Detectives upgraded the Aggravated Assault charges against Dontavious Haney, 19, to a first degree felony following the death of his girlfriend. Denise Watson, 21, of Texarkana Texas died at Wadley Regional Medical Center at about 8:00 p.m. on Saturday. Upon…
Two teens facing capital murder charges in a November home invasion that left one man dead pleaded not guilty Monday at hearings in Bowie County. Daveon Woods, 17, appeared for arraignment before 202nd District Judge John Tidwell with Texarkana attorney…
A federal judge in Texarkana sentenced a woman who embezzled approximately $60,000 from the Pleasant Grove Showstoppers booster club to 23 months in federal prison Monday afternoon. Nikki Diane May appeared for sentencing on a charge of wire fraud before…
A man who was arrested with 56 kilograms of cocaine by Arkansas State Police in 2018 pleaded guilty to two felonies Thursday in a Texarkana federal court. Curtis Troxtle, 34, and Johnnie Adams, 38, were arrested on the afternoon of…
A Texarkana father accused of allowing his wife to beat his 3-year-old daughter to death pleaded not guilty at a hearing Tuesday in Miller County circuit court. Everette John Cawley, 24, appeared before Circuit Judge Brent Haltom for arraignment on…
A man who falsely claimed his wife was earning money as a truck driver so he could continue receiving federal disability benefits pleaded guilty to theft of government property in a Texarkana federal court. Thomas Joe Green began receiving disability…
Federal officials hope to punish a Texarkana man accused of selling methamphetamine as a repeat offender. Roderick Tyrone Thurman, 40, was indicted Wednesday for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine and two counts…
The father of a 3-year-old girl who was allegedly beaten to death last year by her stepmother has been charged in Miller County as an accomplice to capital murder. Everette Cawley, 24, and his wife, McKenna Belcher, 27, are both…
Two teens have been indicted by a Bowie County grand jury for allegedly kicking in the door of a family’s apartment and killing a husband and father. Daveon Demonta Woods turned 18 less than three weeks after he and Cameron…
A woman who used a brick to strike her boyfriend during a physical confrontation was sentenced to 20 years in prison last week. Lamarya “Margie” Bradley, 55, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of Willis Sanders, 62, before 102nd…
Fort Smith, Arkansas – United States Attorney Duane (DAK) Kees, of Bentonville, Arkansas, has announced his resignation effective midnight January 17, 2020. After his resignation, Mr. Kees will enter the private sector in Arkansas. During his tenure as United States…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A woman who shot a man she once dated in the back of the head in May 2018 was sentenced Friday night to 25 years in prison. Tonya Ruth Barnett, 42, claimed she shot Cecil “C.J.” Ellis…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A jury deliberated about 10 minutes Friday before sentencing a man to life in prison for beating and sexually assaulting an adult family member in her bedroom in July 2016. Clifton Littesam Poulton, aka “Kippie,” 45, has…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A jury has found a woman who shot a man she was romantically involved with in her Texarkana, Texas, mobile home guilty of murder. Tonya Ruth Barnett, 42, claimed she shot Cecil “C.J.” Ellis Jr., 35, in…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: Tonya Ruth Barnett, 42, initially claimed she shot Cecil Ellis Jr., 35, in self-defense as the two struggled over her cell phone May 24, 2018. But after an autopsy report showing Ellis was shot in the back…
