NEW BOSTON, Texas–After less than two hours of deliberations in a trial that began nearly a month ago, a Bowie County jury returned with a death verdict for a woman who killed a pregnant friend and kidnapped her unborn child.…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man who was caught with a large cache of prohibited items stowed in his cell at the Texarkana Federal Correctional Institution in April has pleaded guilty to possessing contraband in prison. Jose Salvador Maldonado, 50, faces up to…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A Bowie County grand jury has issued indictments for intoxication manslaughter and intoxication assault in connection with a September crash in Texarkana that killed a woman and injured a 7-year-old boy. Christopher Telles, 42, of Grandbury, Ark., allegedly spoke…
BOWIE COUNTY, Texas–The manager of a Sonic restaurant in Hooks has been arrested for indecency with a child involving a young employee who claims he was grabbed in his private area in September. Colton Ray Hamilton, 27, of Maud, Texas,…
TEXARKANA, AR – An Arkansas man pleaded guilty on October 25, 2022, to filing a false tax return with the IRS on which he did not report all of the income he earned from his business. According to court documents…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–The state rested its case on Monday in the punishment phase of trial for a woman who has been found guilty of capital murder in the 2020 death of an expectant mother whose unborn child was cut from…
TEXARKANA, Ark.–Dr. Lonnie Parker was found guilty of four counts of distribution of a controlled substance without an effective prescription by a jury on Friday in federal court in Texarkana at the end of a two-week trial in Texarkana’s downtown…
RICHARDSON, Texas–A Richardson Independent School District art teacher who worked for Texarkana ISD from 2016 to 2019 is being held in the Bowie County jail on a charge of improper relationship between educator and student. Jason Ashley Delezen, 40, was…
On Sunday, October 23, 2022, at around 1:58 am, officers were dispatched to the 600 block of East 43rd Street for a disturbance call. When officers arrived, they spoke with a sixty-eight-year-old female who provided a description of the suspect…
TEXARKANA, Texas–An Austin, Texas, man accused of transporting six unauthorized immigrants from Guatemala in the U.S. is being held in the Bowie County jail with bonds totaling $150,000. Jose Cruz, 23, was stopped by a Texas state trooper as he…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A former Texas High School band director allegedly gave a male student a credit card and a laptop computer and offered to pay him for sex. Brandon Neil Sams, 46, is facing state and federal charges related to alleged…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man accused of using a brick from his cell in the Bi-State jail to attack a sergeant performing routine rounds has been charged with aggravated assault on a peace officer. Vance Allen Brown, 29, is being held with…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–A jury of six men and six women is scheduled to begin hearing testimony on Wednesday morning in the punishment phase of Taylor Parker’s capital murder trial in Bowie County. Parker, 29, also known as Taylor Morton and…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–A man who beat an 11-month-old boy to death last year was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Thursday at the end of a three-day jury trial in Bowie County. Joshua Lowe, 29,…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A former director of the Texas High School color guard is facing state and federal charges connected to alleged sexual misconduct. Brandon Neil Sams, 46, of Texarkana, Arkansas, was arrested by Texarkana Independent School District police on Sept. 30…
