The prosecutor handling the case of a nephew accused of murdering his uncle said she has been unable to get the victim’s family to speak with her. First Assistant District Attorney Kelley Crisp said at a pretrial hearing this week…
On Wednesday, August 28th, at approximately 10:00 p.m., TAPD responded to 2400 East 24th Street in reference to a 911 call of possible shooting. Upon arrival Officers located 3 male individuals inside an apartment with apparent gun shot wounds. Two…
A man accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl was acquitted Tuesday by a Miller County jury. Tarrell Parks, 35, testified that he often gave rides to the girl’s mother while he worked as a taxi driver in 2017. Parks…
A man accused of breaking into a family member’s hotel room, breaking bones in her neck and sexually assaulting her in 2016 received a court appointed lawyer Monday. Clifton “Kippie” Littlesam Poulton, 44, was indicted in January by a Bowie…
A collective effort between multiple law enforcement agencies led to the arrest of three burglars this past Saturday afternoon. Bowie County Deputies Randall Baggett and Pat Wrinkle were dispatched to a burglary in progress in the 200 block of Presley…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A Bowie County jury deliberated less than half an hour before sentencing an inmate with a history of murder to life in prison for assaulting a Telford Unit correctional officer in November 2016. The eight-woman, four-man jury…
A felony information filed Wednesday in a Texarkana, Texas, court charges a former treasurer of the Pleasant Grove High School Showstoppers Booster Club with wire fraud in connection with the alleged embezzlement of approximately $60,000. Nikki Diane May allegedly pocketed…
The Bowie County Sheriff’s Office has been informed that workers for the 2020 census will be actively working in Bowie County from now through July 31, 2020. Currently, census workers will be out verifying addresses only. This means you may…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–An inmate accused of assaulting a correctional officer in November 2016 at the Barry Telford Unit in New Boston is on trial this week in Bowie County. David Robert Steiner Jr., 40, is serving time in the Texas…
NACOGDOCHES, TX (August 21,2019). On August 20th, 2019 around 12:30 p.m. an Officer with the Nacogdoches Police Department K9 Unit conducted a traffic stop in the 4500 block of NW Stallings Dr. The passenger in the vehicle ran from the…
A Miller County circuit judge granted a defense request Tuesday for a gag order in the case of woman accused of capital murder in the death of her husband’s 3-year-old daughter. McKenna Belcher, 26, appeared with Little Rock lawyer Andrea…
On Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at approximately 9:00 a.m., members of the Bi-State/8th South Narcotics Task Force, Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office, Miller County Sheriff’s Office, Lewisville Police Department and Arkansas State Police executed a search warrant at a residence located…
A man who claims he was beaten and denied medical treatment during a two-day stay at the Bi-State jail is suing the private company that manages it in a Texarkana, Texas, federal court. William Scott Jones, 41, was arrested by…
Prosecutors in Miller County recently filed formal harges of rape against two brothers, 20 and 21, accused of sexual misconduct with a younger male. Joseph Baker, 21, and Joshua Baker, 20, are each facing two counts of rape. Deputy Prosecuting…
A man who unsuccessfully tried to rob the Ellis Pottery garden store on Summerhill Road in Texarkana, Texas, last November is now accused of trying unsuccessfully to escape from the Bowie County jail. Brandon Lee Staggs, 26, was allegedly “chipping…
