On Tuesday, August 13 Bowie County Deputy Ed Steger and Investigator Dustin Thompson worked with a local resident and arranged for Jessica Stotts to deliver three and one-half ounces of methamphetamine to a residence. Deputy Steger and Investigator Thompson waited…
A man who repeatedly stabbed an EZ Mart clerk with a screwdriver during a robbery received 45 years in prison Monday. Oral Sonny Shorter Jr., 20, attacked the clerk Oct. 20 as she was walking out of a freezer at…
For the third time, a jury was chosen to decide the case of a man facing a murder charge in Miller County for allegedly shooting another over a dispute concerning a parking spot. Marvin Arrell Stanton, 53, was 48 when…
A teen accused of attacking a mother and holding a gun to her toddler’s head has been indicted by a Bowie County grand jury for aggravated robbery and aggravated kidnapping. Xavier Lavar French, 18, is accused of pistol whipping a…
A local man will serve 15 years in prison for a fatal crash that occurred while he was fleeing from Wake Village, Texas, police last year. Deontrae Delshawn Solomon, 20, pleaded guilty Tuesday to evading arrest or detention resulting in…
Two brothers, 20 and 21, are facing charges of rape in Miller County for the alleged sexual abuse of a younger male relative. Joseph Baker, 21, and Joshua Baker, 20, are accused of molesting the boy when he was between…
A Bowie County man has been arrested for Voyeurism of a Child Under 14 Years of Age. On Saturday, August 3 around 1:00 p.m., the Bowie County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of Dunham Drive about a prowler that…
Sheriff James Prince and his Chief Deputy, Jeff Neal, recently attended the Sheriffs’ Association of Texas 141st Annual Training Conference at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, July 27 – July 30, 2019. Over 1,500 were in…
The case of a Texarkana man accused of holding a gun to a 2-year-old’s head while robbing the child’s mother is expected to be presented to a grand jury soon for indictment. Xavier Lavar French, 19, is accused of attacking…
A woman facing child sexual abuse charges in connection with a larger Texas Department of Public Safety investigation into human trafficking pleaded not guilty Wednesday at a hearing in Bowie County. Della Lou Griffin, 53, allegedly arranged for a female…
Robert Dale Barkman, 66, of Atlanta, Texas was arrested Fridaqy on fifteen felony level offenses relating to child pornography. Barkman was indicted by the Grand Jury on Wednesday, July 31 for five counts of Promotion of Child Pornography (Second Degree…
A Miller County jury Wednesday sentenced an Ozan, Ark., man to 20 years in prison for causing the death of a 24-year-old husband and father in 2017. Forrest Rector Stewart Jr., 64, was high on methamphetamine Nov. 2, 2017, when…
Both the state and defense rested Tuesday evening in the trial of a 64-year-old man accused of being high on meth when he caused a fatal crash in November 2017 on Highway 67 in Miller County. Forrest Rector Stewart was…
A Texarkana man was sentenced to 40 years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to seven felony sex crimes in Miller County involving the repeated molestation of a boy who came forward in adulthood. Freddie Russell Turner molested a boy…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred late Saturday night in the 1400 and 1500 blocks of Milam Street that is believed to have been the continuation of an altercation that occurred earlier…
