TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department has arrested three people in connection to a homicide that occurred early Saturday morning. At approximately 3:50 AM this morning, officers were dispatched to a residence located in the 300 block of…
Six federal indictments issued last month by a federal grand jury in Arkansas accuse six men of distributing methamphetamine. All six men were indicted June 5 but appeared for arraignment on different dates in June in Texarkana. Two of the…
An Ashdown, Ark., man with a long history of drunk driving convictions has been indicted for murder in connection with a crash in February that killed two in Bowie County. Isiah Williams, 67, allegedly had a blood alcohol of .216,…
A former New Boston, Texas, Independent School District substitute teacher who worked at the middle school last fall has been indicted by a Bowie County grand jury for alleged misconduct with female students. Dylan Reed Simpson, 21, was indicted in…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A Texarkana man received five consecutive life sentences Thursday after being found guilty of giving teen girls drugs in exchange for sex. Kenneth Dewayne Nelson, 63, was found guilty Thursday morning by a jury of five counts…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A man accused of trading drugs for sex with five teen girls who pleaded guilty to seven felonies Tuesday withdrew his pleas Wednesday and elected to let a jury decide. Kenneth Dewayne Nelson, 63, pleaded guilty Tuesday…
A Duncanville, Texas, man accused of murder in the September 2013 death of a Hooks, Texas, woman pleaded not guilty to murder Monday at a hearing before a Bowie County district judge. Toddrick Matthews, 40, stood before 5th District Judge…
A Miller County jury sentenced a repeat offender to 37 years in prison last week. Tobey Lee McCarley, 40, was convicted of theft by receiving, possession of methamphetamine under two grams, possession of drug paraphernalia and simultaneous possession of drugs…
A federal grand jury in Texarkana indicted a man Thursday for allegedly possessing more than a kilogram of heroin with the intent to sell it. Armando Moya, 46, is the only defendant named in a one-count indictment accusing him of…
Officials in Miller County have arrested the parents of a 1-year-old girl and a 3-year-old boy for alleged physical abuse. Cody Howard, 37, and Alixyana Williams, 21, came to the attention of law enforcement in May after two “family friends”…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: After finding a Texarkana man guilty Thursday of burglary with intent to commit assault, 102nd Bowie County District Judge Bobby Lockhart sentenced him to 45 years in prison. Reggie Mason Smith, 42, chose to have his case…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A defendant’s uncooperative conduct and repeated verbal outbursts led to his restraint and removal during a bench trial Wednesday in Bowie County. Rather than have a jury decide if he is guilty of burglary of a habitation…
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…
A man accused of setting a woman’s Texarkana, Texas, house on fire last month could face life in prison if convicted. Premium “Bay Bay” Warez Clark, 32, was allegedly upset with the owner of a home in the 2100 block…
A fatal one-vehicle crash that left two passengers dead on a Bowie County highway in February could mean murder charges for a repeat DWI offender. Isiah Williams, 67, appeared Tuesday before 102nd District Judge Bobby Lockhart for a pre-indictment hearing…
