A routine traffic stop last week resulted in the seizure of approximately 56 kilograms of cocaine by Arkansas State Police in Hempstead County. Two Kentucky men, Johnnie D. Adams, 37, and Curtis J. Troxtle, 34, appeared before a federal judge…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A Bowie County jury sentenced a local man to life without parole for sexually abusing the son of a former girlfriend. Dennis Michael Wolfenbarger Jr., 48, lived with the boy and his mother at a residence in…
A seven-count indictment unsealed Monday in a Texarkana federal court accuses a Hope, Ark., man of methamphetamine distribution. Edward Barzar, 40, appeared with Malvern, Ark., attorney Louis Loyd on Monday for an initial appearance and arraignment on an indictment charging…
A jury chosen Monday to decide the case of a rape defendant was instructed to return to the Miller County courthouse Wednesday morning to begin hearing testimony. Frederick Kourtney Cain, 34, is accused of forcing himself on a former girlfriend…
A man who pleaded guilty in federal court earlier this year to a drug offense is now facing a charge of fourth-degree sexual assault in Miller County. Patrick Glenn Taylor Jr., 32, was formally charged this week in Miller County…
A woman who set fires last October in dumpsters on both sides of Texarkana was sentenced Tuesday to six years probation in Miller County. Stormmi Dawn Cole, 35, was arrested at approximately 11 p.m., Oct. 22, 2017, as she walked…
An Arkansas Department of Correction inmate accused of beating a female correctional officer to death in the kitchen of the Miller County jail in 2016 will soon begin receiving mental health treatment in the Arkansas State Hospital. Tramell Mackenzie Hunter,…
An April 2019 date has been scheduled for jury selection in the trial of a man accused of sexually assaulting a boy in a restroom of the Texarkana Public Library. Javier Perez, 26, pleaded not guilty in September to a…
An accused drug trafficker with a long history of similar convictions was denied a request for bond by a federal judge in Texarkana at a hearing Thursday. Randy Caldwell, 40, appeared with Hot Springs attorney Morse Gist for a detention…
A man who received a five-year probation last year for unlawful animal fighting was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday. Jaquavian Jaqwon Johnson, 20, appeared with a public defender Tuesday afternoon at a hearing to address his probation status…
A Bowie County grand jury formally indicted two men accused of causing a woman’s death while racing sports cars on Richmond Road in Texarkana earlier this year. Kalob Doyle, 26, was allegedly driving a black 2000 Ford Mustang southbound March…
A 24-year-old father facing a possible sentence of life without parole in the death of his 4-year-old is scheduled to face a Bowie County jury in November. Benearl Jermane Lewis allegedly caused the injuries that led to the March 8…
A Texarkana, Texas, man is accused of firing the bullet that struck his wife as she walked down an alley near the scene of a fight in January. Travon Martreas Walker, 27, was indicted for murder Friday by a Bowie…
A Texarkana, Texas, woman who claimed self-defense in the May shooting death of her boyfriend was indicted Friday for murder by a Bowie County grand jury. Tonya Ruth Barnett, 40, called police at 5:29 a.m. May 24 and reported to…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A serial sexual offender received an automatic sentence of life without parole Wednesday after being convicted of the continuous sexual abuse of a child by a Bowie County jury. Rickey Willis, 55, was found guilty of repeatedly…
