TEXARKANA, Texas–One of four men charged in a sex trafficking case in Bowie County has pleaded guilty as part of a plea deal that included 30 years in prison. Marcus Lanell Palmer, 38, took the 30-year deal on Tuesday, less…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–A Texarkana man who pimped, raped and drugged vulnerable women in Bowie County was sentenced Friday to two life sentences plus 80 years for sex trafficking, sexual assault and having contraband in the jail. Brandon Everett Palmer, 40,…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–A Bowie County jury convicted a Texarkana man on Thursday who threatened, drugged and raped the women and girls he sold through online websites. Brandon Everett Palmer, 40, faces 25 to 99 years or life in prison and…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–Six men and six women were selected Tuesday to decide the case of one of multiple defendants charged in an area sex trafficking investigation. Brandon Everett Palmer, 40, faces 25 to 99 years or life in prison if…
TEXARKANA, Texas–An 18-year-old who allegedly shot and killed four members of his immediate family in May pleaded not guilty Monday morning to capital murder of multiple persons and capital murder of a person under age 10 at a hearing in…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–A Bowie County jury sentenced a habitual drug offender from Texarkana to life in prison Wednesday and assessed a maximum $10,000 fine. Jason Allen Massey, 44, faced an enhanced punishment range on a charge of possession of a…
Texarkana, Texas Police are investigating a shooting that happened about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Creekside Apartments parking lot. According to police, a woman was walking to her car to go to work when she noticed her former boyfriend, Brandon…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man who was a Texarkana, Ark., police officer at the time of his arrest by Texarkana, Texas, police last week allegedly arranged to meet someone he thought was a 16-year-old girl through online messaging. Telvin Tydray Wilson, 31,…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man arrested as part of a law enforcement sting targeting adults who offer to pay minors they meet on the internet for sex allegedly showed up to an arranged meeting spot with a 6-year-old relative in tow. James…
TEXARKANA, Texas–The Texarkana Texas Police Department has arrested an officer with the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department for online solicitation of a minor for sexual conduct. Telvin Tydray Wilson, 31, was booked into the Bowie County, Texas, jail on Wednesday and…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man who sold numerous women for sex in the Texarkana area using drugs, violence and internet websites has been sentenced to 40 years without parole for the continuous trafficking of persons. Rashaan Cunningham, 46, aka “Fashion,” was scheduled…
HOPE, Ark.–A man accused of keeping a large stash of child pornography on his cell phone is being held in the Hempstead County jail with bail set at $250,000. Jimmy Lane Hughes, 23, of McCaskill, Ark., was taken into custody…
Construction has begun on a new Texarkana location of Blue Ember Smokehouse. Blue Ember Smokehouse is a family-owned smokehouse specializing in handcrafted BBQ. Coming soon to Texarkana, Texas, Blue Ember Smokehouse will be opening its 3rd location. From tender brisket…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A murder case involving a 19-year-old from Texarkana who was found in the backseat of his burned-out car over five years ago was cracked with the help of social media posts older than the unsolved killing. Darren Rashun King,…
TEXARKANA, Texas–An alleged member of a white supremacist street gang accused of using his 14-year-old son to hand off drugs to customers has been charged with multiple felonies in Bowie County. Richard “Skin” Keith Latham, 40, allegedly used his child…
