NEW BOSTON, Texas: A man accused of trading drugs for sex with five teen girls who pleaded guilty to seven felonies Tuesday withdrew his pleas Wednesday and elected to let a jury decide. Kenneth Dewayne Nelson, 63, pleaded guilty Tuesday…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested Javier Perez, 26, of Terrell, Texas, on Tuesday for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child. At approximately 5:40 yesterday afternoon, officers were dispatched to the Texarkana Public Library, located at 600…
A Duncanville, Texas, man accused of murder in the September 2013 death of a Hooks, Texas, woman pleaded not guilty to murder Monday at a hearing before a Bowie County district judge. Toddrick Matthews, 40, stood before 5th District Judge…
A Miller County jury sentenced a repeat offender to 37 years in prison last week. Tobey Lee McCarley, 40, was convicted of theft by receiving, possession of methamphetamine under two grams, possession of drug paraphernalia and simultaneous possession of drugs…
A federal grand jury in Texarkana indicted a man Thursday for allegedly possessing more than a kilogram of heroin with the intent to sell it. Armando Moya, 46, is the only defendant named in a one-count indictment accusing him of…
A man who prosecutors describe as a “serial, hands-on offender against minors” was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison Wednesday for receiving child pornography. Nathan Karl Thomas, 25, pleaded guilty March 31, 2016, to two counts of receipt of…
A federal judge is expected to decide the punishment a child predator should receive Wednesday morning at a hearing in Texarkana’s federal courthouse downtown. Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Susan Hickey listened to multiple witnesses testify about Nathan Karl Thomas’ obsession…
Tkeshon Trotter, 22, was arrested for Criminal Mischief after she caused a large disturbance at Cold Stone Creamery on Sunday afternoon. According to Texarkana, Texas Police she got upset when employees wouldn’t give her the refund that she believed she…
Officials in Miller County have arrested the parents of a 1-year-old girl and a 3-year-old boy for alleged physical abuse. Cody Howard, 37, and Alixyana Williams, 21, came to the attention of law enforcement in May after two “family friends”…
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…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A defendant’s uncooperative conduct and repeated verbal outbursts led to his restraint and removal during a bench trial Wednesday in Bowie County. Rather than have a jury decide if he is guilty of burglary of a habitation…
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…
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…
A man accused of setting a woman’s Texarkana, Texas, house on fire last month could face life in prison if convicted. Premium “Bay Bay” Warez Clark, 32, was allegedly upset with the owner of a home in the 2100 block…
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…
