Category Courts

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,…

TEXARKANA, Texas–A man accused of sexually abusing a young girl from age eight to 12 years is being held in the Bowie County jail with bonds totaling $350,000. The girl made an outcry of long-term, ongoing sexual abuse by Alberto…

NEW BOSTON, Texas–A man who allegedly “borrowed” hundreds of dollars from elderly residents of an area assisted living center where he was working in maintenance was arrested on multiple felony charges last week and is being held with bonds totaling…

TEXARKANA, Texas–A husband and wife have been scheduled for separate trials in December in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of three young children. Cody Blake Barnes, 31, is accused of the long-term sexual abuse of two girls, ages five…

TEXARKANA, Texas–A Texarkana man has been charged with a felony for allegedly fleeing the scene after hitting a fellow motorist near the intersection of Arnold Lane and Lone Star Parkway last month. Joshua David Richardson, 57, was arrested last week…

NEW BOSTON, Texas–A Tennessee man paid to assist the Texarkana-based gang Loyalty Cash Business with crimes including murder, assault, robbery and burglary was sentenced to three life sentences Thursday by a Bowie County jury at the end of a four-day…

Texarkana, Ark. Police are investigating after a man was shot at EZ-Mart Wednesday night. According to TAPD Public Information Officer Kristin Schultz, shortly after 10 p.m. Wednesday night officers responded to a report of shots being fired in the parking…

HEMPSTEAD COUNTY, Ark.–A Saratoga, Ark., man has been charged with battery, theft, driving while intoxicated, evading, resisting arrest and a long list of other charges in connection with an April 3 call to police regarding a reckless driver. Residents in…

NEW BOSTON, Texas–A jury was selected and testimony began Monday for a Tennessee man accused of participating in murders and other crimes at the direction of leaders of the Texarkana-based gang Loyalty Cash Business. Cedric Alexander, 33, is facing multiple…

A Miller County Sheriff’s Office Deputy and Texarkana, Ark. Police Officer collided Monday morning responding to provide assistance to another deputy. The crash happened at the intersection of Division St. and East Street in Texarkana, Arkansas. The TAPD officer was…

TEXARKANA, Texas–A 26-year-old woman who was a reading teacher at an area middle school has been charged with multiple felonies in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of a 14-year-old male student. Kaija Javee Muldrew allegedly met a student from…