Talk of Union County JP sets online forum ablaze
The investigation into an alleged shooting incident involving Union County Justice of the Peace Jack Reynolds and an unknown person has generated a lot of chatter in an online forum — some of it pretty heated.
Several commentators on the forum, entitled “Jack Reynolds Shooting Spree,” are even calling for Reynolds to resign from the quorum court. Click here to access the site.
Currently, the investigation against Reynolds is in the hands of 8 North District Prosecuting Attorney Chris Thomason of Hope. Robin Carroll, 13th District Prosecuting Attorney, deferred the case to Thomason after the Arkansas State Police completed its investigation into Reynolds late last month.
Carroll cited a conflict of interest because he serves as legal counsel for the Union County Quorum Court, on which Reynolds sits. Reynolds is also the chair of the Union County Finance Committee and the El Dorado Water and Sewer Commission.
Thomason told the News-Times last month that his office is still reviewing the state police file on Reynolds to decide whether or not to pursue charges.
The facts in the case so far are this: In a March 17 letter addressed to Maj. Cleve Barfield, commander of the criminal investigation division of the ASP, Union County Sheriff Ken Jones said that Reynolds allegedly discharged a firearm at an unknown person.
Jones provided the News-Times with a copy of the letter last month, but information on when the alleged incident took place was not included, nor were any further details.
Jones said he deferred the investigation to the ASP because of a “conflict of interest.”
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