Lake Dardanelle and back west the Corp of Engineers spillway/dam at Ozark are very well known for crank kitchens and dealing.
Just up the 23 hwy a bit is another big crank area at Turners bend...and the job corp camp where a whole bunch of meth heads do "methy" things.
Lots of that area has zero cell or police radio transmission ability due to the wicked mountain terrain so calling in backup is a no go at least half the time.
They have to be mean and badass in that area and I don't blame them a bit.
There's places along the pigtrail (hwy 23) that if you take a wrong step they will NEVER find the body and I'd bet there's a few down there.
I know the area very very well, lived in West Fork, Fayetteville, St. Paul, and Hindsville....so yea, it's like my old stomping grounds.
Fayetteville has certainly changed over the last 10-15 years.....along with Springdale and Rodgers too.
Nothing like when I lived there.
You're probably lucky to have not known Sheriff Ralph Baker from Madison county....now he was a right bastard, until one day they found his car upside down in a creek....with him doing a lot of not breathing in it.
He definitely pissed off the wrong crank dealer.