Category Crime

Judge hands down 45-year sentence

NEW BOSTON, Texas: After finding a Texarkana man guilty Thursday of burglary with intent to commit assault, 102nd Bowie County District Judge Bobby Lockhart sentenced him to 45 years in prison. Reggie Mason Smith, 42, chose to have his case…

Judge revokes teen’s bond

A 19-year-old from Palestine, Texas, who is accused in the January 2017 attempted capital murder and robbery of a Texarkana, Ark., convenience store clerk is back in custody. Chavel Terrell Jemison appeared Tuesday morning before Circuit Judge Carlton Jones to…

Little Rock Couple Arrested in Stolen Vehicle

The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested Earl-Barnabas Coleman, 25, and Ashley Wiggens, 26, both of Little Rock, Arkansas, after they were found in a stolen vehicle at the Roadrunner convenience store at 4101 N. Kings Highway early Tuesday. A call…

Woman Arrested for Aggravated Assault

The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested Daja Smith, 18, of Atlanta Texas, for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon late on Wednesday.   Officers were dispatched to a report of a motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian at Sunset Apartments…

Three Arrested for Dollar General Robbery

The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested three people for the May 26th robbery of the Dollar General store.  Jaquaylon James, 17, of Texarkana Texas, and two sixteen year old juveniles turned themselves in to authorities on Tuesday after warrants were…