Courts in the Texarkana area are taking steps to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Federal courts in both Arkansas and Texas are suspending jury selections, courthouse tours, nationalization services and are implementing other measures to help halt the spread of…
TEXARKANA, Texas – A 28-year-old Dallas, Texas, man has been convicted of federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today. Collin Garrett Hayden was found guilty by a jury of obstruction of justice…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A Red Lick, Texas, man who sexually abused a young girl for years was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison with no parole. Nolan Dean “Buddy” Turner was found guilty of continuous sexual abuse of a…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A Bowie County jury wasted no time in finding a Texarkana, Texas, woman guilty of human trafficking Wednesday. The jury was out about 15 minutes before returning with a guilty verdict for Linda Michelle “Gucci” Dooley, 38.…
A man accused of conspiring to traffic methamphetamine and cocaine in the east Texas and Dallas areas and of threatening a co-defendant/witness is on trial this week in Texarkana. Collin Garrett Hayden, 28, is one of multiple defendants charged with…
A Texarkana man is facing five first-degree felonies for the alleged sexual abuse of two girls. Derrick Deshawn Harper, 32, is related to the two girls who are cousins. One of the victims reported that Harper molested her multiple times…
An 18-year-old Texarkana, Ark., man accused of manslaughter in the death of his girlfriend claims he shot her with an AR-15 rifle by accident. Kayden Shay May was charged with murder by Texarkana, Ark., police shortly after the shooting of…
A man who tried to take an 11-year-old girl from her school by claiming he was her father was sentenced to 10 years in prison this week. Antonio Mata, 20, pleaded guilty to attempted aggravated kidnapping and to an unrelated…
Dehydration and malnutrition allegedly led to the death of a 7-month-old girl and the hospitalization of her twin brother in September. Miller County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested the parents of the twins, Crystal Morrow, 24, and Dustin Harley, 19, for…
A retired middle school teacher found with hundreds of images of child pornography on a computer in the church where he served as youth leader and secretary was sentenced to 30 years in prison Monday. Robert Dale Barkman, 66, pleaded…
Two people are in custody for the murder of 23-year-old Phillip Lee. According to Texarkana, Ark. Police on Saturday, 22-year-old Jacquain Tyson turned himself in to police at the Bi State Justice Center. Tyson was charged with one count of…
A Bowie County grand jury indicted a Texarkana pastor on 18 felony counts Thursday connected to his alleged sexual abuse of three girls. Logan Wesley III, 56, was taken into custody in November for alleged misconduct with one girl who…
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…
