A hearing was held before a Bowie County district judge to address a murder defendant’s desire for a lower bond. Tyvon Montrel Gullatt, 23, is currently being held in the Bowie County jail with bond set at $1 million. Gullatt…
The second jury to hear the case of a Texarkana, Ark., man accused of child sexual abuse convicted him of all charges and handed down a 30-year sentence Wednesday. Jared Allen Harper, 36, was first tried for rape, second-degree sexual…
A Miller County man whose trial ended in a mistrial last year because of a deadlocked jury is facing a second jury this week in Miller County. Jared Allen Harper, 35, is charged with rape, second-degree sexual assault and sexual indecency…
A man who was using the U.S. Postal Service to receive large shipments of methamphetamine from a supplier in California was sentenced Thursday to more than 12 years in federal prison. Tacorrius Marquan Jordan, 26, appeared for sentencing Thursday afternoon…
A Hooks, Texas, man pleaded guilty to theft of government property Tuesday before a federal judge in Texarkana. Matthew Randall Parsons, 32, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Caroline Craven for his first court appearance on an information charging him with…
A Hope, Ark., couple was arrested last week for allegedly possessing cocaine and a handgun reported stolen in Texarkana. According to a press release, Sharon Weston, 52, was not at home when officers arrived to arrest her on a federal…
A man accused of inappropriately communicating online with female students he met while working as a substitute teacher at the middle school in New Boston, Texas, could be indicted soon by a Bowie County grand jury. Dylan Reed Simpson, 21,…
A Bowie County grand jury handed down a murder indictment Thursday for a 23-year-old Texarkana man accused of fatally shooting another in a gas station parking lot last month. Tyvon Montrel Gullatt is accused of shooting Carlos Clark at Chevron…
A former teacher accused of filming unsuspecting boys as they used the restroom has been indicted for invasive visual recording by a Bowie County grand jury. Shane Samuel Jones, 31, is accused of filming a boy in November in a…
A 65-year-old Texarkana, Ark., man accused of committing a string of armed robberies in the Texarkana area last year is facing new charges. Texarkana, Ark., police arrested Troy Lee Ware on seven counts of aggravated robbery in January. Deputy Prosecuting…
The capital murder conviction of a Texarkana, Ark., woman convicted by a jury of killing a fellow square dancer was affirmed Thursday by the Arkansas Supreme Court. Virginia Ann Hyatt, 69, was found guilty by a Miller County jury in…
A Texarkana, Ark., man received a 25-year prison term Wednesday after pleading guilty to rape in Miller County. Mark McCullough, 56, was scheduled to go on trial later this week for sexually abusing a girl to whom he is related.…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A New Boston man who shared photos of himself raping a 2-year-old girl pleaded guilty Tuesday in Bowie County and received a life sentence. Joseph Clinton Leatherman Jr., 30, pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault of a…
A man accused of throwing bricks at a Miller County deputy after throwing bricks through the windows of a relatives home has been formally charged by prosecutors. Martel McCreery, 53, was arrested Feb. 8 after a disturbance call brought Deputy…
A man accused of sexually assaulting the mother of his two children at knifepoint in her New Boston, Texas, home in September asked for a lower bail at a court hearing Friday. Brandon Harrison, 31, has been in jail since…
