NEW BOSTON, Texas–A man who crashed into Wisdom Animal Clinic in Texarkana while fleeing from police in January was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison by a Bowie County jury. Joshua Ellis Sutton, 32, was found guilty Wednesday afternoon…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–A 12-member jury of Bowie County citizens began hearing testimony Tuesday in the case of a Hooks, Texas, man accused of injuring six people when he crashed into Wisdom Animal Clinic while fleeing from police in January. Joshua…
The Boutique Hotel on Stateline Ave. has been ordered to close by 5 p.m. Monday or utilities to the building will be shut off. The hotel was originally ordered to close by September 5 due fire code violations. According to…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man who once worked as a K-9 officer for an Arkansas sheriff’s office was indicted Thursday for identity theft by a grand jury in Bowie County, Texas. Jeffery Norman Martin, 51, was being held in the Bowie County…
TEXARKANA, Texas–The 25-year sentence a jury gave to a teen who shot and killed a fellow Texas High School student after a dispute that started in the lunchroom over a juicebox, has been affirmed by a state appellate court. Kamorian…
TEXARKANA, Ark.–A jury in Miller County this week recommended a 205-year combined sentence for a Texarkana man who was found guilty of eight felonies, including three counts of rape, involving a girl who was around 10 years old when the…
Texarkana, Texas police have made one arrest in the shooting of three men inside a house in the 300 block of Waterman Street on Tuesday afternoon. Tristen McAllister, 19, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, was charged with Engaging in Organized Criminal…
TEXARKANA, Texas–Police responding to reports of a man being chased through a Texarkana graveyard were told the disturbance started because an 11-year-old autistic girl had been sexually abused by her mother’s boyfriend. Caleb Hollembeak, 21, had allegedly been staying with…
Texarkana, Texas Police are investigating a shooting the occurred at a house on the corner of Jerome St. and Milam St. in Texarkana Tuesday morning. According to police, one person was transported from the scene with serious injuries. Police are…
TEXARKANA, Texas–One of two men charged with murder this year in a case that had been unsolved since 2009 entered a not guilty plea Monday at a hearing in Bowie County. Charles Louis Madlock, 35, was scheduled to return to…
TEXARKANA, Texas–One of four men charged in a sex trafficking case in Bowie County has pleaded guilty as part of a plea deal that included 30 years in prison. Marcus Lanell Palmer, 38, took the 30-year deal on Tuesday, less…
TEXARKANA, Texas–The Texas Commission on Jail Standards has placed Bowie County on its list of non-compliant jails following an inspection triggered by the escapes of two men in July who were on the loose for more than six hours before…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–A Texarkana man who pimped, raped and drugged vulnerable women in Bowie County was sentenced Friday to two life sentences plus 80 years for sex trafficking, sexual assault and having contraband in the jail. Brandon Everett Palmer, 40,…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–A Bowie County jury convicted a Texarkana man on Thursday who threatened, drugged and raped the women and girls he sold through online websites. Brandon Everett Palmer, 40, faces 25 to 99 years or life in prison and…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–Six men and six women were selected Tuesday to decide the case of one of multiple defendants charged in an area sex trafficking investigation. Brandon Everett Palmer, 40, faces 25 to 99 years or life in prison if…
