Roxanne Davis of Wynne arrested on extortion charge

4:02 PM, Sep 17, 2012   |    comments
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Federal prosecutors say an Arkansas probation and parole officer accused of collecting money from drug traffickers under her supervision has been arrested.

A court document filed Monday accuses 38-year-old Roxanne Davis of Wynne of accepting cash payments from a convicted murderer who had been paroled and a man who was on probation from two drug-trafficking convictions.

In return for the cash, prosecutors say Davis didn't enforce their parole and probation conditions.

Prosecutors say Davis also alerted the parolee to investigators' interest in his drug-trafficking activities.

Prosecutors say Davis was intercepted talking to the parolee on a wiretap used in a corruption and drug trafficking investigation dubbed Operation Delta Blues. (http://on.kthv.com/LRNuLb)

Court records didn't list an attorney for Davis, who is slated to go before a judge Monday afternoon.

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