Allegations of child sexual abuse led a Bowie County man to quit his job as a correctional officer with the Barry Telford Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice last month. Michael Avis, 31, resigned his position mid-January. He…
Jury selection is expected to begin Monday at the Bowie County courthouse for one of three defendants accused of murder in the shooting of a Texarkana man in 2015. Marquell Deonte Smith, 22, is one of three defendants facing a…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department has made a fourth arrest stemming from a robbery that occurred in the parking lot of a local grocery store on January 22. We arrested Deion-Trez Ellis, 20, of Texarkana, Texas for…
A man who stole more than $700,000 worth of property from Red River Army Depot pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court. [su_survey] Jason Allen Autrey, 36, admits in court documents that he sold the Hawker batteries and Bradley bolt-on armor…
A Miller County circuit judge issued a gag order Wednesday in a capital murder case involving a 12-year-old accused of shooting a Fouke, Ark., convenience store clerk to death last week. [su_survey] Christa Shockley, 21, was shot and killed in…
A Fouke, Ark., woman received a 10-year probation Tuesday after pleading no contest to manslaughter in Miller County. [su_survey] Tarah Waynett Fries, 26, stood with Texarkana lawyer John Pickett at a hearing before Circuit Judge Kirk Johnson at the Miller…
On Thursday, January 26th, 2017 at approximately 1:30am, an unknown suspect dressed in black, wearing a shiny metallic mask and a carrying a hammer, attempted to rob the EZ Mart store located at 3920 Jefferson Avenue. During the commission of…
A local real estate agent was arrested for theft Friday by Texarkana, Texas, police. Reena Corbin, 34, is facing a charge of theft of property, $30,000 to $150,000, for allegedly embezzling funds from her former employer, Coldwell Banker Elite, in…
A woman who forged her boss’ signature on business checks while working as his paralegal and officer manager was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison this week for bank fraud. [su_survey] Ashley Meree Wilde, 29, appeared before U.S. District…
A man whose meth addiction has led to years of criminal conduct was ordered to serve 42 years behind bars this week by a judge in Bowie County. Jasyn Alexander, 40, pleaded guilty to a long list of crimes including…
New Boston, Texas: A Bowie County jury sentenced a 22-year-old man to 10 years probation Wednesday for robbing a Texarkana car wash in 2015. [su_survey] Edward Martinez pleaded guilty to robbery at a hearing Monday before 202nd District Judge John…
New Boston, Texas–A jury of seven women and five men was selected Tuesday at the Bowie County courthouse to decide the fate of a man who robbed a Texarkana car wash where he once worked. Edward Martinez, 22, got away…
A man accused of leading police on a high speed chase with his 1-year-old daughter in the car pleaded not guilty to four felony charges Monday at a hearing before a Bowie County judge. Wilmer Joe Hill, Jr., 22, entered…
A Hope, Ark., man pleaded guilty to trafficking methamphetamine at a federal court hearing in Texarkana last week. [su_survey] The FBI began investigating suspected drug trafficking by Lacortney D. Sanders, 34, aka “Supreme,” in October 2013. Agents identified Sanders as…
The Texarkana, Texas Municipal Court is offering an Amnesty Program beginning February 1, 2017. Anyone who has an outstanding warrant with Texas Municipal Court can come in before March 31, 2017 and pay the warrant in full without being arrested.…
