WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. – On Wednesday, August 20, 2025, Chiquita Roberts, 43, of West Memphis, entered a guilty plea in Crittenden County Circuit Court to the charge of First-Degree Death by Delivery.
She was sentenced to 10 years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections, along with an additional 10 years of Suspended Imposition of Sentence.
The case stems from the November 2, 2023, in-custody death of inmate Shalanda Hurd, 40, at the Crittenden County Detention Center. At approximately 6:15 p.m., jail personnel discovered Hurd unresponsive in her cell. She had been incarcerated since February 8, 2023, on a charge of Criminal Trespassing…