Two former deputies from the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office have been sentenced to federal prison for federal civil rights crimes by Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey.
United States Attorney Clay Fowlkes of the Western District of Arkansas announced the sentences, which took place at the United States District Court in Fort Smith.
Zackary King, 28, was sentenced to 12 months in federal prison, followed by one year of supervised release for Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law. Levi White, 33, received a sentence on October 9, 2024, of 63 months in federal prison, along with two years of supervised release for the same charge.
The incident involved King, White, and a third officer approaching a man identified as R.W. on August 21, 2022, during an investigation into threats made to a store attendant. After White lunged and tackled R.W. to the ground, King kicked R.W. in the back and struck him in the midsection, while White punched R.W. at least nine times in the head and slammed his head into the pavement.
The investigation was conducted by the ARKTrust Task Force, Arkansas State Police, and the FBI Little Rock Field Office.
