'Protecting his child': Charges against sheriff nominee who killed daughter's alleged abuser are dropped * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
Aaron Spencer and his wife
Criminal charges against an Arkansas man, a nominee for sheriff in his county, that stemmed from his shooting of his daughter’s alleged abuser have been dropped.
A report posted on an ABC affiliate said a judge has dismissed a murder count against Aaron Spencer, who is on the November ballot to be the sheriff in Lonoke County.
He had been charged and was awaiting trial for the shooting death of the man who allegedly was abusing his teen daughter. He then won the GOP nomination to the county office.
According to the report, “Spencer’s attorneys do not deny that he shot and killed Michael Fosler in 2024, saying he did so to protect his child.”
Buit now Special Circuit Court Judge Ralph Wilson Jr. granted a motion to dismiss the charge because a dash camera memory card that may have captured the incident has been lost by law enforcement.
“The court finds that conduct by law enforcement was so egregious that dismissal of this case is warranted,” the judge said in his ruling.
Fosler, 67 when he was shot, was out on bond at the time after being charged “with dozens of sexual offenses against Spencer’s then-13-year-old daughter,” the report said.
⚖️ARKANSAS vs Aaron Spencer⚖️ DISMISSED
He was facing second-degree murder case the Lonoke County father accused of killing the alleged abuser of his underage daughter. Lonoke County Sheriff’s deputies lost a critical SD memory card from a dash camera inside the victim’s truck.… pic.twitter.com/KYHgqD2PTJ— American Crime Stories (@AmericanCrime01) June 4, 2026
A judge has dismissed the second-degree mu*der charge against Aaron Spencer, a father and Republican nominee for Lonoke County Sheriff in Arkansas, who was preparing to go on trial for killing the man accused of r*ping his 14-year-old daughter.
The case was dropped after law… pic.twitter.com/eCEtPTijMz
— RedWave Press (@RedWavePress) June 5, 2026
Court filings explained the events: Spencer awoke to find his daughter missing and he shortly later discovered her in the passenger seat of a vehicle driven by Vosler.
Spencer forced the truck to stop and after an altercation, “called 911 to report he had shot the man,” the report said.
Spencer entered a not guilty plea and explained he was acting to protect his child from a predator.
Erin Cassinelli, a lawyer for Spencer, said in the report, “No member of this family should ever again be forced to walk into a courtroom and relive this horror. This father should have never been charged for protecting his child.”
Spencer’s legal counsel had sought to have the case dismissed, citing the potential that the missing recording could have held evidence clearing Spencer.
The media was in a dash camera taken from Fosler’s truck when deputies responded to the scene.
Bob Unruh