Jonesboro Arrest Records Search
Jonesboro arrest records come from the Jonesboro Police Department, Chief Rick Elliott's office, and the Craighead County Sheriff's jail once a suspect is booked. JPD runs a dedicated FOIA portal for incident reports, accident reports, and arrest records. This page covers how to pull a Jonesboro arrest report, what the fees are, how to use the jail roster, and which statewide tools round out a Jonesboro arrest records search. It also lays out the local court options and the free fingerprinting steps when you need a set of prints for a record check.
Jonesboro Arrest Records at a Glance
Jonesboro Police Department Records
The Jonesboro Police Department is led by Chief Rick Elliott. JPD has 175 sworn officers and 33 full-time and part-time civilian support staff. The department serves about 80,000 residents plus the Arkansas State University student population. It covers more than 88 square miles of residential, commercial, and rural territory. The agency average is 11-plus years of service per officer. Thirty-six specialty divisions run under JPD, including K9, SWAT, Criminal Investigation, FBI task force, Homeland Security, and High-Tech Crimes.
Start at the city portal at jonesboroar.gov. The page links to the police department, the district court, and the city FOIA portal.
The JPD page at jonesboropolice.com lists every division and the chief's bio. From there you can move to the Public Information page at jonesboropolice.com/public-information, which covers incident report rules, accident report options, and FOIA workflow.
Records fees are friendly. Incident reports are free. Most are ready by the next business day because officers enter data into the computer system right away. Accident reports cost $10 and are pulled through crashdocs.org. JPD does not charge for a routine incident report copy. Background checks for Jonesboro-only records run $10.
The records desk is at 1001 South Caraway Road, Jonesboro, AR 72401. Phone is 870-935-5562. Hours run Monday through Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM. In-person visits, email, and mail requests all work. The online incident reporting form allows electronic submission of a complaint with a confirmation email back to the reporting party.
Note: Under JPD's FOIA policy, the government has up to three business days to provide records requested under Ark. Code Ann. § 25-19-101 et seq.
Jonesboro FOIA Portal and Arrest Records
Jonesboro uses a dedicated FOIA portal at jonesboroar.justfoia.com. You can submit a request, track the status, and download the completed record from the same page. The portal cuts the lag that sometimes hits a walk-in request. JPD follows Arkansas General Assembly FOIA guidelines as laid out in the state code.
FOIA gives both the press and the public a right to request public records on government operations. The three-business-day response window is built into the law. Jonesboro arrest reports are generally open. Exemptions apply to juvenile files, sealed records, active investigations, undercover officer identities, and personnel files. If a Jonesboro arrest records request is denied, the Attorney General's FOIA Handbook at arkansasag.gov/opinions spells out the appeal path.
Fingerprint service is available for background checks. The Justice Complex at 410 W Washington holds the fingerprinting desk. Hours are 8 AM to 3 PM Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. The fee is $15 paid at the time of service. Call 870-336-7219 ahead to confirm availability. Bring a state ID and the fingerprint request paperwork.
Craighead County Jail and Jonesboro Bookings
Once a Jonesboro arrest moves from the street to the booking desk, the file goes to the Craighead County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff runs the county jail and the warrants desk. Craighead is one of the Arkansas counties that uses the myr2m jail portal for its roster. For the full county workflow, see the Craighead County arrest records page. That page covers the sheriff, the circuit court, and the local FOIA process.
State prison status for a Jonesboro defendant shows up on the ADC inmate search at apps.ark.org/inmate_info. You can search by ADC number, name, gender, age, race, county, facility, or offense category. The ADC sits at 6814 Princeton Pike, Pine Bluff. Questions can go to adc.inmate.info@arkansas.gov.
Custody alerts are free through VINE at vinelink.com. Call 1-800-510-0415 to register by phone. VINE tracks Arkansas Department of Correction, Arkansas State Hospital, and county jail custody. It also pushes circuit court event data pulled from prosecutors. Press 0 on the hotline for a live operator 24/7.
Jonesboro District Court and CourtConnect
The Jonesboro District Court sits at 511 Union Street, Jonesboro, AR 72401. The phone is 870-933-4590. The court handles misdemeanors, preliminary hearings for felony cases, and city ordinance violations. Felony trials move up to the Craighead County Circuit Court once charges are bound over.
Case data flows to CourtConnect at caseinfo.arcourts.gov. Search is free. You can look up a Jonesboro defendant by name, by case number, or by citation number. CourtConnect shows the charging document, the docket, and the disposition. It does not show the arrest report. For that, use JPD's FOIA portal or call the records desk.
Scheduled maintenance on CourtConnect hits Monday through Friday from 12:30 AM to 2 AM and Saturday 10 PM through Sunday noon. Help requests go to acap.help@arcourts.gov. The Administrative Office of the Courts at arcourts.gov runs the system out of 625 Marshall Street in Little Rock.
State Tools for Jonesboro Arrest Records
ARCH at arch.ark.org is the main public gateway to a statewide Arkansas criminal check. The fee is $24 per search. Results come back tied to fingerprints. ARCH contains Arkansas felony and misdemeanor convictions, open felony arrests less than three years old, and sex offender status for levels 1 through 4. It does not return juvenile records, dismissed charges, traffic arrests, or arrests made without fingerprints.
The Online Criminal Background Check at cbc.ark.org needs the subject's signed, notarized release. It is not for the general public. Pricing runs $22 for a state name-based check, $11 for volunteers, and $13 for a national fingerprint check. The Arkansas State Police Identification Bureau processes manual requests at 501-618-8500 for the $25 mail-in fee.
For sex offender data, check ark.org/offender-search. Level 3 and level 4 offenders near a Jonesboro address show on the public map. Level 1 and level 2 offenders are kept off the public view under Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-903. Around 1,624 level 1 and level 2 offenders are in the system but do not appear on the public map.
Note: Under Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1013 you can see and challenge your own criminal history file with ACIC at no cost through the Criminal History Division.
Sealing Jonesboro Arrest Records
The Comprehensive Criminal Record Sealing Act of 2013 at Ark. Code Ann. § 16-90-1401 et seq. sets the framework for sealing a Jonesboro arrest record. File a petition in the court where the case was heard. Misdemeanors and many felony convictions are eligible after the sentence is done and the wait period passes. Not eligible: serious violent felonies, sex offenses that require registration, public sexual indecency, indecent exposure, and exposing another person to HIV.
A sealed file is removed from the public view. ARCH will not return it. CourtConnect will flag a case number but not the file. Juvenile record sealing follows Ark. Code Ann. § 9-27-309 and files in juvenile court, not district court. The Attorney General has issued opinions on sealed record access, including 2003-057 and 2003-183, which are posted with the FOIA Handbook.
Petition forms are linked from the Administrative Office of the Courts. Most defense lawyers in Jonesboro can file the petition. The statute requires completion of the sentence and the wait period before the clerk accepts the filing.
Nearby Cities for Arrest Records
Northeast Arkansas has a few cities within driving distance of Jonesboro. Paragould sits to the north in Greene County. Searcy is southwest in White County. Both have city police records desks.