A second arrest has been made in a Stone County case involving multiple sexual-abuse charges involving multiple victims.
According to a probable cause affidavit filed Thursday, 53-year-old Emily Anne Smith of Mountain view has been charged with accomplice liability in the trafficking of persons, a Class Y felony, and permitting abuse of a minor, also a felony offense.
Earlier this month, Emily Smith’s husband, 57-year-old Norman Smith, was arrested and charged with rape, four counts of trafficking of persons, sexual indecency of a child, second-degree sexual assault and two counts of aggravated assault on a family or household member.
Norman Smith
The charges follow the Arkansas State Police Crimes Against Children Division (CACD) receiving a hotline call in mid August from the counselor at a Stone County school about a student making allegations of physical abuse.
The following day, a CACD investigator went to the student’s home and interviewed four teens, ranging in age from 13 to 16.
After interviewing the four teens, CACD found there is sufficient credibility of physical and sexual abuse against the children, spanning the dates of 2013-2019.
This is the second CACD call to the residence, with the first in 2017 concluded to be unfounded.
Following the visit with the teens, Norman Smith was interviewed, during which he allegedly admitted to holding one of the teens against the wall during an argument, as well as pushing and shoving him. At no time did he admit to any sexual abuse.
Norman Smith allegedly told investigators he logs into Snapchat and Hangouts to talk to children and or persons he does not know.
During an interview with at the Children’s Advocacy Center in Searcy, three teen-age girls alleged Emily Smith was present and never intervened during the physical abuse.
While Norman Smith is being held in the Stone County Detention Center on a bond of $250,000, the online jail log does not provide any details about Emily Smith’s arrest or release.
Online court records indicate Emily Smith was arrested on an OR bond and a no contact order was issued on Aug. 19.
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