TEXARKANA, Ark.–A diesel mechanic shop in Texarkana, Arkansas, has agreed to pay at least a $50,000 fine for tampering with emissions control systems in diesel-powered trucks in violation of the federal Clean Air Act. The owner and president of Redemption…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–The victim of a fatal shooting last week was allegedly shot outside his father’s New Boston apartment with his own firearm by a close friend in the heat of an argument. The accused shooter, Javier Jesus Vega, 21,…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A mother and step-father accused in the beating death of a five-year-old boy last week allegedly waited nearly two hours to call 911 after finding the child wasn’t breathing, according to court records. Terry Don Robinson Jr., 35, and…
HOPE, Ark–A Michigan man who sexually abused a 14-year-old Hope girl in 2022 is being held in the Hempstead County jail following extradition from Illinois where he was recently paroled from a five-year term for aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Aaron…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A former employee of a local equipment manufacturing business was arrested Friday after allegedly making threats to harm his former co-workers. Byron Phillip Powell, 41, on Thursday allegedly told a Ledwell & Son’s employee he encountered outside the gate…
HOPE, Ark. — On Tuesday, September 17, 2024, at approximately 7:42 a.m., Arkansas State Police (ASP) stopped a grey 2024 Chevrolet Trailblazer around the 28-mile marker on Interstate 30 East in Hempstead County for a traffic violation. Troopers searched the…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man who was required to wear a GPS ankle monitor as a condition of his parole was arrested last week in Bowie County for allegedly cutting the device off his leg. Bobby Lee Olds, 51, who has also…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A Texarkana man is facing a stalking charge in Bowie County, Texas for allegedly tracking his former wife with a GPS device hidden in her car, which he is accused of vandalizing with a gender slur in Miller County,…
Time Agency Type Disposition Address 00:07:48 TA POLICE DEPARTMENT OTHER B ASSISTANCE RENDERED 410 DRAUGHN AV TEXARKANA, AR 71854 00:09:22 TA POLICE DEPARTMENT ALARM X BACK UP/EXTRA UNIT ON CALL 5443 JEFFERSON AVENUE TEXARKANA, AR 71854 00:10:17 TT POLICE DEPARTMENT…
HOPE, Ark–An Indiana man who allegedly exchanged gunfire with Arkansas State Police troopers during a highway chase in July has been formally charged with multiple felonies by the Hempstead County’s prosecuting attorney’s office, according to records filed Monday. Joshua Allen…
TEXARKANA, Ark–A doctor who was convicted in 2022 by a federal court jury of excessively prescribing addictive drugs to turn a profit was recently sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison. Lonnie Joseph Parker, 60, was found guilty…
On Saturday, September 14, 2024, at approximately 8:11 a.m., Officers from TTPD were dispatched to Wadley Hospital for a 2-year-old child that arrived with a gunshot wound to the leg. The juvenile’s mother was on scene with the child and…
On Wednesday, September 11, 2024, Special Agents from the Arkansas State Police (ASP) Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force arrested Alejandro Mendoza, 34, of Texarkana, Ark., for felony counts of Engaging Children in Sexually Explicit Conduct and Possessing of…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A 63-year-old Hooks, Texas, man who allegedly flew to Virginia in June to meet a 13-year-old child for sex is currently being held in the Bowie County jail with bails totaling $2 million. Dennis Lee Chilton allegedly remained in…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man who was once selling as many as 500 counterfeit pain pills per day was sentenced Wednesday to more than 12 years in prison by a federal judge in Texarkana. Kolton Todd Saulsbury, 35, was given a 151-month…
