A man accused of breaking into a family member’s hotel room, breaking bones in her neck and sexually assaulting her in 2016 received a court appointed lawyer Monday. Clifton “Kippie” Littlesam Poulton, 44, was indicted in January by a Bowie…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A Bowie County jury deliberated less than half an hour before sentencing an inmate with a history of murder to life in prison for assaulting a Telford Unit correctional officer in November 2016. The eight-woman, four-man jury…
A felony information filed Wednesday in a Texarkana, Texas, court charges a former treasurer of the Pleasant Grove High School Showstoppers Booster Club with wire fraud in connection with the alleged embezzlement of approximately $60,000. Nikki Diane May allegedly pocketed…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–An inmate accused of assaulting a correctional officer in November 2016 at the Barry Telford Unit in New Boston is on trial this week in Bowie County. David Robert Steiner Jr., 40, is serving time in the Texas…
A Miller County circuit judge granted a defense request Tuesday for a gag order in the case of woman accused of capital murder in the death of her husband’s 3-year-old daughter. McKenna Belcher, 26, appeared with Little Rock lawyer Andrea…
A man who claims he was beaten and denied medical treatment during a two-day stay at the Bi-State jail is suing the private company that manages it in a Texarkana, Texas, federal court. William Scott Jones, 41, was arrested by…
Prosecutors in Miller County recently filed formal harges of rape against two brothers, 20 and 21, accused of sexual misconduct with a younger male. Joseph Baker, 21, and Joshua Baker, 20, are each facing two counts of rape. Deputy Prosecuting…
A man who unsuccessfully tried to rob the Ellis Pottery garden store on Summerhill Road in Texarkana, Texas, last November is now accused of trying unsuccessfully to escape from the Bowie County jail. Brandon Lee Staggs, 26, was allegedly “chipping…
For the third time, a jury was chosen to decide the case of a man facing a murder charge in Miller County for allegedly shooting another over a dispute concerning a parking spot. Marvin Arrell Stanton, 53, was 48 when…
Two brothers, 20 and 21, are facing charges of rape in Miller County for the alleged sexual abuse of a younger male relative. Joseph Baker, 21, and Joshua Baker, 20, are accused of molesting the boy when he was between…
The case of a Texarkana man accused of holding a gun to a 2-year-old’s head while robbing the child’s mother is expected to be presented to a grand jury soon for indictment. Xavier Lavar French, 19, is accused of attacking…
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…
