Aaron Spencer: Murder Defendant Wins Sheriff Primary in Arkansas
The voters of Lonoke County, Arkansas just chose a murder defendant to be their Republican nominee for sheriff. Aaron Spencer won 53.5 percent of the vote, crushing the thirteen-year incumbent whose deputies arrested him in October 2024.
Spencer is charged with second-degree murder for shooting Michael Fosler—a sixty-seven-year-old man who was facing forty-three felony charges including sexual assault, child pornography, and internet stalking. The alleged victim in those charges was Spencer’s thirteen-year-old daughter.
On the night of the shooting, Spencer discovered his daughter missing from her bedroom. He found her in Fosler’s truck at one in the morning—despite Fosler having court orders to stay away from minors and have no contact with the girl. Spencer forced the truck off the road, and after an altercation, shot Fosler fifteen times.
The trial was set for January 2026, but the Arkansas Supreme Court removed Judge Barbara Elmore from the case after she imposed restrictions the court deemed an abuse of discretion. It was the second time the high court reversed Elmore in this case.
Retired Judge Ralph Wilson has taken over. A new trial date will be set at the March 18 pretrial hearing.
The collision of timelines creates an unprecedented situation. Spencer faces Democrat Brian Mitchell Sr. in November’s general election. If convicted before then, he can’t serve. If acquitted, he’s likely the next sheriff of a deep-red county. If the trial extends past the election, the county could have a sheriff-elect awaiting trial for murder.
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