On 12-31-2023, Correctional Officers with the Bowie County Detention Center intercepted an attempted contraband delivery to an inmate within the jail. All Bowie County Detention Center employees are subject to search upon entering the facility. Lt. Oshiana Pree and Sgt.…
BOWIE COUNTY, Texas–A Simms, Texas, couple charged with child endangerment in the March death of their 2-month-old daughter allegedly kept the baby in a filthy home where mice and cockroaches roamed freely among trash, garbage and animal waste. Cecil Dane…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A founder and leader of Texarkana-based street gang Loyalty Cash Business was sentenced to 40 years in prison Monday on racketeering-type charges related to two murders and drug trafficking. Courtney Derell Hope, 35, also known as “Blocc,” was incarcerated…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A federal lawsuit launched recently in Texarkana accuses Mount Pleasant, Texas-based Mid-America Pet Food LLC of causing the deaths of beloved pets and sickening their humans with kibble tainted by Salmonella bacteria. Courtney Andersen of Utah allegedly bought a…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A Texarkana man has been charged with indecency with a child by contact in Bowie County for alleged misconduct with a female student last month. Michael Flournoy, 57, was reportedly asked by a family member of the girl’s to…
After Texarkana, Texas Police got information about where Rodney Lindley might be hiding out, he was located and arrested at a residence Thursday morning in a joint operation with Texas Department of Public Safety and TTPD. He was wanted for…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man operating a business installing fences in the Texarkana area allegedly visited a competitor, asked to use the phone and forwarded the business’ calls to his own establishment so he could take their customers. Kerry Clifton Rowland, 35,…
TEXARKANA, Ark.–A third man has been taken into custody in connection with a shooting in Texarkana, Ark., in March that left one man dead and a 6-year-old boy suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg but a fourth suspect…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man who lost vision in one eye after taking a close-range hit from a policeman’s pepper spray gun in 2019 has agreed to a settlement in a federal lawsuit against the City of Texarkana. A joint notice of…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man arrested Sunday for the non-fatal shooting of his girlfriend was acquitted of the murder of a former girlfriend’s twin brother in 2021. Kevante Wright, 30, was charged Sunday with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and resisting…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man who allegedly tried to grab the firearm off a security officer’s duty belt after making a disturbance at a Texarkana hospital has been charged with a felony in Bowie County. Willy Kidd, 35, was reportedly behaving normally…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man who has been required to register as a sex offender since being convicted of exposing himself to a 7-year-old boy in 2010 is now facing federal child pornography charges. Kris Matthew Martinson, 47, is charged with distribution…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A shooting in Texarkana last weekend that ended with three dead and at least three others wounded allegedly started with a fight between two men that started over a game of dice. Devon Hayden, 26, was allegedly playing dice…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man accused of trying to access a Red River Credit Union ATM with multiple tools twice last month has been charged with criminal mischief in Bowie County. Kechshawn Lamar Heath, 29, was allegedly captured on video surveillance between…
Two people died and one was injured after a shooting at a house in the 2500 block of Glendale in Texarkana, Ark. Monday afternoon. On November 6, 2023 at approximately 4:40 p.m. Texarkana Arkansas Police received a 911 call advising…
