James "Kelley" Cradduck, Benton County, Ark. sheriff from 2013-2016, tragically was killed Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020 in a one-vehicle accident on OK Hwy. 82 about 25 miles west of Spavinaw, Okla. in Mayes County, Okla. Kelley was a police officer from 1995-2010 and a DARE officer prior to his two terms as sheriff. He worked two years as a patrol officer before being promoted to undercover narcotics detective with the 19th Judicial District Drug Task Force. He was also a member of the Rogers SWAT Team, served as a school resource officer, and was the public information officer for several years. He was promoted to sergeant in 2006 and led the department's crime suppression unit. He was also a concealed handgun instructor. Benton County Judge Barry Moehring said Cradduck was a dedicated law enforcement officer for many years.
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James Kelley Cradduck, age 49, of Rogers passed away Sunday January 5, 2020. He was born October 3, 1970 in Aurora, Colorado, the son of James and Bobbi Fisher Cradduck. He was preceded in death by his father.
He was a Veteran of the United States Army serving during Operation Just Cause. He was a police officer for Rogers Police Department for over a decade holding many different ranks and positions during that time, then went on to become the Benton County Sheriff from 2012-2016.
Kelley had a servant’s heart, was loving and forgiving and he displayed it during his time in law enforcement and in his everyday life. Halloween was his favorite holiday.
He was a co-owner of a Halloween store, an avid Broncos fan, and loved the cold weather and snow. Kelly is remembered as a family-man who was dedicated to his career as a public servant.
He is survived by his wife Sabrina, who he met 20 years ago and married in 2014, sons Logan, Landon and Mason, daughters Taelyn, Mackenzie, and Piper; his mother Bobbi Cradduck, a brother, David Cradduck, and several other family members and friends.
Funeral Service will be held 11:30 a.m. Thursday January 16, 2020 at Christian Life Cathedral with the burial to follow at 1:00 p.m. at the Fayetteville National Cemetery with military honors.
ROGERS, Ark. (KNWA) — Kelley Cradduck, a former Benton County Sheriff, died in a car crash Sunday in Mayes County, Oklahoma 25 miles west of Spavinaw, according to an Oklahoma Highway Patrol report. The crash happened shortly after 1:30 p.m.
SPAVINAW, Okla. (AP) — A former northwest Arkansas sheriff has died after a vehicle crash in northeastern Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.
Kelley Cradduck, 49, of Rogers, Arkansas, was found dead Sunday afternoon after the wreck on State Highway 82 in rural Mayes County, the highway patrol said. According to a preliminary report, Cradduck's pickup truck crashed into a sign and several small trees before flipping over several times. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
Cradduck was the Benton County Sheriff from 2012 to 2016. The Rogers Police Department released the following statement on its Facebook page: The Rogers Police Department was saddened to hear about the untimely death of former Benton County Sheriff Kelley Cradduck. Kelley worked at the Rogers Police Department for 15 years. He started in March 1995 and served until he resigned in June 2010. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.
Statement from County Judge Barry Moehring on the passing of former Benton County Sheriff Kelley Cradduck:
“It was with deep sadness that we learned of the passing of former Benton County Sheriff Kelley Cradduck last night in a tragic automobile accident in Oklahoma. For many years, Kelley was a dedicated law enforcement officer and served as the Benton County Sheriff from 2012 to 2016. On behalf of the entire Benton County family, I offer our deepest sympathies and condolences along with our prayers to the entire Cradduck family.”
Kelley started his public service and protecting this community as a life guard at Lake Atalanta when he was about 14. After graduating from high school in 1989 he enlisted in the Army. After he returned home from active duty he continued to serve others using his medic skills he learned in the Army and worked at the Medical Center in Rogers, Ark. as a lab tech. Shortly thereafter he joined the Rogers police department where he excelled and became the Public Relations officer. He headed up the anti-gang unit when everyone argued that it was a waste of money, funds, and resources, and said there was no gang problem. He felt if there was no preventive program that the northwest Arkansas area would soon have problems similar to larger cities; he was allowed to start his program. He worked as the outreach officer at the Rogers schools with troubled and at-risk kids to keep them from gang involvement.
ROGERS, Ark. (KNWA) — A community is mourning the loss of a former Benton County Sheriff who died in a recent rollover car crash.
State troopers say Kelley Cradduck, 49, hit several trees and a road sign on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, along Highway 82 in Mayes County, Oklahoma. He was able to get out of his car and walk about 200 feet before collapsing. He was pronounced dead on scene.
“He served in Panama. He was a combat veteran. He a was a medic and in the Army,” Sabrina Cradduck said. “He’s a gang expert who was paid by the federal government to go and teach other police departments and sheriff’s departments.”
Before running for Benton County Sheriff, he was an undercover police officer in Rogers, led the D.A.R.E. Program for Rogers Public Schools, and was a school resource officer for the district. In addition, he started a program mentoring trouble teens and youth during the summer. He taught free women’s self defense classes and concealed handgun classes.
“A public servant at heart. From the Army, through police officer work, he was a public servant,” said Terry Thurman, a veteran and friend of Cradduck. Thurman met Cradduck back in 1989, and recruited him to the Army. “He was always laughing, always liked practical jokes, just an all around good guy,” he said.
But perhaps his most important role, Sabrina Cradduck says, was being a dad to six kids.
He had four biological children and two stepchildren. His youngest is 3-year-old Piper.
Contributions to this obit are credited to several friends, co-workers, regional newspapers, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette newspaper, and several local television stations.
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James Kelley Cradduck, age 49, of Rogers passed away Sunday January 5, 2020. He was born October 3, 1970 in Aurora, Colorado, the son of James and Bobbi Fisher Cradduck. He was preceded in death by his father.
He was a Veteran of the United States Army serving during Operation Just Cause. He was a police officer for Rogers Police Department for over a decade holding many different ranks and positions during that time, then went on to become the Benton County Sheriff from 2012-2016.
Kelley had a servant’s heart, was loving and forgiving and he displayed it during his time in law enforcement and in his everyday life. Halloween was his favorite holiday.
He was a co-owner of a Halloween store, an avid Broncos fan, and loved the cold weather and snow. Kelly is remembered as a family-man who was dedicated to his career as a public servant.
He is survived by his wife Sabrina, who he met 20 years ago and married in 2014, sons Logan, Landon and Mason, daughters Taelyn, Mackenzie, and Piper; his mother Bobbi Cradduck, a brother, David Cradduck, and several other family members and friends.
Funeral Service will be held 11:30 a.m. Thursday January 16, 2020 at Christian Life Cathedral with the burial to follow at 1:00 p.m. at the Fayetteville National Cemetery with military honors.
ROGERS, Ark. (KNWA) — Kelley Cradduck, a former Benton County Sheriff, died in a car crash Sunday in Mayes County, Oklahoma 25 miles west of Spavinaw, according to an Oklahoma Highway Patrol report. The crash happened shortly after 1:30 p.m.
SPAVINAW, Okla. (AP) — A former northwest Arkansas sheriff has died after a vehicle crash in northeastern Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.
Kelley Cradduck, 49, of Rogers, Arkansas, was found dead Sunday afternoon after the wreck on State Highway 82 in rural Mayes County, the highway patrol said. According to a preliminary report, Cradduck's pickup truck crashed into a sign and several small trees before flipping over several times. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
Cradduck was the Benton County Sheriff from 2012 to 2016. The Rogers Police Department released the following statement on its Facebook page: The Rogers Police Department was saddened to hear about the untimely death of former Benton County Sheriff Kelley Cradduck. Kelley worked at the Rogers Police Department for 15 years. He started in March 1995 and served until he resigned in June 2010. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.
Statement from County Judge Barry Moehring on the passing of former Benton County Sheriff Kelley Cradduck:
“It was with deep sadness that we learned of the passing of former Benton County Sheriff Kelley Cradduck last night in a tragic automobile accident in Oklahoma. For many years, Kelley was a dedicated law enforcement officer and served as the Benton County Sheriff from 2012 to 2016. On behalf of the entire Benton County family, I offer our deepest sympathies and condolences along with our prayers to the entire Cradduck family.”
Kelley started his public service and protecting this community as a life guard at Lake Atalanta when he was about 14. After graduating from high school in 1989 he enlisted in the Army. After he returned home from active duty he continued to serve others using his medic skills he learned in the Army and worked at the Medical Center in Rogers, Ark. as a lab tech. Shortly thereafter he joined the Rogers police department where he excelled and became the Public Relations officer. He headed up the anti-gang unit when everyone argued that it was a waste of money, funds, and resources, and said there was no gang problem. He felt if there was no preventive program that the northwest Arkansas area would soon have problems similar to larger cities; he was allowed to start his program. He worked as the outreach officer at the Rogers schools with troubled and at-risk kids to keep them from gang involvement.
ROGERS, Ark. (KNWA) — A community is mourning the loss of a former Benton County Sheriff who died in a recent rollover car crash.
State troopers say Kelley Cradduck, 49, hit several trees and a road sign on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, along Highway 82 in Mayes County, Oklahoma. He was able to get out of his car and walk about 200 feet before collapsing. He was pronounced dead on scene.
“He served in Panama. He was a combat veteran. He a was a medic and in the Army,” Sabrina Cradduck said. “He’s a gang expert who was paid by the federal government to go and teach other police departments and sheriff’s departments.”
Before running for Benton County Sheriff, he was an undercover police officer in Rogers, led the D.A.R.E. Program for Rogers Public Schools, and was a school resource officer for the district. In addition, he started a program mentoring trouble teens and youth during the summer. He taught free women’s self defense classes and concealed handgun classes.
“A public servant at heart. From the Army, through police officer work, he was a public servant,” said Terry Thurman, a veteran and friend of Cradduck. Thurman met Cradduck back in 1989, and recruited him to the Army. “He was always laughing, always liked practical jokes, just an all around good guy,” he said.
But perhaps his most important role, Sabrina Cradduck says, was being a dad to six kids.
He had four biological children and two stepchildren. His youngest is 3-year-old Piper.
Contributions to this obit are credited to several friends, co-workers, regional newspapers, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette newspaper, and several local television stations.
James "Kelley" Cradduck, Benton County, Ark. sheriff from 2013-2016, tragically was killed Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020 in a one-vehicle accident on OK Hwy. 82 about 25 miles west of Spavinaw, Okla. in Mayes County, Okla. Kelley was a police officer from 1995-2010 and a DARE officer prior to his two terms as sheriff. He worked two years as a patrol officer before being promoted to undercover narcotics detective with the 19th Judicial District Drug Task Force. He was also a member of the Rogers SWAT Team, served as a school resource officer, and was the public information officer for several years. He was promoted to sergeant in 2006 and led the department's crime suppression unit. He was also a concealed handgun instructor. Benton County Judge Barry Moehring said Cradduck was a dedicated law enforcement officer for many years.
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James Kelley Cradduck, age 49, of Rogers passed away Sunday January 5, 2020. He was born October 3, 1970 in Aurora, Colorado, the son of James and Bobbi Fisher Cradduck. He was preceded in death by his father.
He was a Veteran of the United States Army serving during Operation Just Cause. He was a police officer for Rogers Police Department for over a decade holding many different ranks and positions during that time, then went on to become the Benton County Sheriff from 2012-2016.
Kelley had a servant’s heart, was loving and forgiving and he displayed it during his time in law enforcement and in his everyday life. Halloween was his favorite holiday.
He was a co-owner of a Halloween store, an avid Broncos fan, and loved the cold weather and snow. Kelly is remembered as a family-man who was dedicated to his career as a public servant.
He is survived by his wife Sabrina, who he met 20 years ago and married in 2014, sons Logan, Landon and Mason, daughters Taelyn, Mackenzie, and Piper; his mother Bobbi Cradduck, a brother, David Cradduck, and several other family members and friends.
Funeral Service will be held 11:30 a.m. Thursday January 16, 2020 at Christian Life Cathedral with the burial to follow at 1:00 p.m. at the Fayetteville National Cemetery with military honors.
ROGERS, Ark. (KNWA) — Kelley Cradduck, a former Benton County Sheriff, died in a car crash Sunday in Mayes County, Oklahoma 25 miles west of Spavinaw, according to an Oklahoma Highway Patrol report. The crash happened shortly after 1:30 p.m.
SPAVINAW, Okla. (AP) — A former northwest Arkansas sheriff has died after a vehicle crash in northeastern Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.
Kelley Cradduck, 49, of Rogers, Arkansas, was found dead Sunday afternoon after the wreck on State Highway 82 in rural Mayes County, the highway patrol said. According to a preliminary report, Cradduck's pickup truck crashed into a sign and several small trees before flipping over several times. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
Cradduck was the Benton County Sheriff from 2012 to 2016. The Rogers Police Department released the following statement on its Facebook page: The Rogers Police Department was saddened to hear about the untimely death of former Benton County Sheriff Kelley Cradduck. Kelley worked at the Rogers Police Department for 15 years. He started in March 1995 and served until he resigned in June 2010. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.
Statement from County Judge Barry Moehring on the passing of former Benton County Sheriff Kelley Cradduck:
“It was with deep sadness that we learned of the passing of former Benton County Sheriff Kelley Cradduck last night in a tragic automobile accident in Oklahoma. For many years, Kelley was a dedicated law enforcement officer and served as the Benton County Sheriff from 2012 to 2016. On behalf of the entire Benton County family, I offer our deepest sympathies and condolences along with our prayers to the entire Cradduck family.”
Kelley started his public service and protecting this community as a life guard at Lake Atalanta when he was about 14. After graduating from high school in 1989 he enlisted in the Army. After he returned home from active duty he continued to serve others using his medic skills he learned in the Army and worked at the Medical Center in Rogers, Ark. as a lab tech. Shortly thereafter he joined the Rogers police department where he excelled and became the Public Relations officer. He headed up the anti-gang unit when everyone argued that it was a waste of money, funds, and resources, and said there was no gang problem. He felt if there was no preventive program that the northwest Arkansas area would soon have problems similar to larger cities; he was allowed to start his program. He worked as the outreach officer at the Rogers schools with troubled and at-risk kids to keep them from gang involvement.
ROGERS, Ark. (KNWA) — A community is mourning the loss of a former Benton County Sheriff who died in a recent rollover car crash.
State troopers say Kelley Cradduck, 49, hit several trees and a road sign on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, along Highway 82 in Mayes County, Oklahoma. He was able to get out of his car and walk about 200 feet before collapsing. He was pronounced dead on scene.
“He served in Panama. He was a combat veteran. He a was a medic and in the Army,” Sabrina Cradduck said. “He’s a gang expert who was paid by the federal government to go and teach other police departments and sheriff’s departments.”
Before running for Benton County Sheriff, he was an undercover police officer in Rogers, led the D.A.R.E. Program for Rogers Public Schools, and was a school resource officer for the district. In addition, he started a program mentoring trouble teens and youth during the summer. He taught free women’s self defense classes and concealed handgun classes.
“A public servant at heart. From the Army, through police officer work, he was a public servant,” said Terry Thurman, a veteran and friend of Cradduck. Thurman met Cradduck back in 1989, and recruited him to the Army. “He was always laughing, always liked practical jokes, just an all around good guy,” he said.
But perhaps his most important role, Sabrina Cradduck says, was being a dad to six kids.
He had four biological children and two stepchildren. His youngest is 3-year-old Piper.
Contributions to this obit are credited to several friends, co-workers, regional newspapers, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette newspaper, and several local television stations.
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James Kelley Cradduck, age 49, of Rogers passed away Sunday January 5, 2020. He was born October 3, 1970 in Aurora, Colorado, the son of James and Bobbi Fisher Cradduck. He was preceded in death by his father.
He was a Veteran of the United States Army serving during Operation Just Cause. He was a police officer for Rogers Police Department for over a decade holding many different ranks and positions during that time, then went on to become the Benton County Sheriff from 2012-2016.
Kelley had a servant’s heart, was loving and forgiving and he displayed it during his time in law enforcement and in his everyday life. Halloween was his favorite holiday.
He was a co-owner of a Halloween store, an avid Broncos fan, and loved the cold weather and snow. Kelly is remembered as a family-man who was dedicated to his career as a public servant.
He is survived by his wife Sabrina, who he met 20 years ago and married in 2014, sons Logan, Landon and Mason, daughters Taelyn, Mackenzie, and Piper; his mother Bobbi Cradduck, a brother, David Cradduck, and several other family members and friends.
Funeral Service will be held 11:30 a.m. Thursday January 16, 2020 at Christian Life Cathedral with the burial to follow at 1:00 p.m. at the Fayetteville National Cemetery with military honors.
ROGERS, Ark. (KNWA) — Kelley Cradduck, a former Benton County Sheriff, died in a car crash Sunday in Mayes County, Oklahoma 25 miles west of Spavinaw, according to an Oklahoma Highway Patrol report. The crash happened shortly after 1:30 p.m.
SPAVINAW, Okla. (AP) — A former northwest Arkansas sheriff has died after a vehicle crash in northeastern Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.
Kelley Cradduck, 49, of Rogers, Arkansas, was found dead Sunday afternoon after the wreck on State Highway 82 in rural Mayes County, the highway patrol said. According to a preliminary report, Cradduck's pickup truck crashed into a sign and several small trees before flipping over several times. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
Cradduck was the Benton County Sheriff from 2012 to 2016. The Rogers Police Department released the following statement on its Facebook page: The Rogers Police Department was saddened to hear about the untimely death of former Benton County Sheriff Kelley Cradduck. Kelley worked at the Rogers Police Department for 15 years. He started in March 1995 and served until he resigned in June 2010. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.
Statement from County Judge Barry Moehring on the passing of former Benton County Sheriff Kelley Cradduck:
“It was with deep sadness that we learned of the passing of former Benton County Sheriff Kelley Cradduck last night in a tragic automobile accident in Oklahoma. For many years, Kelley was a dedicated law enforcement officer and served as the Benton County Sheriff from 2012 to 2016. On behalf of the entire Benton County family, I offer our deepest sympathies and condolences along with our prayers to the entire Cradduck family.”
Kelley started his public service and protecting this community as a life guard at Lake Atalanta when he was about 14. After graduating from high school in 1989 he enlisted in the Army. After he returned home from active duty he continued to serve others using his medic skills he learned in the Army and worked at the Medical Center in Rogers, Ark. as a lab tech. Shortly thereafter he joined the Rogers police department where he excelled and became the Public Relations officer. He headed up the anti-gang unit when everyone argued that it was a waste of money, funds, and resources, and said there was no gang problem. He felt if there was no preventive program that the northwest Arkansas area would soon have problems similar to larger cities; he was allowed to start his program. He worked as the outreach officer at the Rogers schools with troubled and at-risk kids to keep them from gang involvement.
ROGERS, Ark. (KNWA) — A community is mourning the loss of a former Benton County Sheriff who died in a recent rollover car crash.
State troopers say Kelley Cradduck, 49, hit several trees and a road sign on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, along Highway 82 in Mayes County, Oklahoma. He was able to get out of his car and walk about 200 feet before collapsing. He was pronounced dead on scene.
“He served in Panama. He was a combat veteran. He a was a medic and in the Army,” Sabrina Cradduck said. “He’s a gang expert who was paid by the federal government to go and teach other police departments and sheriff’s departments.”
Before running for Benton County Sheriff, he was an undercover police officer in Rogers, led the D.A.R.E. Program for Rogers Public Schools, and was a school resource officer for the district. In addition, he started a program mentoring trouble teens and youth during the summer. He taught free women’s self defense classes and concealed handgun classes.
“A public servant at heart. From the Army, through police officer work, he was a public servant,” said Terry Thurman, a veteran and friend of Cradduck. Thurman met Cradduck back in 1989, and recruited him to the Army. “He was always laughing, always liked practical jokes, just an all around good guy,” he said.
But perhaps his most important role, Sabrina Cradduck says, was being a dad to six kids.
He had four biological children and two stepchildren. His youngest is 3-year-old Piper.
Contributions to this obit are credited to several friends, co-workers, regional newspapers, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette newspaper, and several local television stations.
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