crime

Sheriff lauds investigators for hundreds of hours put into new Hocutt cold case investigation
The Barry County Sheriff's Office hosted a public press conference on Tuesday to discuss details of the murder of Justin Hocutt, as the Office made three arrests in the cold case last week.

3 brothers charged with murder of Justin Hocut in 1999
Twenty-seven years after 14-year-old Seligman resident Justin Hocutt was found dead on the train tracks 100 yards away from his girlfriend's home, three men have been arrested and charged with the teenager's murder.
Man charged with rape, dissemination of images
A Golden man has been arrested and charged with three felonies relating to alleged sex crimes.
Purdy man gets 8 years
A Purdy man was sentenced in federal court for trafficking fentanyl, cocaine and heroin, as well as illegally possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Man arrested for alleged kidnapping in 2023
A man released from prison in Cameron has been extradited to Barry County and booked into the jail, facing four felonies relating to an alleged kidnapping and assault in 2023.
Mayor charged with perjury
The mayor of Seligman has been charged with two felonies for allegedly failing to disclose he was a convicted felon on declaration of candidacy paperwork in 2015 and 2016.
Seligman man charged with statutory rape, sodomy
A Seligman man is charged with two felonies after allegedly having a sexual relationship with a teenager in 2025.
Traffic stop leads to distribution charge
An Eagle Rock man has been charged with a felony after methamphetamine was allegedly located in his vehicle following a traffic stop and K-9 search.
Woman charged with arson, assault
A Seligman woman has been charged with two felonies after allegedly setting a couch on fire in a home where the victim was lying in another room.
Malone gets life sentence
An Exeter man has been sentenced to life without the possibility for parole for killing his girlfriend at their home in Exeter.




