FBI Little Rock has noted an increase in sextortion schemes targeting children. The FBI has received numerous reports of predators posing as young girls on social media to coerce young boys into sending sexual videos of themselves and then extorting…
Two men accused of supplying pills to a woman who nearly died of a fentanyl overdose in December pleaded not guilty last week in Bowie County. Conner Douglas Morgan, 22, and Johnathan Allen “J Boi” Murray, 34, are charged with…
A Texarkana man has been charged with filing a false alarm or report in connection with a bomb threat received last month at the Bi-State Justice Building. Rex Allan Hackleman, 36, allegedly attempted to disguise his voice by using “multiple…
BOWIE COUNTY, Texas: A man convicted of a sex crime in Arkansas was indicted by a Bowie County grand jury Thursday for failing to comply with sex offender registration requirements. Corey Kelley, 46, is accused of moving from a residence…
David McMichael was arrested March 29 on a charge of abuse of a corpse by New Boston police after skeletonized remains were found in the kitchen of his home in the 1200 block of Merrilll Street. According to a probable…
TEXARKANA, Ark.: A Texarkana man has been charged with negligent homicide in connection with a wreck in October that took a woman’s life. John Cochran, 40, was allegedly traveling at twice the posted speed limit as he drove a 2004…
On March 21st, 2022, at approximately 1:00 a.m. two prisoners identified as Michael Olson, 31 years of age and Wayde Land, 38 years of age, escaped from confinement from a downtown Texarkana jail. Information regarding the escape of the two…
TEXARKANA, Ark.: A former teacher with Texarkana, Arkansas, School District has been arrested on four counts of sexual assault involving a 15-year-old female student. Edward Jasiel Hernandez, 25, was arrested by Texarkana, Arkansas, police Wednesday and booked into the Miller…
A woman working at Cornerstone retirement center in Texarkana was arrested last week for allegedly assaulting an 87-year-old woman suffering from dementia. Sharee Shantrell Bryant, 48, was allegedly caught on video entering the woman’s room and slapping her across the…
A man who assaulted multiple police officers and wrecked a Texarkana convenience store in February 2021 was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday. Ashley Neal McClanahan, 41, pleaded guilty to robbery, criminal mischief and multiple counts of assault Monday…
Texarkana, Texas Police have made one arrest in the shooting that happened in the Oaklawn Village Shopping Center parking lot on Friday evening. Officers arrested Latavion Larry, 21, for Deadly Conduct after a warrant was issued for his arrest this…
A Magnolia, Arkansas, woman was sentenced to 25 years in prison this week in connection with a fatal shooting in Texarkana in 2020 investigators describe as drug-related. Cierra Nicole Gentry, 35, pleaded guilty to murder in Miller County circuit court…
A man who is required to register as a sex offender because of a 2005 conviction for sexual abuse involving a 15-year-old boy has been charged with child sex abuse in Bowie County involving an 8-year-old boy. Rickey Lee Johnson,…
According to Texarkana, Texas Police an bystander was shot in the Oaklawn Village parking lot just after 6 p.m. Friday. A 33 year old man and his wife were getting ice at the self-serve ice machine in the parking lot.…
A Bowie County, Texas escapee was shot today while being taken into custody. The escapee was pronounced dead at the scene. The identity of the inmate is being withheld, pending family notification procedures. About 1 PM today, one of the…
