A 24-year-old Texarkana man accused of shooting another man and stealing marijuana in January and then fleeing from police has been indicted for multiple felonies by a Bowie County grand jury. Jkerrien Finley allegedly shot a man in a house…
A Texarkana, Texas, man has been indicted by a grand jury in Bowie County in the death of his girlfriend. Dontavious Haney, 19, allegedly caused the death of Denise Watson, 21, by punching her once in the face Jan. 24.…
A Bowie County grand jury indicted a woman Thursday for the alleged sexual abuse of a 12-year-old girl. Angel Sunshine Chavez, 25, of DeKalb, Texas, allegedly molested the girl while she was visiting Bowie County in the summer of 2019,…
On April 14, 2020 at approximately 8:11 am Bowie County Deputies were dispatched to a stabbing in the 200 block of Golden Rule Road located in Texarkana, Texas. Deputies found Demoryea Marquise Hollingsworth suffering from what appeared to be a…
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice reported Monday that 37 inmates at the Barry Telford Unit in New Boston, Texas, have tested positively for the COVID-19 coronavirus. TDCJ is reporting that Telford has one case pending, eight inmates have tested…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested Aaron Swenson, 36, of Texarkana Arkansas, late Saturday night after a lengthy pursuit that ended in Hooks Texas. Swenson was posting on Facebook Live at the time saying that he was…
A man accused of causing a fatal crash in February has been indicted by a Bowie County grand jury. Dewayne Fetner, 29, allegedly caused the death of 70-year-old Janet Bedford on Feb. 22 when he crashed his blue Subaru Tribeca…
Two people are in custody after allegedly breaking into a Red River Credit Union ATM early Friday morning. Texarkana, Ark. Police responded to an ATM alarm call at the Trinity Blvd. branch of Red River Credit Union at 4:52 Friday…
The Telford Unit Prison is now reporting that 15 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19. 16 inmates still have tests pending. An offender death from the Telford Unit in New Boston is under investigation to determine if it is connected…
The Texarkana Police Department is changing their patrol fleet to Hybrid SUVs in 2020. This will become the first Ford Interceptor Utility hybrid SUV in the agency. It is the first pursuit-rated SUV to hit the market with a standard…
A notice filed last week by the Bowie County District Attorney’s Office accuses a local pastor of sexually abusing girls as young as 9. Logan Wesley III, 56, is currently being held in the Bowie County jail awaiting trial on…
A 67-year-old man who pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography in January in a Texarkana federal court is seeking release from the Miller County jail because of COVID-19. Charles Donald Thompson was indicted for possession of child pornography and…
A Texas prison inmate who was sentenced to death for the 2015 killing of a Barry Telford Unit correctional officer was denied a new trial Wednesday by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in a unanimous decision. Billy Joel Tracy,…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department made two overnight arrests in the fatal shooting of 16 year old Notorious Crabtree on Tuesday night. Demarious Taylor, 20, of Ashdown Arkansas and his sister, Bosnia Taylor, 21, of Texarkana Arkansas…
A man accused of molesting a 4-year-old girl while staying in her family’s Texarkana, Ark., home last year has been charged with two counts of rape in Miller County. Charles S. Anderson, 61, allegedly lived briefly in an apartment on…
