A Texas appeals court has upheld the life sentence of a woman convicted of human trafficking in Bowie County earlier this year. Linda “Gucci” Dooley, 39, was found guilty in March by a jury and sentenced to life. Dooley posted…
Earlier this month a Bowie County grand jury indicted a woman who allegedly left four young children at home by themselves this August. Georgia Justice Peters, 25, is facing four counts of abandoning or endangering a child with criminal negligence.…
LEISD Administration and the Board of Trustees passed an approximately $250,000 bonus at last night’s board meeting. In a letter to staff announcing the bonus, LE Superintendent Ronnie Thomson said, “We want you to know that you are seen and…
BEAUMONT, Texas – This week, the Department of Justice announced it has charged more than 14,200 defendants with firearms-related crimes during Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, despite the challenges of COVID 19 and its impact on the criminal justice process. These…
A Simms, Texas, woman accused of killing a New Boston, Texas, woman and removing her unborn child from her body is back in Bowie County following extradition Wednesday from Oklahoma. Taylor Rene Parker, 27, was booked into the jail Wednesday…
IDABEL, Oklahoma: A Simms, Texas, woman accused of murdering a pregnant New Boston, Texas, woman and removing her unborn baby has waived extradition to Texas. According to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, Taylor Parker, 27, waived extradition Tuesday at…
An Amateur Athletic Union basketball coach is facing a charge of sexual assault involving a female player in Bowie County. Tevin Raymond Wilson, 28, allegedly told a 16-year-old player he was going to pick her up for training but took…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department is investigating a crash where Brian Kade Day, 16, of Ashdown, Arkansas, was struck by a vehicle in the 6800 block of North Stateline Avenue at 9:40 on Sunday evening. Day, who…
At approximately 10:20 a.m. on Friday, October 9 New Boston Police responded to a 911 call about a deceased person in the 200 block of Austin Street. Upon arrival a deceased female was discovered inside the residence. The preliminary investigation…
A former Texarkana, Texas, Independent School District instructional aide has been indicted by a Bowie County grand jury for three felonies related to alleged sexual misconduct with three male students last year. Ashlyn Faye Bell, 24, is charged with two…
TEXARKANA, Texas – A 60-year-old Bowie County man has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today. William Johnson Springer pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography before U.S. Magistrate…
A man who sexually abused three different victims was sentenced to life without parole Wednesday following a jury trial in Bowie County. Derrick Harper, 32, was found guilty of two counts of continuous sexual abuse of a child involving two…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested LaDonta Davis, 17, of Texarkana, Texas, for Leaving the Scene of an Accident Involving Serious Bodily Injury on Tuesday afternoon after he came to the police department to turn himself in.…
A 60-year-old sex offender pleaded guilty before a federal judge in Texarkana on Monday to possessing child pornography. William Johnson Springer was sentenced to time in an Oklahoma federal prison in 2009 for the same offense. Springer appeared Monday for…
FORT SMITH, AR. – Jory Worthen was arrested by US Marshals in Burbank, California. Jory Worthen was wanted for two homicides that occurred in Camden, Arkansas in 2019. Worthen is accused of murdering his girlfriend Alyssa and her 4 year…
