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…
Jury selection got underway Monday morning at the Miller County courthouse for a man accused of shooting a woman fatally in April during an argument in a Texarkana, Ark., apartment complex. Markelle Demetrice Davis, 20, is facing a murder charge…
A man accused of attacking an adult female relative after breaking into her Texarkana, Texas, hotel room in July 2016 is set for trial in early January. Clifton Littlesam “Kippie” Poulton, 44, allegedly broke into a relative’s room and attacked…
A man accused of shooting a partygoer at a party Sept. 22 at the Rancho Del Sol arena in DeKalb, Texas, has been indicted by a Bowie County grand jury. Pedro Alarcon-Sepulveda, 21, allegedly fired a gun during a large…
On Thursday, December 5th, a Cass County jury convicted 33-year-old Kennie Lewis Cook, Jr., of Atlanta, Texas, for three counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child. The jury assessed punishment on each charge at forty years in the Texas…
A teen who brought a stolen handgun to school the day after he threatened a former girlfriend was sentenced to 20 years in prison earlier this week. Ladarious Kashone Cardwell Forte, 18, pleaded guilty Tuesday to unlawful possession of a…
A Texarkana man was arrested last month after he allegedly shared child pornography with an undercover law enforcement officer in California. Troy Dewayne Daniels, 48, was arrested Nov. 25 and is currently being held in the Bowie County jail on…
