NEW BOSTON, Texas: The state and defense closed their cases Tuesday afternoon in the capital murder trial of Billy Joel Tracy, a Texas inmate who beat a correctional officer to death at the Barry Telford Unit in 2015. Tracy, 39,…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: The defense rested Monday in Billy Joel Tracy’s capital murder trial at the Bowie County courthouse in New Boston. Tracy, 39, is facing a possible death sentence in the July 15, 2015, beating death of Barry Telford…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: Several defense experts testified in the sentencing phase of Billy Joel Tracy’s capital murder trial that the inmate who beat a correctional officer to death in 2015 at the Barry Telford Unit has a “broken brain.” Tracy,…
Texarkana, Ark. police arrested 2 people early Friday morning for theft after a citizen reported rocking chair being stolen from their porch. Early this morning TAPD Delta Squad Officers responded to the area of Parkland Street, in reference to a…
A man who never returned after lunch during his trial in Bowie County for felony drunk driving Wednesday received a 20-year sentence from a jury. Eric Darnell Jemison Jr., 32, is now a wanted man. Jemison was in court for…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A medical expert testified Thursday for the defense that inmate Billy Joel Tracy has an abnormal brain. Tracy, 39, is facing a possible death sentence for beating Correctional Officer Timothy Davison to death July 15, 2015, at…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department is offering a two-hour course on church security and responding to active shooters at 6:00 p.m. on November 16, 2017. It will be held at the Special Operations and Training Center, located…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: The state rested its case Tuesday in the sentencing phase of Texas inmate Billy Joel Tracy’s capital murder trial. Tracy, 39, faces a potential death sentence in the July 15, 2015, murder of Correctional Officer Timothy Davison…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–A jury in Bowie County handed down a 35-year prison sentence Friday for a former National Guardsman who slipped into a female guard member’s hotel room as she slept in November 2014. Ronnie Ricks, 33, and a group…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: Correctional Officer Katie Stanley testified Friday that she believed she was going to die after Billy Joel Tracy stabbed her seven times in 2005 with a handmade knife at a prison in Amarillo, Texas. Tracy, 39, is…
According to Miller County Sheriff’s Office the investigation of the shooting on MC 290 has led investigators to obtain Aggravated Robbery warrants for three individuals. 21-year-old Kiana Keshaun Montgomery, 19-year-old Shaynesha Martin, and 20-year-old Ke’Erica Turner have all been arrested…
On November 2, 2017 members of the Bi-State (8th South Judicial) Narcotics Task Force in conjunction with Texarkana Arkansas Police Department, Miller County Sheriff’s Office, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation served arrest warrants on several individuals both in the…
Bowie County Sheriff’s Office arrested 4 people early Tuesday morning for theft of a firearm and burglary of a vehicle. Teddrick Trayron Solomon and three juveniles were arrested for the crimes. According to a Bowie County Sheriff’s Office press release,…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: Witnesses who testified for the state Thursday in the sentencing phase of Billy Joel Tracy’s capital murder trial described the Texas inmate as a trouble maker bent on taking the life of a correctional officer. Tracy, 39,…
In recent months, the Texarkana AR Police department has had numerous breaking or entering of vehicles reports. On October 31st, members of the Criminal Investigation Division identified the suspect as Marquis Robinson, 31yoa, from Bastrop, LA. It was also discovered…
