There’s been an arrest made in last month’s murder of 21-year-old Jaylen Betts. Over the weekend, 24-year-old Benjamin Brem was taken into custody in Houston on several Texarkana arrest warrants. Detective Casey Schmidt was able to figure out who was…
Beginning July 1, 2025, major changes are coming to the way Texas handles temporary license plates, as part of a sweeping effort to crack down on fraudulent paper tags. House Bill 718, passed during the 88th Legislative Session in 2023,…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A Texarkana woman charged with aggravated assault allegedly told police that the man she is accused of putting in the hospital following a knife attack stabbed himself in the back before crashing into an air conditioning unit at a…
TEXARKANA, Ark. – A 20-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that occurred Sunday night at Village Park South Apartments in Texarkana, Arkansas. Randy L. Page Jr. was taken into custody on May 21, 2025, following the…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A suspect in the stabbing last month of a Texarkana man is being held in the Bowie County jail with bail at $125,000. Yahir Barboza-Valerio, 22, shoved a blade into the abdomen of a man who stopped his SUV…
Texarkana Man Charged With Negligent Homicide In Crash Death Of Hope Woman HOPE, Ark–A Texarkana, Texas, man is facing charges of negligent homicide and driving while intoxicated, third or more, in connection with a single-vehicle crash last June that took…
Texarkana’s pickleball community is getting organized. A new group, the Texarkana Pickleball Club, is officially forming to support and grow the rapidly expanding sport in the area. For just $25 a year, members of the club will gain access to…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–A Texarkana man indicted for murder in connection with the death of a fellow inmate at the Telford Unit had been convicted by a Bowie County jury just months before the killing to a decade in prison for…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–A Bowie County jury recommended a sentence of life plus 45 years Thursday for a Texarkana man they convicted of assault and deadly conduct on Wednesday. Brioni Sevon Dansby, 38, will serve the terms at the same time,…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A Mount Pleasant, Texas, man was sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison Monday for possessing more than 600 images depicting the sexual abuse of children. Rodolfo Trejo, 32, appeared for sentencing Monday before U.S. District Judge…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man who allegedly assaulted another last week with a green-handled hatchet reportedly told police he attacked because the alleged victim “pissed him off.” Michael Keith Gerrity, 67, was reportedly pushing a cart filled with his belongings when police…
The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department (TAPD) has made an arrest in connection with a daytime shooting that occurred last Friday near East 32nd and Laurel Street. Peterios Davidson, 18, has been charged with Aggravated Assault and Battery in the First…
A routine traffic stop on Highway 67 turned into a major drug bust Thursday after deputies discovered more than 100 pounds of marijuana hidden in a vehicle. According to the Bowie County Sheriff’s Office, Deputy David McAlexander pulled over a…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man charged with capital murder in the March shooting death of a clerk at a Family Dollar store in Maud, Texas, entered a not guilty plea Monday at a hearing in Texarkana. Keshawn Deiron Wickware, 27, appeared Monday…
HOPE, Ark–A man being held in the Hempstead County jail in Hope who allegedly broke a window of the facility the day before he assaulted and choked a correctional officer is facing felony charges of assault and impairing the operation…
