A suspect who was arrested Thursday for allegedly stealing items from Texarkana College died overnight at Wadley hospital. On Thursday afternoon, August 29, 2019, officers of the Texarkana College Police Department were involved in a foot pursuit of a suspect…
An Atlanta, Texas, attorney was arrested Thursday afternoon for allegedly smuggling meth into the Cass County jail. Bryan Simmons, 49, handles cases in Cass and Bowie Counties. Simmons was taken into custody Thursday afternoon and charged with possession of a…
Justin Wilson, the suspect in a double homicide, has been arrested with no incident after being located in Lewisville, Arkansas according to police. On Wednesday, August 28th, at approximately 10:00 p.m., TAPD responded to 2400 East 24th Street in reference…
The prosecutor handling the case of a nephew accused of murdering his uncle said she has been unable to get the victim’s family to speak with her. First Assistant District Attorney Kelley Crisp said at a pretrial hearing this week…
On Wednesday, August 28th, at approximately 10:00 p.m., TAPD responded to 2400 East 24th Street in reference to a 911 call of possible shooting. Upon arrival Officers located 3 male individuals inside an apartment with apparent gun shot wounds. Two…
A man accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl was acquitted Tuesday by a Miller County jury. Tarrell Parks, 35, testified that he often gave rides to the girl’s mother while he worked as a taxi driver in 2017. Parks…
A man accused of breaking into a family member’s hotel room, breaking bones in her neck and sexually assaulting her in 2016 received a court appointed lawyer Monday. Clifton “Kippie” Littlesam Poulton, 44, was indicted in January by a Bowie…
A collective effort between multiple law enforcement agencies led to the arrest of three burglars this past Saturday afternoon. Bowie County Deputies Randall Baggett and Pat Wrinkle were dispatched to a burglary in progress in the 200 block of Presley…
The Transportation Security Administration announced today that it has begun verbally advising travelers who present non-compliant licenses of the upcoming REAL ID requirement and enforcement date. Beginning October 1, 2020, each traveler must present a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license, state-issued…
The Arkansas State Police has been in close contact in recent days with the Federal Bureau of Investigation attemping to identify the source of an alleged threat of gun violence at an undisclosed Arkansas school reportedly planned for later this…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A Bowie County jury deliberated less than half an hour before sentencing an inmate with a history of murder to life in prison for assaulting a Telford Unit correctional officer in November 2016. The eight-woman, four-man jury…
A felony information filed Wednesday in a Texarkana, Texas, court charges a former treasurer of the Pleasant Grove High School Showstoppers Booster Club with wire fraud in connection with the alleged embezzlement of approximately $60,000. Nikki Diane May allegedly pocketed…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–An inmate accused of assaulting a correctional officer in November 2016 at the Barry Telford Unit in New Boston is on trial this week in Bowie County. David Robert Steiner Jr., 40, is serving time in the Texas…
UPDATE – TAMUT has received the all clear and campus is reopen. Construction crews have severed a gas line on the TAMUT campus. The campus has been evacuated to First Baptist Church on Moores Lane and is closed until further…
A Miller County circuit judge granted a defense request Tuesday for a gag order in the case of woman accused of capital murder in the death of her husband’s 3-year-old daughter. McKenna Belcher, 26, appeared with Little Rock lawyer Andrea…
