A Hooks, Texas, man was indicted by a Bowie County grand jury Thursday for several felonies including attempted capital murder of a peace officer. Aaron Swenson, 36, allegedly had come to the attention of law enforcement because of his social…
A retired judge from an outside jurisdiction has been appointed to the cases of a Texarkana father and son accused of sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl. Retired Texas District Judge Lauren Parish who formerly served the 115th District in Upshur…
A brother and sister accused of murder in the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy pleaded not guilty Tuesday. Demarious Taylor, 20, of Ashdown, Ark., and Bosnia Taylor, 21, of Texarkana, appeared separately for arraignment Tuesday on video hearings from…
A Texarkana father and his son allegedly told a 7-year-old sexual abuse was part of a secret game. According to a probable cause affidavit, David “Captain” Fant, 56, sat in a chair and watched as his son, Hayden Fant, 19,…
A Texarkana man was sentenced to two years in a Texas state jail this week in connection with a fiery crash in 2015 that left an Atlanta, Texas, man dead. Billy Ray Howard Jr., 45, was sentenced to a maximum…
A father accused of stabbing his son to death during an argument in April pleaded not guilty to murder this week. Elgin Hollingsworth, 49, appeared before 102nd District Judge Jeff Addison via video on Tuesday from the Bowie County jail.…
TEXARKANA, Texas – A 43-year-old Little Rock, AR man has been sentenced to federal prison for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today. Antonio Otero pleaded guilty on Oct. 29, 2019 to…
A 77-year-old man who robbed the Texarkana, Texas, Walmart Supercenter last month at gunpoint was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison. Ronnie Dean Seymour appeared with Assistant Bowie County Public Defender Deborah Moore for a plea hearing before 102nd…
A Bowie County grand jury indicted a Nash, Texas, man last week for 12 felony sex crimes involving a baby and two teen girls. David Louis Jones Jr., 24, is related to the 1-year-old girl he is accused of molesting…
A Bowie County grand jury indicted a brother and sister in connection with a shooting March 31 that took the life of a 16-year-old. Bosnia Taylor, 21, and Demarious Taylor, 20, are accused of murder in the death of Notorious…
A father accused of stabbing his son death last month during an argument has been formally indicted by a Bowie County grand jury. If convicted of murder, Elgin Hollingsworth, 49, faces five to 99 years or life in prison if…
Two Mineral Springs, Ark., women are facing battery charges in Miller County for allegedly shooting a third woman at her Texarkana, Ark., home on Mother’s Day. Terretta Shunte Thomas, 26, and Darian Jade Smith, 27, allegedly drove to an apartment…
Two Mineral Springs, Ark., women are facing battery charges in Miller County for allegedly shooting a third woman at her Texarkana, Ark., home on Mother’s Day. Terretta Shunte Thomas, 26, and Darian Jade Smith, 27, allegedly drove to an apartment…
On Friday, May 8th, the Office of Court Administration (OCA), the information technology (IT) provider for the appellate courts and state judicial agencies within the Texas Judicial Branch, identified a serious security event in the branch network, which was later…
Miller County prosecutors have formally charged a man and woman from Magnolia, Ark., with capital murder in connection with a fatal shooting Feb. 27 in Texarkana, Ark., on Linden Street. Damien Damon Butler, 25, and Cierra Nicole Gentry, 33, are…
