Category Courts

Judge revokes teen’s bond

A 19-year-old from Palestine, Texas, who is accused in the January 2017 attempted capital murder and robbery of a Texarkana, Ark., convenience store clerk is back in custody. Chavel Terrell Jemison appeared Tuesday morning before Circuit Judge Carlton Jones to…

Man arrested for child sex abuse

Years after it allegedly occurred, a man accused of repeatedly abusing the younger sister of a former girlfriend has been arrested. Johnathan Edward Williams, 34, denied any wrongdoing in an interview with Bowie County Sheriff’s Office investigators in February. But…

I-30 shooter gets 15 years

NEW BOSTON, Texas: A DeSoto, Texas, man who shot another driver while traveling on Interstate 30 last year received a 15-year prison sentence Thursday from a Bowie County jury. William Calvin Crunk, 64, must serve at least half his sentence…

Sex offender facing new charges

A man convicted of molesting a 10-year-old in Kentucky appeared before a federal judge in Texarkana recently for failing to register as a sex offender. Robert Eugene Puckett, 43, appeared with Federal Public Defender Bruce Eddy for an initial appearance…