After hearing a third day of testimony and closing arguments from the state and defense, a Miller County jury deliberated for about two hours before requesting an evening recess Thursday. Circuit Judge Brent Haltom released the jury with instructions to…
Opening remarks and testimony began this morning before a Miller County jury tasked with deciding if a local man is guilty of child sexual abuse. Jared Allen Harper, 34, was romantically involved with the alleged victim’s mother before the allegations…
A Texarkana grandmother accused of murdering her former son-in-law in July 2015 is scheduled to face a Bowie County jury in January. Annette Fisher, 54, was arrested July 22, 2015, less than half an hour after she allegedly shot Russell…
A man who robbed a Paris, Texas, movie theater, a DeKalb, Texas, convenience store and a Mount Vernon, Texas, bank during a spree of armed robberies in November 2015 was sentenced to more than 87 years in federal prison Friday.…
A man convicted of stalking a child online in 2013 in an Arkansas state court, was sentenced Thursday to 57 months in prison by a federal judge in Texarkana for viewing child pornography on the internet. Nolen Reece Baker, 42,…
A Bowie County grand jury indicted a Queen City, Texas, man Wednesday in connection with a fatal car crash in April. Tyler Reed Pate, 24, allegedly struck a Toyota Avalon in the right lane as he drove a Ford Fusion…
A Bowie County grand jury indicted a Redwater, Texas, man Wednesday accused of beating his mother with a baseball bat and slitting her throat. Dakoda Leeves Dodd, 22, became the subject of a manhunt after a guest of Dodd’s mother…
A Lafayette County Arkansas woman is in custody for animal cruelty charges after dozens of neglected and dead pets were found in her home. According to an animal rescue organization involved with the case, on Tuesday the 8th Judicial District…
A former producer of the Dr. Phil Show is accused of stealing video of the show’s star, in a federal copyright infringement lawsuit filed Thursday in Texarkana, Texas. The suit, filed on behalf of Peteski Productions Inc., the company which…
Four Texarkana men who allegedly used stolen pickups to smash a pawn shop store front on consecutive days in December have been charged with multiple felonies by prosecutors in Miller County. Davarski Ladarin Bradley, 21, Jucquian Martez Tyson, 20, Phillip…
A woman who pocketed more than $70,000 in funds belonging to her former employer pleaded guilty Monday before a judge in Bowie County. Latisha Nicole Jenkins McMurry, 33, appeared Monday morning before 102nd District Judge Bobby Lockhart for a plea…
The alleged abuse of a puppy by a man in Fouke, Ark., has resulted in an arrest for misdemeanor animal cruelty. Jedediah Stonestreet, 36, was arrested Saturday evening. He made a $2,500 bond and was released the same evening. MCSO…
A 64-year-old Desoto, Texas, man accused of shooting a fellow motorist on a Bowie County highway in April has pleaded not guilty. William Calvin Crunk appeared for arraignment Wednesday before 102nd District Judge Bobby Lockhart. Crunk’s attorney, Derric McFarland of…
A Texarkana woman’s bond was revoked at the end of a hearing before a Bowie County judge Wednesday because of two subsequent arrests. Latisha Jenkins McMurry, 33, appeared with attorney Michael Friedman of Texarkana for arraignment before 102nd District Judge…
A Texarkana man accused of shooting a 15-year-old boy in the leg in April pleaded not guilty Tuesday at an arraignment hearing in Bowie County. Devonta Deshun Henderson, aka “Vonta”, 25, appeared with Shoaib Daredia of the Bowie County Public…
