TIMES RECORD • WFREEMAN@SWTIMES.COM

A 22-year-old Roland man wanted in connection with a brutal beating in Roland and an animal cruelty incident in Fort Smith was arrested late Thursday in Fort Smith.

Eric Michael Dolan is one of three adults suspected of involvement in the Aug. 9 beating of 18-year-old Matthew White during a house party involving numerous juveniles.

Sequoyah County Assistant District Attorney Kyle Waters said Dolan and Ezekiel Warford, 19, are suspected of maiming and conspiracy in the incident, which occurred at the home of the third suspect, William Todd Drake, 44.

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