Virginia Ann Hyatt was sentenced to an automatic term of life without parole Monday evening after a Miller County jury found her guilty of capital murder in the 2013 shooting of a fellow square dancer. [su_survey] Virginia Hyatt believed Patti…
Miller County prosecutors rested their case Friday afternoon in the trial of a 67-year-old woman accused of shooting a fellow square dancer to death in 2013. Virginia Ann Hyatt is accused of firing five shots into Patti Wheelington as she…
Members of the Guys and Dolls Square Dancing Club in Texarkana testified Wednesday that capital murder defendant Virginia Hyatt was an intensely jealous woman. [su_survey] Virginia Ann Hyatt, 67, is accused of shooting Patricia “Patti” Wheelington, 59, five times with…
What commenced as a childhood dream has turned into an every day reality for Criminal Investigation Division Detective, Jared Durham. “A lot of little kids want to grow up and be in law enforcement, and it was similar for me”…
Prosecutors and defense lawyers are scheduled to present opening arguments Tuesday in the capital murder trial of a 67-year-old woman accused of killing a woman in her square dance club. Virginia Ann Hyatt allegedly thought Patricia Wheelington, 59, was responsible…
More than six months have passed since local pilot Scott Roberts was found shot to death in his Texarkana, Ark., home and the killer’s identity remains a mystery. Roberts’ family and friends have raised $10,010 through a Go Fund Me…
A registered sex offender who injected teen girls with meth at his home in Texarkana, Ark., was sentenced to 25 years at a hearing in Miller County Monday morning. [su_survey] Lonnie Lee Lunsford, 31, pleaded guilty to 40 counts of…
Arkansas State Police conducted a sobriety checkpoint on Highway 70 in Hot Springs, Ark. last weekend that resulted in 29 arrests, according to Arkansas911news.com. Texarkana, Ark. Police Department provided their mobile breath alcohol testing unit for use at the request…
The Texarkana Arkansas District Court and the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department will conduct an amnesty period beginning January 15 through April 15, 2016 for people who have warrants for failure to appear or contempt of court for not paying fines.…
The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department announces the forthcoming 1st annual Citizen Police Academy. The purpose of this eight week program is to give the public increased knowledge of the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department, breaking down the information into each unit…
A Bentonville, Ark., man whose DNA identified him as the person who crawled through an elderly woman’s motel window in 2013 in Texarkana, Ark., plead guilty to sexual assault Tuesday. [su_survey] Until Elrodrick Deonte Cheatham’s DNA was catalogued into a…
One person was grazed by gunfire in a home invasion robbery Tuesday evening at The Ridge Apartments on Oats St. in Texarkana, Ark. According to Texarkana, Ark. Police Department Public Information Officer Kristi Bennett, two masked males entered an apartment…
Attorneys for two of three defendants accused in the murder of Christopher Guilbeau last year want the state to produce evidence. [su_survey] Marquel Deonte Smith, 21; Brandon Eric Brown, 22; and Shamari Newton, 25, each entered not guilty pleas to…
9:45 a.m. Tuesday | Police have recovered a vehicle stolen in an early morning carjacking in Texarkana, Ark. The brownish gold 2004 Honda CRV with a black wheel cover on the back and green paper dealer’s tags was located behind…
UPDATE – Police have found the vehicle. Read more here. A 5-year-old child was in the backseat of a Honda CRV that was carjacked early this morning in Texarkana, Arkansas. [su_survey] According to police the little girl was dropped off…
