NEW BOSTON, Texas–A husband and wife are currently being held in the Bowie County jail in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of multiple young children. Cody Blake Barnes, 31, and his wife, Brittany Michelle Barnes, 31, were both arrested…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man who was sentenced to life without parole last year in the death of a 10-month-old boy was denied a new trial Friday by a Texas appellate court. Joshua Deshaun Lowe, 30, was convicted of capital murder in…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A federal grand jury indicted a former Texas High School band director Thursday who was arrested last year for allegedly offering to pay a male student for sex. Brandon Neil Sams, 47, has been charged in the Texarkana Division…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man who allegedly attempted to escape from police custody last week while being treated at a local hospital after reportedly resisting arrest for drug possession, has been charged with a number of crimes, including attempted escape with bodily…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A 76-year-old DeKalb man has been charged with indecency with a child by contact involving a 15-year-old boy. Robert Daniel Bailey Jr. was arrested last week on the charges and is currently being held in the Bowie County jail…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–A man who crashed into Wisdom Animal Clinic in Texarkana while fleeing from police in January was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison by a Bowie County jury. Joshua Ellis Sutton, 32, was found guilty Wednesday afternoon…
The Boutique Hotel on Stateline Ave. has been ordered to close by 5 p.m. Monday or utilities to the building will be shut off. The hotel was originally ordered to close by September 5 due fire code violations. According to…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man who once worked as a K-9 officer for an Arkansas sheriff’s office was indicted Thursday for identity theft by a grand jury in Bowie County, Texas. Jeffery Norman Martin, 51, was being held in the Bowie County…
TEXARKANA, Texas–The 25-year sentence a jury gave to a teen who shot and killed a fellow Texas High School student after a dispute that started in the lunchroom over a juicebox, has been affirmed by a state appellate court. Kamorian…
TEXARKANA, Ark.–A jury in Miller County this week recommended a 205-year combined sentence for a Texarkana man who was found guilty of eight felonies, including three counts of rape, involving a girl who was around 10 years old when the…
TEXARKANA, Texas–Police responding to reports of a man being chased through a Texarkana graveyard were told the disturbance started because an 11-year-old autistic girl had been sexually abused by her mother’s boyfriend. Caleb Hollembeak, 21, had allegedly been staying with…
Texarkana, Texas Police are investigating a shooting the occurred at a house on the corner of Jerome St. and Milam St. in Texarkana Tuesday morning. According to police, one person was transported from the scene with serious injuries. Police are…
TEXARKANA, Texas–One of two men charged with murder this year in a case that had been unsolved since 2009 entered a not guilty plea Monday at a hearing in Bowie County. Charles Louis Madlock, 35, was scheduled to return to…
TEXARKANA, Texas–One of four men charged in a sex trafficking case in Bowie County has pleaded guilty as part of a plea deal that included 30 years in prison. Marcus Lanell Palmer, 38, took the 30-year deal on Tuesday, less…
TEXARKANA, Texas–The Texas Commission on Jail Standards has placed Bowie County on its list of non-compliant jails following an inspection triggered by the escapes of two men in July who were on the loose for more than six hours before…
