The Greenwood Police Department announced on Tuesday morning, October 29, that a rape suspect had been taken into custody in a joint effort with the 12th/21st drug task force and the Arkansas State Police.
According to the announcement by their office, the arrest warrant was issued following a thorough investigation by the Greenwood Criminal Investigation Division.
That suspect, David John Vaughn, 36 of Van Buren, was booked into the Sebastian County Detention Center at 9:35 a.m. Vaughn is currently being held on a $250,000 bond at the Sebastian County Detention Center. He has been charged with rape – forcible compulsion, a class Y felony and as a habitual offender.
Vaughn’s court date is set for Wednesday, November 6 in a Fort Smith Circuit Court.
