On Monday, July 15, 2024, at approximately 6:03 p.m., Texarkana Arkansas Police responded to a shooting in the 2600 block of Laurel St. Upon the officers’ arrival, they observed the victim lying on the ground. The victim was bleeding from…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A Texarkana woman who falsely claimed to be a licensed private investigator is accused of attempting to get confidential information from a local school district. Bessie “Bess” Elizabeth Gamble Williams, 65, was arrested Monday by officers with the Texas…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man who shared videos of himself sexually assaulting a 3-year-old pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of the sexual exploitation of a minor to produce child pornography in Texarkana federal court. Billy Joe Truss, 33, is facing a…
TEXARKANA, Texas–Bond has been set at $100,000 for a New Boston man accused of soliciting sex from a law enforcement officer he thought was a 16-year-old girl. Keith Thomas “Tom” Kiker, 36, allegedly responded to a post on a subthread…
BOWIE COUNTY, Texas–A woman whose passenger reportedly suffered severe injuries when she crashed into a tree last month was allegedly over the legal limit for alcohol. A Texas state trooper was dispatched at about 9:45 a.m. on the morning of…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man accused of sexually abusing a young girl repeatedly beginning when she was 8 years old has been charged with the continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 in Bowie County. Jerry Lynn Jordan, 53, is allegedly…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man accused of cooking fish and fish heads on a barbecue grill he didn’t own allegedly threatened to kill the police officer who arrested him for trespassing last week. Ronald Walker, 56, was the subject of a suspicious…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–A Bowie County jury on Thursday convicted a member of the Texarkana street gang Loyalty Cash Business of helping to coordinate the fatal December 2020 shooting of a fellow gang member in a murder-for-hire scheme and on Friday…
On Wednesday, June 5, 2024, at approximately 1:48 a.m., Texarkana Arkansas Police Officers were called to Neighborhood Car Wash, 1216 East Street in response to four juvenile suspects attempting to break in and vandalize the coin machines at the car…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A federal indictment unsealed last week accuses a former employee of Texarkana-based Trumble Construction Inc., doing business as RBT Construction Inc., of bilking the company of more than $260,000 in 2020 and 2021 through phony invoices. Dezmann Joseph Rice…
HOPE, Ark.–A woman arrested last week in Hope has been accused of smoking marijuana while driving erratically with a 5-year-old child in the front seat, according to court records. Dawn Bryant, 53, was allegedly observed by a director with the…
BOWIE COUNTY, Texas–A Texarkana man who was allegedly armed and wearing body armor on the Red River Bridge earlier this month, frightening people there fishing, has been charged with multiple felonies and driving while intoxicated. Jason Gary Hall, 47, was…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man who allegedly brought his 6-year-old with him when he drove to meet someone for sex he thought was a 16-year-old, has been indicted by a Bowie County grand jury for multiple felonies. James Clark Willis, 37, allegedly…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A felony charge has been leveled against a man accused of leaving his disabled car in the road and running from the scene last week in Texarkana after ignoring a red light and colliding into a cement truck that…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man who reportedly terrified several young girls by exposing himself and chasing them down a residential street last week had only been out of jail for four days at the time, court records show. Fredrick Lamar Williams, 37,…
