A Hooks, Texas, woman who struck a police officer with her fist while he was attempting to impound her potbelly pig was sentenced to 10 years probation this week by a judge in Bowie County. Arianna Swenson, 34, was represented…
Texarkana, Texas Police are investigating a homicide that occurred overnight at the Woodbridge Apartments in the 500 block of Belt Road. Police got several calls of shots fired there at about 12:30 this morning. When officers arrived, they discovered Laquinces…
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has added Marques Jujuan Thompson, 20, to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitive List. A cash reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and capture of…
Two young men accused of killing a man so they could steal drugs from him were appointed lawyers Tuesday by a Bowie County judge. Brandon Lasuan Parkman, 18, and Kristopher “Flip” Allen Fate Wilson, 25, are charged with capital murder…
TEXARKANA, TEX- Texas Municipal Court is offering an Amnesty Program from February 8, 2021 until April 16, 2021. Citizens with an outstanding warrant with Texarkana, Texas Municipal Court may come in before April 16, 2021 and pay the warrant in…
Prosecutors in Bowie County have charged a local man with capital murder in the deaths of two boys who died in a collision in DeKalb, Texas, earlier this month. Zachary Blaise Salazar, 21, was allegedly upset over a disagreement with…
A man accused of shooting in the direction of a clerk during an attempted robbery of a Texarkana, Arkansas, convenience store earlier this month is facing a possible life sentence. Jonathan Dewayne Carroll, 26, is charged with aggravated robbery, aggravated…
A man who allegedly apologized in text messages for sexually assaulting a woman while she was intoxicated pleaded not guilty this week at a hearing in Bowie County district court. Jack Ray Dedner Jr., 20, appeared before 5th District Judge…
A Maud, Texas, man accused of a multi-million scheme to defraud the government’s pandemic related Paycheck Protection Program pleaded not guilty Wednesday to two counts of mail fraud before a federal judge in Texarkana. Samuel Morgan Yates, 32, allegedly created…
An assistant Bowie County district attorney said Monday that the state will not seek the death penalty for a woman accused of killing a Texarkana, Texas, man in 2012 and fleeing to Mexico. Alana Coleman, 39, appeared before 5th District…
On January 24th, 2021 at approximately 8:58pm, The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department received a 911 call from the Tobacco Station store located at 3202 Jefferson Avenue in Texarkana, Arkansas. The caller informed the dispatcher a black male wearing a camouflage…
BEAUMONT, Texas – Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced today that the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas (EDTX) collected $68,064,639.91 in criminal, civil, and asset forfeiture actions in 2020. In criminal cases, EDTX collected…
Bowie County District Attorney Jerry Rochelle announced Friday at a hearing in New Boston that his office will seek the death penalty for Taylor Rene Parker in the death of Reagan Simmons Hancock. Texarkana attorney Jeff Harrelson entered pleas of…
A teen accused of failing to stop after striking a man riding a motorized bicycle in the 3800 block of Magnolia Street pleaded not guilty Thursday to leaving the scene of an accident involving personal injury. LaDonta Davis, 18, appeared…
A former owner of an assisted living facility in Texarkana has been charged with misdemeanor fraud involving Housing and Urban Development funds. Rafael Otero is charged in an information filed Wednesday in the Texarkana Division of the Eastern District of…
