New Boston, Texas: The state and defense rested mid-afternoon Thursday in the trial of a Texas prison inmate facing a possible death sentence for killing a correctional officer at the Barry Telford Unit in July 2015. Billy Joel Tracy, 39,…
New Boston, Texas: A Dallas medical examiner testified Wednesday in the trial of capital murder defendant Billy Joel Tracy that the correctional officer he is accused of beating to death in 2015 suffered massive skull fractures. Tracy, 37, is facing…
A 19-year-old Texarkana man pleaded guilty to illegal dog fighting Monday in Miller County. Jaquavian Jaqwon Johnson received a sentence of five years probation at a hearing before Circuit Judge Carlton Jones. Johnson must pay a $1,000 fine and $5,240…
New Boston, Texas: A video of the beating that killed a correctional officer in July 2015 at the Barry Telford Unit in New Boston was played for the jury Monday morning in Billy Joel Tracy’s capital murder trial. A man…
A woman who stole cash paid for money orders while working at the U.S. Post Office in Maud, Texas, was sentenced to a year of probation by a federal judge in Texarkana this week. Sherry Deangelo had worked for the…
The Miller County Sheriff’s Office arrested 18-year-old Brian Lane Pond on a charge of Rape, according to a press release issued by Miller County Sheriff’s Office. According to Lieutenant Les L. Moody, the Criminal Investigation Division began an investigation into…
A man who stole tools, bayonets and a televison set from Red River Army Depot near Texarkana was sentenced to two years federal probation Monday. James Devin-Jaray Cheatham pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor theft of government property charge in June…
A Texarkana woman accused of running over and killing her boyfriend while driving drunk has been indicted for murder. Tammy Dawn Tholl, 42, faces five to 99 years or life in prison if convicted of murder in the Sept. 27…
A man who struck and spit on staff at the Southwest Arkansas Correction Center in Texarkana, Ark., has been charged with three new felony offenses by prosecutors in Miller County. Troy O’Guinn, 31, could receive up to six years in…
A Texarkana man and a Houston man were arrested by FBI agents in Texarkana for allegedly conspiring to distribute cocaine, ecstasy and Xanax in the Texarkana region. James Manuel of Houston and Fredrico Bradley of Texarkana are named in a…
A man accused of repeatedly fleeing from police is now facing a long list of charges connected to a large amount of drugs and paraphernalia found after a car and foot chase in August. Dustin Ray Vann, 28, managed to…
A man who used a cell phone to film other men in the locker room and showers at Planet Fitness in Texarkana, Texas, pleaded guilty to invasive recording at a hearing Thursday in Bowie County. William Watkins, 48, appeared with…
A foot doctor who used to operate a clinic in Texarkana pleaded guilty to one count of healthcare fraud Thursday as part of plea bargain which spares him any time behind bars. Glenn Gregg Petty, 52, formerly operated Dr. Petty’s…
The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested Gregory Williams, 49, of Texarkana Arkansas, on Tuesday afternoon after he fired shots at another vehicle following a crash. Williams and another driver were involved in a minor vehicle crash at the intersection of…
A Texarkana, Ark., man accused of dealing crack cocaine in the Texarkana area has been indicted by a federal grand jury. Aundra “Dre” Holmes, 38, pleaded not guilty to all four counts listed in an indictment accusing him of selling…
