A man accused of robbing the Venus Adult Superstore in Texarkana, Ark., in 2017 is expected to face a Miller County jury this month. Travon Mandell Peoples, 28, faces a mandatory life sentence if found guilty of aggravated robbery because…
Separate federal indictments handed down in the last days of June for two men allege they were distributing methamphetamine in the area. Andre Scoggins, 48, is accused in a four-count indictment of distributing more than five grams of meth Sept.…
A federal indictment unsealed last week in Texarkana accuses a 66-year-old man of possessing and receiving pornographic images involving children under 12. Charles Donald Thompson is the only defendant named in a two-count indictment handed down June 26 in the…
A 66-year-old man with a lengthy history of drunk driving arrests was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday in connection with a single vehicle crash last year that ended the lives of two passengers. Isiah Williams used walker as…
An Arkansas prison inmate accused of murdering a female correctional officer with his bare hands in the kitchen of the Miller County jail in December 2016 is competent to stand trial, Miller County Prosecuting Attorney Stephanie Potter Barrett said. Tramell…
A woman accused of introducing a young female relative to prostitution and drugs more than two decades ago is back in custody after failing to show for a court appearance last month in Bowie County. Della Lou Griffin, 52, was…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A mother who failed to protect her child from an abusive father received a 99-year prison sentence late Friday afternoon from a Bowie County jury. Khadijah Wright, 26, was found guilty shortly after noon Friday of injury…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: Bowie County prosecutors rested the state’s case Thursday afternoon in the trial of a mother accused of failing to protect her children from an abusive father. Khadijah Wright’s defense attorney, Jasmine Crockett of Dallas, is expected to…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: Opening statements and testimony began Wednesday morning at the Bowie County courthouse for a mother accused of failing to stop her 4-year-old son’s father from abusing him. Khadijah Wright, 26, is charged with injury to a child…
Prosecutors in Miller County will seek the death penalty for a stepmother accused of capital murder in the death of her husband’s 3-year-old daughter. McKenna Faith Belcher, 26, appeared before Circuit Judge Kirk Johnson with Andrea Stokes and Adam Chandler…
A man who created child pornography with a 5-year-old girl last year pleaded guilty Thursday before a federal judge in Texarkana. Aaron lloyd Mitchell, 21, appeared before U.S. District Judge Susan Hickey for a hearing Thursday morning with Assistant Federal…
A man who allegedly turned himself in for child sexual abuse is scheduled for a jury trial in August in Bowie County. Brandon Lee Loftin, 35, appeared with Assistant Public Defender Clayton Haas before 202nd District Judge John Tidwell earlier…
A 25-year-old Texarkana, Texas, father facing a murder charge in the December 2018 death of his 2-month-old son has been appointed a new lawyer. Court records show that 202nd District Judge John Tidwell appointed Texarkana defense attorney Jeff Harrelson to…
A woman charged with sexual assault of a child in connection with a larger human trafficking investigation failed to appear for a court hearing Monday afternoon in Bowie County. Della Lou Griffin’s failure to appear led 202nd District Judge John…
A federal judge in Texarkana granted an accused drug trafficker’s request for pretrial release Thursday with certain conditions. U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Bryant ordered Larry Peters Jr., 36, to get a job, refrain from illegal behavior and live with his…
