WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that it has settled False Claims Act allegations against dental management company Benevis LLC (formerly known as NCDR LLC) and more than 130 of its affiliated Kool Smiles dental clinics for which Benevis…
A Texarkana, Ark., man who ran over and killed his wife in 2016 received a total 30-year prison sentence Tuesday. Lucas Connor McCarley, 36, appeared with Texarkana lawyer Matt Stephens before Circuit Judge Brent Haltom in a courtroom at the…
A 54-year-old Texarkana woman was sentenced to 40 years Monday after pleading guilty to her former son-in-law’s murder. Annette Fisher appeared before 5th District Judge Bill Miller with Mount Pleasant, Texas, attorney Mark Lesher. Assistant District Attorney Lauren Richards said Fisher’s plea…
Several inmates serving federal prison sentences in Texarkana appeared in court Thursday for allegedly possessing contraband. Chester Brown, 42; Eric Wayne Grimes, 33; and Charles Webb, 43, appeared at separate hearings Thursday morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge Caroline Craven in…
Bail was set at half a million Tuesday for a man accused of molesting a 9-year-old girl in Texarkana, Ark., more than a decade ago. Gerald Herbert Lowery Sr., 57, appeared before Miller County Circuit Judge Kirk Johnson for an…
A Hooks, Texas, man accused of sexual misconduct with a teen girl he met while both worked at Steak ‘n Shake in Texarkana, Texas, pleaded not guilty Tuesday at a hearing in Bowie County. Joseph William White, 34, became the…
A Texarkana man accused of giving five teen girls Xanax, marijuana and methamphetamine in exchange for sex has been indicted by a Bowie County grand jury for five counts of continuous trafficking of persons. Kenneth Dewayne Nelson, 63, was also…
A DeKalb, Texas, man accused of shooting two deputies and firing at a third after setting fire to his own home in September has been indicted by a Bowie County grand jury. Bryan Lee Batchelor, 49, was formally charged by…
A Bowie County district judge denied a defense motion for a change of venue in the murder trial of a Texarkana woman accused of murdering her former son-in-law in July 2015. Annette Fisher, 54, appeared with attorney Mark Lesher of…
A former New Boston, Texas, high school coach has been indicted by a Bowie County grand jury for alleged sexual misconduct with a 15-year-old male student. Zachary Moody, 40, was arrested in April when allegations of inappropriate conduct in the…
A Texarkana man who became a fugitive when he failed to show for jury selection at his own trial in May was in court Monday for the first time since his arrest. Demontrous O’Keith Witcher, 31, was dressed in jail…
A group of concerned citizens has filed a lawsuit against the City of Texarkana, Ark. over police pay parity with the Texas side. “Repeated attempts by concerned citizens have been made to the Mayor and City Manager to account for…
A federal judge in Texarkana sentenced an 84-year-old man to 262 months in federal prison Wednesday for sexually exploiting a girl under 16. Jay Earl Anderson of Winnsboro, Texas, coerced the girl into performing sexual acts and then shared photographs…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: One of four men accused in the March 2016 murder of a Texarkana father was found guilty of capital murder Thursday and sentenced to life without the possibilty of parole. Anthony Wilson Jr., 20, was convicted after…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: The defendant in a capital murder trial which began Wednesday morning in Bowie County was identified as the ring leader of a botched robbery attempt by a co-defendant. Anthony Wilson Jr., 20, is one of four men…
