NEW BOSTON, Texas: The mother of a 4-year-old who died in March of blunt force head trauma was in court Friday morning for a bond reduction hearing at the Bowie County courthouse in New Boston. At the end of the…
Texarkana, Ark. Police are investigating after discovering a body buried in the backyard of a home on Union Rd. in Texarkana, Ark. Although the identity of the deceased has not yet been confirmed by DNA or dental records, Police believe…
A Bowie County grand jury last week indicted a man accused of stabbing another outside of a downtown Texarkana non-profit center in April. Texarkana, Texas, police were called April 22 to the Randy Sam’s homeless shelter regarding a person who…
A 17-year-old is being charged as an adult in Miller County for the alleged sexual abuse of a 6-year-old girl. Dequintis Lamar Bailey is facing a minimum of 25 years on each of four counts of rape involving a girl…
A Nash, Texas, woman indicted Friday by a Bowie County grand jury on charges of child endangerment allegedly was driving with two 12-year-old boys in the trunk of her car when she was pulled over in April. Camille Marie Hancock,…
A former Trinity Christian School teacher who filmed boys in school restrooms without their knowledge was sentenced to four years in prison Monday as part of a plea bargain. Shane Samuel Jones, 31, pleaded guilty Monday to felony charges of…
The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested Stephen Powell, 38, of Texarkana Texas for Assault with Bodily Injury – Family Violence today. Powell is employed as a deputy/bailiff with the Bowie County Sheriff’s Office. Officers were dispatched to report of…
A Miller County man accused of sexually abusing an 8-year-old is facing multiple felony charges. Drew Curtis Bynum, 27, is charged with sexual assault and three counts of rape for alleged wrongdoing from March until June with the daughter of…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A DeKalb, Texas, man who pointed a gun at firefighters, shot two deputies, injured a third deputy and survived being shot himself, received a 50-year sentence Thursday as part of a plea agreement. Bryan Lee Batchelor, 49,…
A new trial date has been scheduled for a Miller County murder defendant accused of fatally stabbing a man as he drove his pickup on a Texarkana, Ark., street in November. Cameron Scott Halliburton, aka “Fishman,” appeared with Managing Public…
A Magnolia, Ark., man who caused more than $1,000 in damages April 30 to a new visitor’s center on Highway 71 must pay restitution to the department of transportation as a condition of his five-year probation. Dustin Wade Otwell, 37,…
A man who lost his job teaching at Trinity Chrtistian School in Texarkana, Ark., for allegedly filming boys secretively in bathrooms at the school and in a Texarkana, Texas, department store was in court Monday for a pretrial hearing in…
A former substitute teacher accused of misconduct involving New Boston, Texas, Independent School District middle school students entered pleas of not guilty Monday to indecency with a child by sexual contact and online solicitation of a minor. Dylan Reed Simpson,…
Miller County, Ark., prosecutors have charged three Texarkana residents with aggravated animal cruelty after finding two dogs dead in their back yard. Joyce Cooper, 61, Debra Maxwell, 58, and Antonious Maxwell, 37, each face up to six years in prison…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A Bowie County jury deliberated for about three hours Thursday before handing down an 18-year sentence for a Texarkana woman who was drunk when she collided with a motorcycle on New Boston Road in Texarkana last year.…
