Former Arkansas Deputy Joseph Dube Pleaded Guilty to Rape. He Got 22 Years in Prison.

 

Former Arkansas Deputy Joseph Dube Pleaded Guilty to Rape. He Got 22 Years.

Joseph Taylor Dube was a deputy with the Conway County Sheriff’s Office in Arkansas.

Then he became the subject of a criminal investigation.

In March 2025, the sheriff’s office asked the Arkansas State Police to investigate a report involving Dube. Investigators alleged that he had sexually abused and engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a minor over a period of years.

Dube was arrested and initially faced charges including rape and sexual grooming of a child.

In August 2026, he reached a plea agreement and pleaded guilty to rape.

He was sentenced to 22 years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections, followed by an eight-year suspended sentence.

Dube had been a sheriff’s deputy.

A man given a badge, authority, and the public’s trust ultimately stood in a courtroom and admitted to rape.

This time, the sentence came with decades behind bars.