New Boston, Texas–A Bowie County jury leveled a 60-year prison term Thursday in the trial of a 22-year-old Texarkana man who robbed his victim. Marquell Smith will not be eligible for parole until he has served one half, or 30…
On Thursday February 16, 2017, at approximately 10:00am, the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department responded to BancorpSouth, located at 2200 North Stateline Avenue, in reference to a Robbery. The investigation revealed an unknown man entered the business and demanded money from…
Hot Springs, Arkansas – Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Curodrick Randle, age 41, of Texarkana, was sentenced today to 72 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on…
Texarkana, Ark. Police are investigating an armed robbery of a local BancorpSouth branch that occurred Thursday morning on State Line Ave. Just before 10 a.m. Thursday Texarkana, Ark. Police responded to a bank robbery call at the BancorpSouth in the…
A Bowie County jury returned a guilty verdict Wednesday evening for a man accused of killing a Texarkana man he wanted to rob. [su_survey] Marquell Smith, 22, will return to court Thursday for the punishment phase of trial. The jury…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department is investigating an armed robbery that occurred at a convenience store in the 2700 block of South Lake Drive on Tuesday afternoon. Officers were dispatched to the report of a robbery at…
Judge Wren Autrey has announced the Texarkana, Arkansas District Court and the Miller County District Court will grant Amnesty beginning February 1, 2017 through March 31, 2017 for individuals that have outstanding warrants for failure to appear or contempt. During…
A former Texarkana, Ark., School District teacher and dance instructor received a six-year felony probation Tuesday as part of a plea bargain for sexual assault of a 16-year-old student. [su_survey] Julie Gross Aultman, 43, entered a plea Tuesday to first-degree…
New Boston, Texas–A man who claims he watched as the defendant in a Bowie County murder trial pumped three bullets into a man whose drugs he wanted to steal testified that he kept quiet for months out of fear for…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested Timothy Paul Wilder, Sr., 60, of Texarkana, Texas for Sexual Assault of a Child, according to a TTPD press release. [su_survey] Officers were notified of the allegations after the child told…
Allegations of child sexual abuse led a Bowie County man to quit his job as a correctional officer with the Barry Telford Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice last month. Michael Avis, 31, resigned his position mid-January. He…
Texarkana, Ark. Police are currently looking for 36-year-old Benjamin Henderson in connection with a shooting that occurred Saturday night at the Stop & Shop. At approximately 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 11th, TAPD responded to a 911 call of a…
Jury selection is expected to begin Monday at the Bowie County courthouse for one of three defendants accused of murder in the shooting of a Texarkana man in 2015. Marquell Deonte Smith, 22, is one of three defendants facing a…
Texarkana, Ark. Police are investigating a shooting that occurred at the Stop & Shop gas station on E. 9th Street Saturday night. [su_survey] According to radio traffic the victim was shot in the head. The condition of the victim is…
Bowie County Sheriff’s Office arrested two individuals for possession of a controlled substance after receiving a tip Thursday. Jason Mathew Weaver and Alicia Kaye Braley were arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance Over Four Grams and Under 200 Grams.…
