MARSHALL, Ark. — On September 24, 67-year-old Stephen Phillip Treat was found guilty of nine counts of rape and sentenced to nine life sentences.

Treat's conviction comes after an investigation by the Searcy County Sheriff's Office and the Arkansas State Police after a woman reported that Treat had raped her numerous times from 2012 to 2022, beginning when she was a minor.

Treat was arrested on July 18, 2023. On September 24, 2025, a Searcy County Circuit Court jury found him guilty.

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