Arkansas Dad Wins Sheriff Race While Awaiting Murder Trial | Aaron Spencer Update
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Tony Brueski
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🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Aaron Spencer is now the Republican nominee for Lonoke County Sheriff in Arkansas. He's also facing second-degree murder charges. His trial was supposed to start in January. The judge was removed by the Arkansas Supreme Court forty-eight hours before it was set to begin.
Spencer shot and killed Michael Fosler in October 2024 after finding his thirteen-year-old daughter in Fosler's truck at one in the morning. Fosler was facing forty-three felony charges—sexual assault, child pornography, internet stalking of a child—all involving Spencer's daughter. He was out on fifty thousand dollars bond with orders to stay away from minors.
According to the arrest affidavit, Spencer forced Fosler's truck off the road. When Fosler allegedly grabbed the girl and prevented her from exiting, Spencer shot him fifteen times.
The defense argues justification. The state says murder.
Judge Barbara Elmore presided over both Fosler's bond hearing and Spencer's case. The Arkansas Supreme Court called her gag order a "gross abuse of discretion" in May 2025. When she imposed new restrictions before the January trial, the court removed her entirely.
Retired Judge Ralph Wilson has been assigned. A new trial date will be determined March 18.
Spencer won 53.5 percent of the primary vote. He'll face Democrat Brian Mitchell Sr. in November. Under Arkansas law, a felony conviction bars him from holding office.
The outcome of the trial will determine whether he goes to prison or becomes the sheriff of the county that charged him with murder.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Brewski. |
| 0:03.7 | Here now, Tony Brewski. |
| 0:07.1 | The voters of Lono County, Arkansas, have made a decision that will force legal scholars to update their textbooks. |
| 0:17.3 | Aaron Spencer, a man currently facing second-degree murder charges, a man whose trial |
| 0:22.9 | was supposed to start in January, until the Arkansas Supreme Court yanked the judge off the case, |
| 0:28.9 | for good reason, just won the Republican primary for county sheriff. He didn't squeak by either. |
| 0:36.4 | He doubled the incumbent's numbers, 53.5% to 26.5. |
| 0:44.1 | The 13-year incumbent sheriff John Staley, whose deputies arrested Spencer that night in October 24 conceded on Facebook. |
| 0:57.4 | So here's where we are. Lono County is actively prosecuting a man who, if everything |
| 1:03.8 | falls a certain way, could be their top law enforcement officer by January. |
| 1:09.6 | The prosecuting attorney's office would be working under the man. |
| 1:13.6 | They're currently trying to send to prison for murder. |
| 1:18.5 | They're like, well, that's Arkansas for you. |
| 1:20.7 | But it's not. |
| 1:22.2 | If you're just getting into the story, just learning about it, just trying to understand it. |
| 1:29.6 | Stick around because this is a crazy, |
| 1:31.3 | crazy story. |
| 1:34.0 | And one of a very, |
| 1:35.4 | very broken system. |
| 1:37.6 | And really, |
| 1:52.5 | someone trying to go down a path of, I don't have another term here, |
| 1:55.1 | I'm not trying to sound religiously or anything, but like righteousness. |
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