Scott A. Grimes

Arkansas Dept. of Corrections — Pine Bluff, AR

Felonious

End of Watch November 29, 1995

Age 41

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 6

Incident

Sergeant Scott Grimes was stabbed to death at Tucker Unit by an inmate serving a life sentence for murder. The inmate stabbed Sergeant Grimes after breaking out of his cell to attack another inmate. Sergeant Grimes put himself in front of the target, and the inmate stabbed him twice. Gravely injured but alive, Sergeant Grimes held the inmate in a headlock until another officer arrived, at which point Sergeant Grimes collapsed. He succumbed to his wounds an hour later. The inmate, 25, sent to prison on April 29, 1988, was convicted of Sergeant Grimes' murder and sentenced to death in 1996. On August 13, 2021, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling that Sergeant Grimes killer was intellectually disabled and ineligible for the death penalty. His sentence was commuted to life without parole. As of December 15, 2022, he was in Varner Prison.

Survivors

Sergeant Grimes is survived by his wife and six daughters.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Grimes served with the Arkansas Department of Corrections.
Thank you for your service to the people of Arkansas. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Grimes.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Arkansas Dept. of Corrections

Location Pine Bluff, AR

Platform Identity arkacorr.jefferson.ar.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 29, 1995

Age 41

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Edged weapon; Knife

Offender Sentenced to life

Sergeant Scott A. Grimes is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In AR, 249 of 372 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 66.9% of this state's fallen. That is 12.7 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Arkansas Dept. of Corrections, 4 of 7 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 57.1% of this agency's fallen.

Arkansas Dept. of Corrections

of 7 officers

57.1% Felonious

AR — Statewide

249

of 372 officers

66.9% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious