Ozark man sentenced to 35-years in prison on drug chargesstemming from a September 2025 Drug Task arrest

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Kevin Leroy Gilliam of Ozark was sentenced today in Crawford County Circuit Court on drug charges that began with a September 23, 2025, arrest by a Drug Task Force unit.

Kevin Leroy Gilliam of Ozark was sentenced today in Crawford County Circuit Court on drug charges that began with a September 23, 2025, arrest by a Drug Task Force unit.

The arresting agency is recorded as DTF, and he remains listed on the county roster with zero bond awaiting transfer to the Arkansas Department of Corrections.

The surviving counts include possession of a Schedule III controlled substance in an amount of two grams or more but less than 28 grams, possession of drug paraphernalia associated with methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin or fentanyl, and possession of methamphetamine or cocaine with the purpose to deliver in an amount of 10 grams or more but less than 200 grams.

Those three are marked sentenced.

A charge of fleeing on foot and a separate count of possession of a Schedule I or II substance with purpose to deliver excluding methamphetamine and cocaine in the two to 28 gram range are marked nolle pros. Additional notations show an AOA hold for Sebastian County and commitments to the Arkansas Department of Corrections for 35 years along with a separateSebastian County ADC term of 25 years.

Public case references linked to the same name and charge language list 17CR-25-521 in Crawford County Circuit Court for the Schedule I or II delivery count and 66FCR-24-929 in Sebastian County Fort Smith Circuit for the methamphetamine or cocaine delivery count in the higher weight range.

Those filings predate the September 2025 booking and indicate the Crawford County case was part of a broader set of related drug matters. No detailed public account of the original stop, search or quantity recovered has appeared beyond the official booking entries, and no independent news reports of today’s sentencing hearing have been located.

The jail roster continues to list Gilliam as of the latest update today, reflecting the court dispositions and the multi year prison commitments imposed on the counts that were not dismissed. He is being held pending transfer to the Arkansas Department of Corrections under those terms.