TEXARKANA, Ark.–A Miller County jury sentenced a man to life in prison plus 15 years Wednesday in a 2020 drug-related killing. Justin Howard Petty, 36, was convicted of first-degree murder in the Sept. 29, 2020, shooting death of Billy Eddings.…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–Hundreds of Bowie County citizens showed for juror qualification Wednesday in a death penalty case stemming from the 2020 killing of a pregnant New Boston mom. Taylor Rene Parker, 29, aka Taylor Morton and Taylor Waycasey, is accused…
An eighteen-month investigation of alleged criminal activity by the LCB/I-30 Cartel gang in the Texarkana area has resulted in numerous arrests in the recent weeks. As detectives investigated the murder of Jermaine Aldridge in the Chili’s Restaurant parking lot on…
On Tuesday June 21 at approximately 7:54 p.m., Bowie County deputies were dispatched to a shooting that had just occurred in the 500 block of Birch Street Maud, TX. Captain David Grable arrived and found a shooting victim lying in…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A Bowie County grand jury indicted two men last week for murder in the death of a Texarkana man. Cedric Ballard allegedly paid $50 dollars to Darquales “Smiley” McHenry to beat 53-year-old Johnny Robinson at a house in the…
On Monday, June 20, 2022, around Noon, Officers were dispatched to a shooting in the 300 block of Martin Luther King Blvd and the 700 block of Laurel Street in Texarkana, Arkansas. When officers arrived in the 300 block of…
Texarkana, Arkansas Police are investigating a shooting the occurred on E. 7th Street near State Line Blvd. Police say that it was a rolling disturbance. At least one person was shot and a car left the roadway and crashed into…
Texarkana, Texas Police are investigating a murder at a home in the 3600 block of Skyline that occurred 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning. According to police, a man died at the home and his wife is in critical condition at Christus…
LINDEN, Texas–A Cass County man was convicted of capital murder Thursday and sentenced to life without parole for killing two people in 2018 before burning their bodies in a trash pit. Kevin Dewayne Shepard Jr., 30, killed Donnie Combs and…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A father who left his son’s corpse to decompose in his kitchen for years was sentenced Tuesday to a five-year term of probation in Bowie County. David McMichael, 67, was arrested March 29 on a charge of abuse of…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A woman accused of firing live rounds from a handgun into an occupied apartment earlier this month has been charged with deadly conduct. Lauren Panecia Forte, 31, was taken into custody by Texarkana Texas Police Department officers outside an…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man convicted of a sex crime in Arkansas was sentenced to a 10-year term of probation Tuesday in Bowie County for failing to comply with sex offender registration requirements. Corey Kelley, 46, moved from a residence in Texarkana,…
A Texarkana, Texas city mowing crew discovered a body Monday afternoon along Swampoodle Creek just north of New Boston Road. Texarkana, Texas Police responded to the scene and are currently investigating. Police have said the body was male but have…
About 3:30 Tuesday morning, Christus St. Michael Hospital notified Texarkana, Texas Police that an unknown man had just dropped off a woman at the ER entrance and left. The woman had gunshot wounds to both her shoulder and hand. When…
A Redwater, Texas, man who poured rubbing alcohol on his dog and set it on fire to stop it from fighting another dog was sentenced to a year behind bars Monday in Bowie County. James Lynn Taylor, 27, pleaded guilty…
