at Aug 31, 2026, 8:26 p.m. ET
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Aug 31, 2026, 8:32 p.m. ET
Siloam Springs man sentenced to 8 years for negligent homicide and DWI
A Siloam Springs man was sentenced on August 31, 2026, to eight years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections, according to arkansasonline.com. The sentence was handed down by a Benton County Circuit judge after the man pleaded guilty to negligent homicide and driving while intoxicated.
The charges stemmed from an incident investigated by an Arkansas state trooper. Further details of the case were not provided in the report.
Aug 31, 2026, 8:26 p.m. ETFirst report
Siloam Springs man sentenced to 8 years for negligent homicide and DWI
A Siloam Springs man was sentenced to eight years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections on August 31, 2026, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. The sentence was handed down by a Benton County Circuit judge after the man pleaded guilty to negligent homicide and driving while intoxicated, the outlet reported.
The charges stem from an incident investigated by an Arkansas state trooper. Further details of the case were not included in the report.
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