A Bowie County murder defendant who was released on a personal recognizance bond Friday is back in custody. [su_survey] Marquell Deonte Smith, 21, was ordered by 202nd District Judge Leon Pesek, Jr., at Friday’s hearing to wear a GPS leg…
SHERMAN, Texas – A former government contractor employee was sentenced to 46 months in prison today for his role in a bribery scheme involving a federal program in Afghanistan and conspiracy to structure financial transactions to avoid currency transaction reporting…
Three Bowie County murder defendants were released on personal recognizance bonds Friday. [su_survey] Brandon Eric Brown, 22; Marquell Deonte Smith, 21; and Shamari Newton, 25; appeared before 202nd District Judge Leon Pesek, Jr., Friday afternoon. Pesek refused to lower bonds…
MARSHALL, Texas – A 60-year-old Kennard, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal environmental violations, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. [su_survey] Rodney K. Beshears pleaded guilty to violating the work practice standards of the Clean Air Act today…
The parents of a man who was shot and killed by a Texarkana, Texas Police officer in December of 2014 have filed suit in federal court against the city. Dennis Grigsby Jr., 35, was killed by Texas-side officer Brent Lawing…
Members of the Guys and Dolls Square Dancing Club in Texarkana testified Wednesday that capital murder defendant Virginia Hyatt was an intensely jealous woman. [su_survey] Virginia Ann Hyatt, 67, is accused of shooting Patricia “Patti” Wheelington, 59, five times with…
The estranged husband of a woman accused of capital murder in the death of a fellow square dancer testified Wednesday he was afraid of his wife of 40 years. [su_survey] Virginia Ann Hyatt faces life without the possibility of parole…
A 67-year-old Texarkana, Ark., woman sat quietly as a Miller County prosecutor told a jury she planned and carried out the murder of a fellow square dancer she blamed for the end of her marriage. [su_survey] Virginia Ann Hyatt faces…
A Bowie County man accused of sexual misconduct with 12 and 15-year-old girls entered a not guilty plea Monday to two felony counts. [su_survey] Randal Lee Wright, 56, is charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child and second degree…
A former officer with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers chapter 386 in Texarkana entered a guilty plea Tuesday to embezzlement. [su_survey] Clinton Humphrey, 43, a lineman with American Electric Power, was paid to serve as the local union’s secretary/treasurer…
The woman accused of shooting and killing 17-year-old Caitlin Caskey Saturday night in Little River County made her initial appearance in an Ashdown, Ark. courtroom Tuesday morning. [su_survey] 40-year-old Tracie Dierks, who has not yet been formally charged, had her…
A retired Arkansas State Highway Police officer appeared in cuffs and shackles for a plea hearing Friday morning in a federal court in downtown Texarkana. John William Vickers, 55, of Prescott, Ark., was arrested Oct. 26 by Hempstead County authorities…
A federal judge sentenced a child molester with 20 prior felony convictions to 40 years in federal prison Thursday afternoon. [su_survey] Johnny Evans, 47, recently received a 25-year term in Hempstead County, Ark., for rape and sexual assault involving the…
A Texarkana woman filed a suit in federal court last week accusing a debt collection company of calling her cell phone nearly 300 times from April to August last year. Kathie Barber claims she told a representative of Encore Receivable…
Bowie County District Judge Bobby Lockhart found a Texarkana man guilty of burglary of a habitation Tuesday after hearing from witnesses in a bench trial. [su_survey] Travalyn Aldridge, 31, asked that a judge determine whether or not he committed burglary…
