FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Former Franklin County Sheriff, Anthony Boen will soon be sentenced after being found guilty on multiple counts of using unreasonable force.
Boen will learn how long of a prison sentence he will serve when he goes before judge Timothy L. Brooks in Fayetteville at 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 12, 2022.
The former sheriff was found guilty on two counts of civil rights violations by using unreasonable force.
Boen was originally indicted on three federal charges of using excessive force on detainees. Investigators say one of the alleged incidents took place in 2017 and the other two in 2018.
On the same day, Oct. 28, the sentencing date was handed down, Boen's attorneys filed a motion for acquittal or a new trial.
"The conflicting testimony and the physical impossibility of the some of the allegations require that the Defendant’s Motion be granted in the interests of justice," the motion read.