{"id":613504,"date":"2026-06-05T12:15:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T12:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=613504"},"modified":"2026-06-05T12:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T12:15:11","slug":"army-vet-gop-candidate-for-sheriff-who-killed-daughters-alleged-abuser-gets-murder-charged-dropped-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=613504","title":{"rendered":"Army vet GOP candidate for sheriff who killed daughter\u2019s alleged abuser gets murder charged dropped"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An Arkansas sheriff candidate who killed a man who\u2019d allegedly sexually assaulted his 13-year-old daughter has won his criminal court case.<\/p>\n

Sheriff candidate Aaron Spencer, who won the GOP nomination for sheriff while waiting to go on trial for killing Michael Fosler, 67, watched Thursday as Special Circuit Court Judge Ralph Wilson Jr. dismissed the entire criminal case against him just weeks before his trial was to begin.<\/p>\n

In dismissing the case, Wilson \u201ccited missing evidence and misconduct by law enforcement,\u201d according to CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe court finds that conduct by law enforcement was so egregious that dismissal of this case is warranted,\u201d Wilson wrote in his ruling.<\/p>\n

According to CBS News<\/a>, the missing evidence was \u201ca dash camera memory card that may have captured the shooting,\u201d but was accidentally lost by law enforcement.<\/p>\n

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Arkansas Judge Has Officially Dismissed The Case Against Aaron Spencer. Aaron Spencer took the life of his daughter predator after finding him in the vehicle with his daughter #Breaking<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/SBko3t02Ys<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 LRHN cash (@LRHN_Cash) June 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Spencer\u2019s attorneys had argued that the case deserved to be dismissed because the missing audio\/video footage contained evidence that would have fully cleared their client of all wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

The case stems from what happened on Oct. 8, 2024, when Spencer woke up in the middle of the night to find his daughter missing.<\/p>\n

He \u201clater found the girl in the passenger seat of a vehicle Fosler was driving,\u201d according to CBS. \u201cSpencer forced Fosler\u2019s truck off the road and, after an altercation, called 911 to report he had shot the man.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the time of the shooting, Fosler was reportedly out on bond after having been charged with dozens of sexual offenses, all of which had allegedly been committed against Spencer\u2019s daughter.<\/p>\n

Despite this, prosecutors alleged that Spencer had planned the killing and that he could have easily called the police while pursuing Fosler\u2019s car. Spencer fired back by pleading not guilty and arguing that he\u2019d acted to protect his daughter.<\/p>\n

Spencer, on Thursday, celebrated his case being dismissed by thanking his local community for all their support.<\/p>\n

\u201cNeighbors here in Lonoke County, people from every part of Arkansas, and folks I\u2019ve never met from around the world reached out, prayed for us, and refused to stay quiet,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I couldn\u2019t speak for myself, you spoke for me. I\u2019ll never be able to thank you the way you deserve, but I\u2019ll spend the rest of my life trying to live up to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

His attorney, Erin Cassinelli, said in a statement that her client should never have been charged in the first place.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo member of this family should ever again be forced to walk into a courtroom and relive this horror,\u201d she said. \u201cThis father should have never been charged for protecting his child.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Spencer announced his campaign for sheriff last week against the very incumbent sheriff whose deputies had arrested him, he cited his case:<\/p>\n

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BREAKING \u2013 An Arkansas father who killed his 14-year-old daughter\u2019s rapist, Aaron Spencer, has won the Republican primary for sheriff in Lonoke County, the same department that arrested him, saying the legal system failed his family and that he will restore trust in the county. pic.twitter.com\/DLfXQiaHtW<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) March 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI\u2019m the father who acted to protect his daughter when the system failed,\u201d he said in the campaign ad above. \u201cI\u2019m also a husband, a combat veteran of the 82nd Airborne Division, a contractor, and a farmer. And through my own fight for justice, I have seen firsthand the failures in law enforcement and in our circuit court, and I refuse to stand by while others face these same failures. \u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019m announcing my candidacy to run for Lonoke County Sheriff. This campaign isn\u2019t about me. It\u2019s about every parent, every neighbor, every family who deserves to feel safe in their homes and safe in their community. It\u2019s about restoring trust where neighbors know law enforcement is on their side and families know that they will not be left alone in a moment of need,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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An Arkansas sheriff candidate who killed a man who\u2019d allegedly sexually assaulted his 13-year-old daughter has won his criminal court case. Sheriff candidate Aaron Spencer, who won the GOP nomination for sheriff while waiting to go on trial for killing Michael Fosler, 67, watched Thursday as Special Circuit Court Judge Ralph Wilson Jr. dismissed the… Continue reading Army vet GOP candidate for sheriff who killed daughter\u2019s alleged abuser gets murder charged dropped<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":613482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-613504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-empowerment","category-national-security","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=613504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/613482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=613504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=613504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=613504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}