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…
A man who shot and killed his uncle after a physical altercation March 2 was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday following a plea of guilty to manslaughter. Melchor Labrada Hernandez, 24, pleaded guilty with the assistance of Texarkana…
A man who was stealing televisions from hotel and motel rooms in the Texarkana area was sentenced Monday to five years probation. James Jerell Robinson, 25, was arrested Oct. 22 by Texarkana, Texas, police at a hotel on Mall Drive.…
A Cass County jury sentenced a Naples, Texas man to life in prison without parole last Thursday afternoon after finding him guilty that morning of the continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 years of age. Jurors in the…
A federal indictment in the Texarkana Division of the Eastern District of Texas accuses a Frisco, Texas, lawyer of wire fraud involving two Wake Village residents and a Miller County resident. David Allan Krueger Jr. is the only defendant named…
A New Boston, Texas, man accused of assaulting a 14-year-old boy because of his skin color pleaded not guilty Monday before a judge in Bowie County. Charles Mitchell “Mitch” Patton, 25, is charged with injury to a child. Prosecutors have…
A Texarkana woman pleaded not guilty to a human trafficking charge Monday in Bowie County. Linda Michelle “Gucci” Dooley, 38, appeared for arraignment Monday morning before 202nd District Judge John Tidwell. Assistant Public Defender Clayton Haas entered a not guilty…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A Bowie County jury sentenced a New Boston man to seven years in prison Thursday for indecency with a child by exposure. Jerry Dean Smith Jr., 33, became acquainted with the victim and his family through church,…
