TEXARKANA, Ark. — Miller County prosecutors have formally charged a 24-year-old man with rape, three weeks after Texarkana, Arkansas, police arrested him and a judge set his bond at $250,000.
Jordan Dawayne Smith is charged with one count of rape in a criminal information filed Thursday in Miller County Circuit Court. The charging document, signed by Deputy Prosecutor Jeffery C. Sams, alleges that Smith engaged in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual activity with another person by forcible compulsion “on or about July 1, 2026 through July 31, 2026” in Miller County, court records show.
The information does not give the alleged victim’s age. A no-contact order served on Smith after his arrest lists the alleged victim as a 15-year-old girl.
Rape is a Class Y felony in Arkansas, punishable by 10 to 40 years or life in prison.
Smith was arrested Oct. 22, according to the record of his first court appearance, which was signed Oct. 26. The judge set his bond at $250,000, the amount that had been recommended, and appointed the public defender’s office to represent him.
A docket sheet dated Nov. 10 and filed Thursday lists Smith as in jail and sets his return to court for Dec. 1 before Circuit Judge Wren Autrey.
The no-contact order prohibits Smith from communicating with the girl or any member of her family or household, whether he is released on bond or remains in jail. If he is released, he must stay at least 100 yards from her, her home and her school, and must not possess firearms or ammunition or drink alcohol, the order says.