FORT SMITH — Two former Crawford County, Arkansas, sheriff’s deputies, have been sentenced
to federal prison for federal civil rights offenses for using unlawful force on a man they arrested.
The Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearings, which took
place in the United States District Court in Fort Smith.
Zackary King, age 28, was sentenced to 12 months, in federal prison followed by one year
of supervised release for Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law. On October 9, 2024, Levi
White, age 33, was sentenced to 63 months, in federal prison followed by two years of supervised
release for Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law.
According to court documents, White, King, and a third officer approached a man identified as R.W.
in a gas station parking lot on Aug. 21, 2022, during their investigation into a person threatening
a store attendant. R.W. lunged at White and tackled him, then all three officers quickly subdued
R.W. and pinned him to the ground. After R.W. was pinned to the ground and no longer fighting the