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Arkansas Surgeon General arrested, charged with disorderly conduct


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Updated: 4/02/2012 11:53 am Published: 4/02/2012 11:42 am
PULASKI COUNTY, AR – Arkansas Surgeon General Joseph Thompson was arrested by officials from the Little Rock Police Department Saturday.

Little Rock Police report Thompson became confrontational and aggressive with a security official and later resisted arrest Saturday night.

According to Lt. Carl Minden of the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office, Thompson was arrested charged with disorderly conduct, failure to submit to an arrest and attempt to influence a public servant.

The investigation is ongoing.

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Leatherneck - 4/3/2012 11:16 AM
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Manny Quinn. How long did it take his toxicology report to come back? If it was quick then they need to use the same one on Petrino so the truth comes out about his little one vehicle motorcycle wreck.

Manny Quin - 4/2/2012 8:57 PM
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To Melaine, Jerry, and Nancy be advised that being drunk and confronting an armed licensed security guard out in THE STREET is not Protecting your own property. It just so happens, according to the report i read... which the news only covered a couple of lines and not the two pages worth of narrative..... the security guard was patrolling Dr Thompson's next door neighbor which is an employee/exec for Stephen's Inc (a multi billion dollar company) which the security guard works for. According to the report, the security guard has patrolled Thompson's next door neighbors residence address for over a year at 5-6 TIMES DAILY IN THE SAME SECURITY VEHICLE. When Thompson asked for identification, he provided a badge, company id, as well as a state security commisions ID. The security guard even put his weapon up in the vehicle's lock box to make Thompson feel more secure. He offered to call a supervisor out and the police, but Thompson steady yelled at him and used obscene language. According to the report Thompson was heard in the back ground yelling at the security guard while he was on the phone with 911. The police did have a right on Thompson's property based on the probable cause that they were investigating a disturbance with an intoxicated subject that took place in the street. The report goes on to mention that Thompson goes on to claim that there is an "illegal security force in the area that are creating problems that don't exist. He began to yell at the officers as they explained to him that it isn't illegal to park on the street as long as he is not blocking a drive. Thompson never mentioned to the police of his concerns about possible hacking attempts of his wireless network (which sounds like a horrible attempt to make excuses). his only concern seemed to focus on the "illegal security force". If you don't believe me, then go down and get your own copy of the report. There is also a 911 recording and the 2 officers video/audio footage.

protector20 - 4/2/2012 6:38 PM
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Other websites have the full story, including Dr. Thompson's response. Fox16 has taken my comments off of here twice because I mentioned how they were not covering the full story.

thescreamer - 4/2/2012 6:20 PM
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GREAT SELECTION BEEBE. Your cronies are going to bury you. Look at the criminal enterprises of the ASP & AGFC.

dilligaf - 4/2/2012 2:01 PM
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Depending on where he was will let ya know why there was security present. He could have been at the airport or a million other places. People in his position should be held very accountable. Surgeon General is not a position to sneeze at, it is a very profiled job. And if this guy cant hold that position and act civil, then run his butt off. If I'm not mistaken, he is another one of Beebe's flunky appointees.

centralAR - 4/2/2012 1:03 PM
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Why was there a security guard there???
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