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…
KENNER HAS BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY BY A JURY Miller County prosecutors have formally charged a California pastor from Texarkana with rape for the alleged abuse of a younger relative when she was a child. David Jerome Keener, 36, would…
A crash in Miller County, Ark., that took the life of a Mineral Springs, Ark., woman during the holiday season last year has resulted in the arrest of a Texarkana, Texas, man. Ralph Vernon Hendrix, 62, was allegedly twice the…
A DeQueen, Ark., man was ordered to remain in custody Thursday at the end of a detention hearing before a federal judge in Texarkana. Randy Terrell Hayes, 31, was arrested in August 2017 on a federal criminal complaint accusing him…
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…
A 71-year-old New Boston, Texas, man is facing charges in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a teen girl. John Markus Littleton appeared Monday before 202nd District Judge John Tidwell for a pre-indictment hearing with a member of the…
A 20-year-old DeKalb, Texas, man accused of causing the death of one passenger and injuring three others when he crashed into a tree on a Bowie County highway in January 2016 received a 10-year probation Friday. Isidro Mariano appeared with…
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…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A jury of seven men and five women was chosen Tuesday to decide the punishment a DeSoto, Texas, man should receive for shooting at a fellow driver on a Bowie County highway last year. William Calvin Crunk,…
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…
On Saturday, April 12 at approximately 7:15 a.m. Miller County Deputies responded to an address on Tennessee Road in reference to a burned camper. Deputies met with the property owner who stated that at 7 a.m., he noted that his…
An alleged serial arsonist is being ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation by the judge overseeing his case in Bowie County. Clifford Martin Clark, 26, is charged with four counts of second-degree arson for fires allegedly set in abandoned Texarkana,…
