NEW BOSTON, Texas: A jury began hearing testimony Wednesday at the Bowie County courthouse in the case of a man accused of fathering a child with a teen girl. Christopher Jeff Langston, 47, was allegedly 39 when a 14-year-old girl…
The Arkansas State Police is investigating the deaths of three Pike County residents. The investigation is underway at the request of the Pike County Sheriff’s Department. Early Sunday afternoon [*January 9th] family members discovered the bodies of David Sawyer Claborn,…
On Sunday, January 9, 2022 at approximately 12:10pm the Miller County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by a Miller County resident who had pulled up to the boat ramp at Mercer Bayou off of Miller County Road 151. At that time,…
Law enforcement officials in Bowie County are requesting the public’s help in a sexual assault investigation. Brayden Lee Ross was arrested on a charge of sexual assault this week by the Bowie County Sheriff’s Office. He is currently free on…
A man who was being held in the Miller County jail for sexually abusing a 4-year-old girl when he tied his cellmate to a bunk, knocked him unconscious and sexually assaulted him, was sentenced to 25 years in prison this…
A woman accused of intentionally hitting a Texarkana man with her car has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in Bowie County. Breanna Lynn George, 30, allegedly used a Nissan Altima as a weapon during a confrontation…
A Texarkana couple is facing felony charges in Bowie County, Texas, for the alleged abuse of an 11-year-old boy. Robert Moilanen, 32, is facing multiple counts of injury to a child and Krista Moilanen, 31, is charged with injury to…
A Maud, Texas, man accused of illegally hunting deer on private land without permission has been charged with a felony in Bowie County. Cody Alton Wharton, 35, was brought to the attention of game wardens in October. Game Warden Daniel…
21-year-old Conner Morgan has been arrested for Delivery of a Controlled Substance causing Serious Bodily Injury. Last Sunday night, a Texarkana woman came home from the movies and discovered her 18-year-old daughter in her bed. She wasn’t breathing and had…
A New Boston, Texas, man was sentenced this month to six years in prison for punching an African American boy because of his race. Charles Mitchell “Mitch” Patton, 27, pleaded guilty to injury to a child for a July 28,…
A woman pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to 32 years in prison Monday in the 2012 stabbing death of a Texarkana, Texas, man. Alana Coleman, 40, eluded authorities for eight years before being arrested in Mexico by U.S.…
A man who sexually abused multiple young girls in Bowie County was sentenced Thursday to 90 years in prison. Jorge Pina-Gonzales, 43, must serve at least 70 years before he is eligible for parole, Bowie County First Assistant District Attorney…
A Texarkana, Arkansas, man has been charged with negligent homicide and driving while intoxicated in connection with a fatal crash in September that took the life of a 64-year-old Ashdown woman. James Franklin Nowlin, 55, was driving a Ford F-150…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A jury of five women and seven men were chosen Tuesday in the case of a man accused of molesting multiple young girls in Bowie County over a period of many years. Jorge Tomas Pina-Salazar, 43, is…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The two men who died in last night’s shooting at a West 13th Street apartment complex have been identified as Deangelo Handy and Rikolah Young, both 18 years old and of Texarkana, Texas. Another gunshot victim, who…
