A former Texarkana, Texas, Independent School District aide pleaded guilty Wednesday to four felonies connected to sexual misconduct with three male Texas High School students in 2019. Ashlyn Faye Bell’s sentencing trial began Wednesday before a jury of 12 women.…
In the early morning of 04/28/2021 at approximately 2:28 am, officers were dispatched to the 3100 block of Hickory Street for a call for service. While officers were on the scene, they heard gunshots in the distance that appeared to…
Texarkana, Texas, police have charged a local man with aggravated assault and child endangerment in connection with a shooting on Old Boston Road earlier this month. Jimmy Lee Mitchell, 33, is accused of confronting the mother of his 1-year-old son…
A man accused of filming a sexually explicit video of a 6-year-old girl is facing charges of possession of child pornography and aggravated sexual assault of a child in Bowie County. Shawn Michael Owen, 36, was arrested on the pornography…
Wadley Hospital with on lockdown for a short time Sunday evening after a man ran into the emergency room with a handgun. According to police Donte Henderson ran into the ER with a handgun and said someone was chasing him.…
A 28-year-old Texarkana man who was caught nude from the waist down in the bedroom closet of a 14-year-old girl by her mother in 2019 was sentenced this week to 15 years in prison. Johnny Ray Shanklin pleaded guilty to…
A Texarkana man pleaded guilty Tuesday to intoxication manslaughter and intoxication assault in connection with a May 1, 2020, crash that ended one life and seriously injured another. Kendrick Aaron Sauls, 22, has requested that a jury determine his sentence.…
A trial connected to the death of a Texarkana man who was killed in 2012 was set for jury selection Monday in January 2022. Alana Leigh Coleman, 39, appeared from the Bowie County jail via video for a hearing before…
A man who failed to stop after striking two people standing on the side of a highway access road last year was sentenced this week to four years in prison. Glenn Hoke Garcia, 44, crossed the fog line and hit…
A 25-year-old DeKalb, Texas, woman is now facing multiple charges in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of a 16-year-old girl. A relative of Kaylynn Nicole Garrett, 25, called police the night of Feb. 24 to report that Garrett had…
A Bowie County grand jury has declined to indict a Texarkana man for murder who was arrested in February following a shooting at a local apartment complex. Sonya Hopkins, 22, was arrested in connection with the Feb. 7 shooting death…
Bail has been set at $600,000 for a man accused of sexually abusing four girls he is related to. Jorge Tomas Pina-Salazar, 42, was arrested last month on multiple felony child sex abuse charges including continuous sexual abuse of a…
A man who sexually assaulted a woman after a party last year knowing that she was intoxicated received a sentence of 12 years in prison Wednesday as part of a plea bargain. Jack Ray Dedner Jr., 21, sent the woman…
A suspect driving a semi-truck without a trailer led multiple police agencies on a multi-state pursuit down Interstate 30 Friday evening. The pursuit began before 7 p.m. after the truck allegedly fled the scene of an accident around the 37…
Trial in the capital murder case of a woman accused of killing a pregnant New Boston, Texas, woman and removing her unborn daughter is scheduled to begin in September 2022. Taylor Rene Parker, 28, aka Taylor Morton, is accused of…
