A fugitive was arrested and multiple stolen vehicles were recovered following the search of a Pineville home last week.
On Tuesday, Sept. 8, the McDonald County Sheriff's Office received information on the whereabouts of 38-year-old Cecil Smith -- a man with felony warrants for theft, burglary and property damage stemming from McDonald County and Benton County who had been also linked to a string of stolen vehicles.
Deputies with the McDonald County Sheriff's Office were joined by the Special Response Team, the Pineville Marshal's Office and a number of Benton County deputies in entering a home on South Main Street and locating Smith.
Sheriff Michael Hall said that detectives then discovered a Ford F550 belonging to Liberty Utilities that had been stolen out of Benton County, Ark., a week prior. During the course of the investigation, detectives also recovered a Cowskin Fire Department brush truck that had been stolen out of Delaware County, Okla.