A woman facing child sexual abuse charges in connection with a larger Texas Department of Public Safety investigation into human trafficking pleaded not guilty Wednesday at a hearing in Bowie County. Della Lou Griffin, 53, allegedly arranged for a female…
A Miller County jury Wednesday sentenced an Ozan, Ark., man to 20 years in prison for causing the death of a 24-year-old husband and father in 2017. Forrest Rector Stewart Jr., 64, was high on methamphetamine Nov. 2, 2017, when…
Both the state and defense rested Tuesday evening in the trial of a 64-year-old man accused of being high on meth when he caused a fatal crash in November 2017 on Highway 67 in Miller County. Forrest Rector Stewart was…
A Texarkana man was sentenced to 40 years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to seven felony sex crimes in Miller County involving the repeated molestation of a boy who came forward in adulthood. Freddie Russell Turner molested a boy…
A 19-year-old Texarkana man is being held in the Bowie County jail on a charge of online solicitation of a minor involving a 14-year-old girl. Jeremy Javon Brown was allegedly communicating with the girl via Snapchat and text messaging, according…
A Hooks, Texas, woman accused of sexually abusing a teen boy she met through work at a juvenile justice facility has been charged with sexual assault of a child in Bowie County. Jessica Marie Pratt, 25, allegedly came in contact…
A child predator who was sentenced last year to life in prison by a Bowie County jury was denied a new trial this week by a Texas appellate court. Dennis Wolfenbarger, 49, was found guilty of aggravated sexual assault of…
A man accused of robbing banks, liquor stores and other businesses in both Texarkanas in 2017 pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of bank robbery. Troy Lee Ware, 66, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Caroline Craven for a plea hearing…
Posts on the popular social media app Snapchat resulted in the arrests of two Friday at a residence in Texarkana, Ark. Investigators with a local drug task force received information Thursday that 18-year-old Callie Brown was posting about illegal drugs…
Trial is set for later this month for a 48-year-old Texarkana, Ark., man accused of molesting a young boy more than a decade ago. Freddie Russell Turner allegedly molested a boy he is related to by a past marriage beginning…
A man whose two young children were seated on top of a secret compartment containing nine kilos of cocaine when he was arrested earlier this year pleaded guilty Tuesday in a Texarkana federal court. Jose Geraldo Ornelas-Pineda, 30, was arrested…
An inmate caught with various kinds of drugs while serving time at Texarkana Federal Correctional Institution last year was given an extra 27 months in federal prison at a sentencing hearing Monday in Texarkana. Marcus Dewayne Maxwell, 47, appeared for…
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…
