NEW BOSTON, Texas: A Bowie County jury sentenced a 20-year-old Texarkana man to 40 years in prison Wednesday for aggravated robbery and aggravated kidnapping involving a young mother and her 2-year-old son. Xavier Lavar French pleaded guilty to both charges…
Texarkana, Texas, police have charged a local woman with assault and injury to a child for an alleged attack on the father of her 1-year-old son earlier this month. According to a probable cause affidavit, police were called to a…
A New Boston, Texas, man is facing charges of aggravated sexual assault involving a disabled woman and drug charges related to items allegedly found on him at the time of his arrest earlier this month. Daquiri Moss, 43, allegedly forced…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested Roderick Jenkins, 39, of Little Rock, Arkansas, on Tuesday for Insurance Fraud and Filing a False Report. On June 16, Jenkins reported his 2018 Polaris Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) had been…
Xavier Lavar French, 20, pleaded guilty Tuesday to aggravated robbery and aggravated kidnapping in Bowie County. French was indicted last year for the June 29, 2019, attack on a mother and her toddler at an apartment in Texarkana, Texas. The…
A Texarkana man accused of sending sexually oriented messages on social media to a 15-year-old girl has been charged with internet stalking of a child. Roy Anthony Adams, 32, was arrested on the charge Aug. 31 after a 15-year-old girl’s…
The Bowie County Sheriff’s Office has received calls from several citizens today saying they were contacted by a person claiming to be “Captain Mark Bowen” from the Bowie County Sheriff’s Office “Warrants and Citations.” “Captain Bowen” claims to be contacting…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested Heather Rose, 38, of Texarkana, Arkansas, for Improper Relationship Between Educator and Student earlier today. Pleasant Grove Independent School District officials were notified in August of an alleged improper relationship between…
A Bowie County grand jury indicted a third teen in the home invasion murder of a local husband and father who was shot to death last year. Kentraile Collins Jr., 17, was arrested about a week before a trial jury…
TEXARKANA, Texas – A 49-year-old Cass County, Texas, man has pleaded guilty to a federal drug violation in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today. Bryan Lee Simmons pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute…
Authorities within the Lewisville (Lafayette County) Police Department have requested the Arkansas State Police to investigate an apparent homicide following the discovery of a woman’s body inside a home at 915 West 3rd Street. The body has been identified as…
A woman who allegedly profited from teen prostitution is being held in the Miller County jail on charges of human trafficking, promoting prostitution and permitting the abuse of a minor. Amber Dawn Grundy, 39, allegedly moved a 17-year-old female relative…
Texarkana, Texas Police arrested Lajonta O’Neal last Friday for Obstruction or Retaliation. O’Neal is the bother of Xavier French, who is accused of pistol whipping and robbing a woman while holding a gun to her 2 year old baby’s head…
Victims of a local pastor’s sexual abuse are suing the local church and national religious organization they claim are liable for their suffering. Logan Wesley III was convicted on all counts involving the three women and sentenced to five life…
Bail has been set at $500,000 for a man accused of rape, kidnapping and other crimes involving a 15-year-old girl. David Aaron Love, 24, allegedly broke into the home of the girl on the morning of Sept. 1. The girl’s…
