LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A former Jonesboro Police Department officer pleaded guilty in Craighead County Circuit Court on Tuesday to charges related to an incident in 2024 involving excessive force.

Arkansas State Police (ASP) officials stated that Officer Joseph Tucker Harris, 29, of Hickman, Kentucky, pleaded guilty to the felony of filing a false report with a law enforcement agency and the misdemeanor of third-degree battery.

According to officials, on August 15, 2024, 2nd Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Sonia Hagood called for ASP to investigate an incident that occurred one week earlier that involved Harris and the use of force against a detainee.

ASP Criminal Investigation Division Special Agents arrested Harris on January 21, 2025.

Craighead County Circuit Judge Scott Ellingt

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