NEW BOSTON, Texas–A Texarkana man who pimped, raped and drugged vulnerable women in Bowie County was sentenced Friday to two life sentences plus 80 years for sex trafficking, sexual assault and having contraband in the jail. Brandon Everett Palmer, 40,…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–A Bowie County jury convicted a Texarkana man on Thursday who threatened, drugged and raped the women and girls he sold through online websites. Brandon Everett Palmer, 40, faces 25 to 99 years or life in prison and…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–Six men and six women were selected Tuesday to decide the case of one of multiple defendants charged in an area sex trafficking investigation. Brandon Everett Palmer, 40, faces 25 to 99 years or life in prison if…
TEXARKANA, Texas–An 18-year-old who allegedly shot and killed four members of his immediate family in May pleaded not guilty Monday morning to capital murder of multiple persons and capital murder of a person under age 10 at a hearing in…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–A Bowie County jury sentenced a habitual drug offender from Texarkana to life in prison Wednesday and assessed a maximum $10,000 fine. Jason Allen Massey, 44, faced an enhanced punishment range on a charge of possession of a…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man who was a Texarkana, Ark., police officer at the time of his arrest by Texarkana, Texas, police last week allegedly arranged to meet someone he thought was a 16-year-old girl through online messaging. Telvin Tydray Wilson, 31,…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man arrested as part of a law enforcement sting targeting adults who offer to pay minors they meet on the internet for sex allegedly showed up to an arranged meeting spot with a 6-year-old relative in tow. James…
TEXARKANA, Texas–The Texarkana Texas Police Department has arrested an officer with the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department for online solicitation of a minor for sexual conduct. Telvin Tydray Wilson, 31, was booked into the Bowie County, Texas, jail on Wednesday and…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man who sold numerous women for sex in the Texarkana area using drugs, violence and internet websites has been sentenced to 40 years without parole for the continuous trafficking of persons. Rashaan Cunningham, 46, aka “Fashion,” was scheduled…
HOPE, Ark.–A man accused of keeping a large stash of child pornography on his cell phone is being held in the Hempstead County jail with bail set at $250,000. Jimmy Lane Hughes, 23, of McCaskill, Ark., was taken into custody…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A murder case involving a 19-year-old from Texarkana who was found in the backseat of his burned-out car over five years ago was cracked with the help of social media posts older than the unsolved killing. Darren Rashun King,…
TEXARKANA, Texas–An alleged member of a white supremacist street gang accused of using his 14-year-old son to hand off drugs to customers has been charged with multiple felonies in Bowie County. Richard “Skin” Keith Latham, 40, allegedly used his child…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man who formerly worked in law enforcement who has been out on bond on an aggravated robbery case since February 2020 was taken back into custody last week for allegedly threatening people with a firearm. Jeffery Norman Martin,…
TEXARKANA, Texas–One of two men accused of escaping the Bowie County jail last week was arrested Monday in Austin while the daughter of the second fugitive has been arrested in Texarkana for allegedly aiding the get-away. Wayde Burton Land, 39,…
TEXARKANA, Texas–One of two men charged with murder this year in a case that had been unsolved since 2009 is facing a charge of witness tampering for allegedly asking a witness to lie for him. Joshua Undronde Murphy, 34, and…
