The Arkansas Supreme Court issued an opinion Thursday overturning the murder conviction and sentence of life and 15 years for a man accused of killing another over a parking space. Marvin Arrell Stanton was found guilty by a Miller County…
A woman arrested earlier this year near Texarkana with almost five kilos of cocaine and more than 300 pounds of marijuana in her car pleaded guilty this week in a federal court in Texarkana. Lisa Marie Escamilla, 38, aka Lisa…
A Bowie County grand jury indicted a woman last week on a charge of capital murder in the 2012 stabbing death of a Texarkana, Texas, man. Alana Coleman, 38, was arrested in Mexico in October by U.S. Marshals on a…
Two inmates who were allegedly caught using cell phones to post to Facebook Live from the Bowie County jail in August were indicted last week by a Bowie County grand jury. Dean Cage Jr., 28, and Devonte Barker, 30, were…
A woman accused of killing a New Boston, Texas, woman and taking her unborn baby was indicted by a Bowie County grand jury today for capital murder and kidnapping. Taylor Rene Parker, 27, aka Taylor Morton, faces life without parole…
A man who recently finished serving time in a prison in Texas is now awaiting trial for the alleged sexual abuse of a young girl in Miller County. Steven Whitworth, 34, was convicted in Dallas County, Texas, of aggravated sexual…
Two men who shot and killed a pregnant cow on County Road 2302 in September 2019 were sentenced to 10 years probation Monday and ordered to pay a rancher $5,000 in restitution. Hunter Sinyard, 22, of Texarkana, Texas, and Jedediah…
A Hughes Springs, Texas, man has been charged with second-degree sexual assault in Cass County for allegedly assaulting a woman who delivered a package to his house. Timothy Jan Leftwich, 59, allegedly called the woman back to his front door…
A Little Rock man was sentenced to five years probation Monday in Bowie County, Texas, for insurance fraud involving a Utility Terrain Vehicle which had been painted purple by the time it was recovered by law enforcement. Roderick Jenkins, 39,…
A former teacher’s aide with Texarkana, Texas, Independent School District pleaded not guilty Monday to three felonies in Bowie County. Ashlyn Faye Bell, 24, is charged with two counts of improper relationship between educator and student and a count of…
On Monday, November 16 Miller County Deputies responded to a residential burglary call in the Genoa area of Miller County. Reports indicated that a suspect forced entry into a residence and took several firearms and other items of property. Miller…
A jury trial slated for the end of the month for a woman accused of punching a Miller County deputy because of a speeding ticket has been put on hold because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Susan Renee Johnson, 54, is…
A Hooks, Texas, woman was taken into custody Monday after she allegedly struck a police officer in the face with a closed fist. Hooks Police Officer Cole Ogden and two Public Works Department employees were attempting to detain the pig…
A Texarkana man accused of threatening a witness in his brother’s robbery and kidnapping case this year was in court Monday on a charge of obstruction. Lajonta O’Neal, 25, was indicted for obstruction and retaliation by a Bowie County grand…
David Clay Fowlkes, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that on November 12, 2020, James Earl Bradford, 61, of Texarkana, Arkansas, was sentenced to 132 months in federal prison, followed by four years of…
