Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Maverick Dean Bryan, age 55, of Mineral Springs, Arkansas, appeared for arraignment today on seven counts of mailing threatening communications. The arraignment hearing was before Judge Caroline…
A Texarkana woman was sentenced to 55 years this afternoon for scamming a disabled man last March. [su_survey] Karen Paroline, 51, was convicted Wednesday of exploitation of a disabled person after less than 30 minutes of deliberations. Thursday the jury…
A Bowie County jury returned a guilty verdict in less than half an hour Wednesday for a Texarkana woman who scammed a disabled man last March. [su_survey] This morning the jury of five women and seven men is scheduled to…
Testimony gets underway this morning in the trial of a woman accused of exploiting a disabled man in Bowie County last year. Karen Paroline, 51, allegedly emptied Sherman Prewitt’s bank account of about $400 by using his debit card at…
A federal inmate is accused of trying to hire a hit man from jail to kill the prosecutor and a witness in his drug trafficking case. Jason Willmon, 44, allegedly used a telephone to discuss possible hits on a witness…
Four men charged with capital murder in the fatal shooting of a Texarkana father earlier this year were scheduled for trials at hearings Wednesday at the Bi-State Justice Building. Anthony Wilson, 19, appeared before 102nd District Judge Bobby Lockhart with…
Two men accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in a Texarkana, Texas, apartment in 2014 appeared before a Bowie County judge Thursday. [su_survey] Tevin “T-Will” Willis, 21, and Rickey Mask, 22, allegedly took turns holding down the girl as…
An 18-year-old Texarkana man could face the death penalty in the January beating death of a 2-year-old boy. [su_survey] Clifford James Gayton appeared with Texarkana attorney Josh Potter for a pre-indictment hearing before 102nd District Judge Bobby Lockhart Wednesday morning.…
A Bowie County judge refused to reduce bail for a Texarkana man facing felony child sex abuse charges involving 12 and 15-year-old girls. [su_survey] Wright came to the attention of Bowie County sheriff’s investigators in September when the parents of…
An information accusing a woman of conspiring to traffic methamphetamine in Dallas and Texarkana was filed in a Texarkana federal court Monday. [su_survey] An entry in Lacy Harris’ case made Wednesday indicates she intends to plead guilty to the charge…
A 53-year-old Texarkana woman accused of shooting her former son-in-law to death last July has been found incompetent to stand trial. [su_survey] Anne Fisher is charged with first degree murder in the July 22 shooting death of Russell Scott Cain,…
SHERMAN, Texas – After just over 3 hours of deliberations, a federal jury in Sherman found a Calvin, Oklahoma man guilty of committing Lacey Act and Endangered Species Act violations in connection with the shipment of an African Leopard trophy…
TYLER, Texas – U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced that an East Texas pain management physician has pleaded guilty to illegally dispensing controlled substances. [su_survey] Sameer Andoni Fino, 49, of Murphy, Texas, pleaded guilty before United States Magistrate Judge John…
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…
