On Friday, October 30, 2020, Officers with the Texarkana, Arkansas and Texas Police Departments, the Arkansas State Police, the Miller County Sheriff’s Department, and the Department of Homeland Security conducted operations in the area of N. State Line Ave. Their…
A registered sex offender is facing federal and state charges for allegedly violating sex offender reporting requirements. According to the Arkansas sex offender registry, Cord Robertson Green, 32, was last registered as living on Ida Street in Texarkana, Ark. He…
A brother and sister from Ashdown who are facing federal charges for theft of government benefits allegedly discussed their scheme on phone calls recorded by the Arkansas Department of Corrections. Robert Allen Merrell, 35, and his sister, Debbie Farmer Day,…
A woman who allegedly had approximately two pounds of meth in a purse when stopped in September near Hope, Arkansas, has been charged with a federal drug crime. Anita Marie Hughes, 43, was allegedly bringing drugs she picked up in…
An inmate being housed in the Bowie County Annex Jail has died from injuries he suffered in an altercation earlier this month. During the earlier morning hours of October 9th, 2020 Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC) Inmates Ricky Daffron and…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – Alana Coleman, 38, was arrested late last week by U.S. Marshals in Mexico for Capital Murder. She was wanted for the 2012 murder of Donald Ray Morris in Texarkana. Following her arrest, Coleman was transported to Texarkana…
On Friday, October 16, 2020, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office arrested Nacia Rene Randle, 42, of Texarkana, Texas, for Solicitation to Commit Murder and two counts of Sexual Assault. Randle was employed with Community Healthcore as a mental health specialist,…
A former registered nurse who was captured on video breaking into a safe containing controlled substances at HealthCare Express in Texarkana, Texas, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison Thursday for tampering with a consumer product. Clifford Russell Harris,…
Porfirio Ruiz, Jr. has been arrested for Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Young Child. Texarkana, Texas Police alerted the public they were searching for him Monday. According to police, Ruiz was arrested by Border Patrol officers in Brownsville as he…
A Texas appeals court has upheld the life sentence of a woman convicted of human trafficking in Bowie County earlier this year. Linda “Gucci” Dooley, 39, was found guilty in March by a jury and sentenced to life. Dooley posted…
Earlier this month a Bowie County grand jury indicted a woman who allegedly left four young children at home by themselves this August. Georgia Justice Peters, 25, is facing four counts of abandoning or endangering a child with criminal negligence.…
BEAUMONT, Texas – This week, the Department of Justice announced it has charged more than 14,200 defendants with firearms-related crimes during Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, despite the challenges of COVID 19 and its impact on the criminal justice process. These…
A Simms, Texas, woman accused of killing a New Boston, Texas, woman and removing her unborn child from her body is back in Bowie County following extradition Wednesday from Oklahoma. Taylor Rene Parker, 27, was booked into the jail Wednesday…
IDABEL, Oklahoma: A Simms, Texas, woman accused of murdering a pregnant New Boston, Texas, woman and removing her unborn baby has waived extradition to Texas. According to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, Taylor Parker, 27, waived extradition Tuesday at…
An Amateur Athletic Union basketball coach is facing a charge of sexual assault involving a female player in Bowie County. Tevin Raymond Wilson, 28, allegedly told a 16-year-old player he was going to pick her up for training but took…
