HOPE, Ark–A man accused of pouring weed eater gas on his wife and lighting her on fire in July won’t face the death penalty, according to a notice filed Wednesday by Hempstead County prosecutors. Bruce Lee Cockrell Jr., 47, was…
TEXARKANA, Ark–A man who allegedly defrauded investors in a poultry house roof business out of hundreds of thousands while also pocketing thousands more from farm customers who never got what they paid for, is facing accusations of wire fraud in…
Two Texarkana residents were killed in a crash on Highway 196 in Miller County on Saturday, August 31. 18-year-old Jessie Witt and 32-year-old Timothy Fory were both pronounced dead on scene after the vehicle Fory was driving left the highway…
HOPE, Ark–A Hope woman who was severely injured in a collision with a tractor trailer last year was prompted to take her own life in mid-July because of “extreme pain and suffering” and the “hopelessness” of her situation, according to…
HEMPSTEAD COUNTY, Ark.–A woman who died in July after allegedly being set on fire by her husband at a trailer home in Fulton, Ark., had told a police officer in Texarkana, Texas, months before that she was “scared” of her…
A Texarkana Physician was sentenced today to 87 months in prison followed by three years of supervised on two counts of Distribution of a Schedule II Controlled Substance Without an Effective Prescription and 12 months in prison followed by one…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A Texarkana man accused of advertising a woman for sale through an online website was arrested Tuesday after arranging a meeting at a local hotel with police working undercover. Christopher Tremayne Harper, 34, allegedly used explicit photos and sexually…
TEXARKANA, Texas–An indictment filed Thursday in Texarkana federal court accuses an inmate of escaping from the Texarkana Federal Correctional Institution in April. Matthew Walter Kite, 26, was serving a sentence of over five years for his role in a South…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A Bowie County grand jury has indicted a local man for 39 counts of possession of material depicting the sexual abuse of children allegedly found in his possession last year. Joseph Anthony Sterle Jr., 56, was arrested by Texarkana,…
Texarkana, AR– The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department would like to inform the community that a suspect has been arrested in connection with a recent homicide investigation. On Wednesday, August 14, 2024, the Criminal Investigation Division apprehended a 17-year-old suspect at…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–A 19-year-old man has been indicted by a Bowie County grand jury for two counts of capital murder in connection with a July 6 shooting in New Boston that ended the lives of two other 19-year-old men. Malaki…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A local man accused of inserting cards covered in super glue into slots at two Texarkana bank ATMs this month is facing a felony criminal mischief charge. Courtney Tyrone Murphy Jr., 21, allegedly wore a mask on his face…
TEXARKANA, TX- The City of Texarkana, Texas will invest funds into the Ground Floor Collective’s 100 Families Initiative to strengthen the build-out of the HopeHub software system for Texas-side use; a crucial technology component that will revolutionize how cities support…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A 19-count federal indictment recently unsealed in a Texarkana federal court charges three men with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and other crimes in the Texarkana area. Jarmaine Lajuane Hunt, Lee Henry Houff and Marcus Washington are charged in a…
TEXARKANA, Texas–Dallas Cowboys football club owner Jerry Jones and a 27-year-old woman who claims to be his biological daughter agreed Tuesday to settle all lawsuits between them, bringing an end to a breach of contract trial which began Monday in…
