The Bowie County Sheriff’s Office has received several calls from citizens in our medical community saying they were contacted by a person claiming to be “Lieutenant Michael Jones” from our office. “Lieutenant Jones” claims these medical professionals have missed court…
TEXARKANA, Texas–One of two men accused of escaping the Bowie County jail last week was arrested Monday in Austin while the daughter of the second fugitive has been arrested in Texarkana for allegedly aiding the get-away. Wayde Burton Land, 39,…
TEXARKANA, Texas–One of two men charged with murder this year in a case that had been unsolved since 2009 is facing a charge of witness tampering for allegedly asking a witness to lie for him. Joshua Undronde Murphy, 34, and…
TEXARKANA, Texas–The case of a teen accused of murdering his parents and two siblings in May may come down to a “battle of experts,” the lead prosecutor said Monday at a status hearing in Texarkana. Cesar Olalde, 18, appeared before…
TEXARKANA, Ark.–A man facing state charges in connection with the shooting of a man in a Bann Avenue garage last year in Texarkana has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly possessing an illegal, fully-automatic weapon at the…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–A Fort Worth man who threw a pocket pit bull over a second-floor balcony at a motel in New Boston last year was convicted Wednesday of felony animal cruelty by a Bowie County jury and sentenced to three…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A Bowie County grand jury indicted two men Monday in the 2016 shooting of a 32-year-old Texarkana man who was attacked in his home on Waterman Street. Treveyon Tyrone Henderson, 24, and Ecourtlynn Tyeoski Johnson, 22, are accused in…
TEXARKANA, Texas–One of two inmates accused of escaping from the Bi-State jail in the wee hours of Friday morning was being held on an escape charge related to a Bowie County jail breakout last year that ended with another inmate…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A Texarkana man was arrested last month for allegedly sending revealing photos of his former girlfriend to her father, brother and sister. Carl Luis Yahn Jr., 43, is currently free on a $15,000 bond set for him following his…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–A former Cornerstone Nursing Center caretaker was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday for slapping an 87-year-old dementia patient as she laid in bed last year. Sharee Shantrell Bryant, 49, was convicted of injury to an elderly…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–A former Cornerstone Nursing Center aide was found guilty Wednesday by a Bowie County jury of physically abusing an 87-year-old dementia patient. Sharee Shantrell Bryant, 49, was convicted of injury to an elderly or disabled person Wednesday. Testimony…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–A former caretaker accused of physically abusing an 87–year-old dementia patient at Cornerstone Retirement Center is facing a jury this week in Bowie County. Sharee Shantrell Bryant, 49, was allegedly caught on video March 9, 2022, entering the…
BOWIE COUNTY, Texas–A DeKalb couple was arrested last week in connection with bone fractures revealed in the legs and arm of their 4-month-old son during a trip to the child’s doctor in March. Kyle Lee Hall, 29, and his wife,…
A new bridge in Texarkana was dedicated to fallen Texarkana, Texas Police Officer Jason Sprague on Monday. The bridge is located on the newest section of Gibson Lane between University and Pleasant Grove Road. Police Officer William Sprague succumbed to…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–A man who fathered the child of a victim he began abusing when she was 10 and he was 38 was sentenced to six life sentences Thursday with one term being life without parole. Christopher Darrell Brown, 46,…
