A civil complaint filed in a Texarkana federal court Monday accuses a Texarkana, Texas, man of continuing involvement in the sale of livestock despite a 2018 court order suspending him for five years. The complaint was filed by the U.S.…
A man who recently finished serving time in a prison in Texas is now awaiting trial for the alleged sexual abuse of a young girl in Miller County. Steven Whitworth, 34, was convicted in Dallas County, Texas, of aggravated sexual…
On December 8th, 2020, the Texarkana Arkansas and Texas Police Departments received several 911 calls in reference to package thefts in local neighborhoods. The Texarkana, Arkansas Police Department developed information that a black male in a White Nissan Titan truck…
Two men who shot and killed a pregnant cow on County Road 2302 in September 2019 were sentenced to 10 years probation Monday and ordered to pay a rancher $5,000 in restitution. Hunter Sinyard, 22, of Texarkana, Texas, and Jedediah…
A Hughes Springs, Texas, man has been charged with second-degree sexual assault in Cass County for allegedly assaulting a woman who delivered a package to his house. Timothy Jan Leftwich, 59, allegedly called the woman back to his front door…
A man required to register as a sex offender because of child sex abuse convictions in Arkansas is being held in the Bowie County jail on a charge of online solicitation of a minor. Jamar Antonio “Jay Polo” Ellis, 28,…
A Little Rock man was sentenced to five years probation Monday in Bowie County, Texas, for insurance fraud involving a Utility Terrain Vehicle which had been painted purple by the time it was recovered by law enforcement. Roderick Jenkins, 39,…
A former teacher’s aide with Texarkana, Texas, Independent School District pleaded not guilty Monday to three felonies in Bowie County. Ashlyn Faye Bell, 24, is charged with two counts of improper relationship between educator and student and a count of…
On Monday, November 16 Miller County Deputies responded to a residential burglary call in the Genoa area of Miller County. Reports indicated that a suspect forced entry into a residence and took several firearms and other items of property. Miller…
A jury trial slated for the end of the month for a woman accused of punching a Miller County deputy because of a speeding ticket has been put on hold because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Susan Renee Johnson, 54, is…
On November 22, 2020 around 2:00 am, Texarkana Arkansas Police Department was dispatch to an aggravated robbery at 5400 N State Line Ave, EZ-Mart. The caller advised the suspect was armed with a handgun and demanded the money in the…
A Hooks, Texas, woman was taken into custody Monday after she allegedly struck a police officer in the face with a closed fist. Hooks Police Officer Cole Ogden and two Public Works Department employees were attempting to detain the pig…
On November 9, 2020, Lasalle Corrections decided to exercise discretionary authority to terminate without cause contractual agreements regarding the management of the Bowie County Correctional Center. Termination of the agreement is effective February 12, 2021. Lasalle Corrections is an established…
A Texarkana man accused of threatening a witness in his brother’s robbery and kidnapping case this year was in court Monday on a charge of obstruction. Lajonta O’Neal, 25, was indicted for obstruction and retaliation by a Bowie County grand…
David Clay Fowlkes, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that on November 12, 2020, James Earl Bradford, 61, of Texarkana, Arkansas, was sentenced to 132 months in federal prison, followed by four years of…
