On Wednesday, June 5, 2024, at approximately 1:48 a.m., Texarkana Arkansas Police Officers were called to Neighborhood Car Wash, 1216 East Street in response to four juvenile suspects attempting to break in and vandalize the coin machines at the car…
On Friday, May 31, 2024, at approximately 11:00 p.m., Texarkana Arkansas Police Officers were called to Whiskey River located at 310 E. 49th Street in response to a shooting incident. Witnesses at the bar informed the officers that the suspect,…
Arkansas State Police (ASP) is asking for the assistance of anyone who may have information relating to a Hempstead County pedestrian hit-and-run that left a Texarkana, Texas, man dead. On Monday, May 27, 2024, at around 12:35 a.m., ASP responded…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A federal indictment unsealed last week accuses a former employee of Texarkana-based Trumble Construction Inc., doing business as RBT Construction Inc., of bilking the company of more than $260,000 in 2020 and 2021 through phony invoices. Dezmann Joseph Rice…
HOPE, Ark.–A woman arrested last week in Hope has been accused of smoking marijuana while driving erratically with a 5-year-old child in the front seat, according to court records. Dawn Bryant, 53, was allegedly observed by a director with the…
TEXARKANA, Texas–Bail has been set at $200,000 for a woman whose 14-month-old child tested positive for methamphetamine and fentanyl after being hospitalized under emergency circumstances earlier this month. Madison Reniece Jones, 24, is facing five to 99 years or life…
BOWIE COUNTY, Texas–A Texarkana man who was allegedly armed and wearing body armor on the Red River Bridge earlier this month, frightening people there fishing, has been charged with multiple felonies and driving while intoxicated. Jason Gary Hall, 47, was…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man who allegedly brought his 6-year-old with him when he drove to meet someone for sex he thought was a 16-year-old, has been indicted by a Bowie County grand jury for multiple felonies. James Clark Willis, 37, allegedly…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A felony charge has been leveled against a man accused of leaving his disabled car in the road and running from the scene last week in Texarkana after ignoring a red light and colliding into a cement truck that…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man who reportedly terrified several young girls by exposing himself and chasing them down a residential street last week had only been out of jail for four days at the time, court records show. Fredrick Lamar Williams, 37,…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man accused of sexually abusing a young girl from age eight to 12 years is being held in the Bowie County jail with bonds totaling $350,000. The girl made an outcry of long-term, ongoing sexual abuse by Alberto…
Effective May 3, 2024, Ed Chattaway will assume the duties of Interim Chief of Police for the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department. Ed Chattaway has been a resident of Texarkana for nearly 50 years. He has been happily married to his…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–A man who allegedly “borrowed” hundreds of dollars from elderly residents of an area assisted living center where he was working in maintenance was arrested on multiple felony charges last week and is being held with bonds totaling…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A husband and wife have been scheduled for separate trials in December in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of three young children. Cody Blake Barnes, 31, is accused of the long-term sexual abuse of two girls, ages five…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A Texarkana man has been charged with a felony for allegedly fleeing the scene after hitting a fellow motorist near the intersection of Arnold Lane and Lone Star Parkway last month. Joshua David Richardson, 57, was arrested last week…
