In court this week: Child sex abuse cases, fatal DWI crash on Bowie County dockets; infant death case in Miller County

TEXARKANA — Bowie County’s two felony courts return to the Bi-State Justice Building on Monday and Thursday with 150 case settings between them, and on Tuesday a Miller County woman charged with capital murder in the death of an 8-month-old boy is due in circuit court across State Line Avenue.

Here is what is on the dockets for the week of Oct. 19-23, based on docket sheets posted by Bowie County and on Arkansas court records reviewed by TXKtoday. Miller County does not publish a docket, so the Arkansas settings come from judges’ orders in individual case files. Court schedules change often, and settings are routinely continued.

Monday: 5th District Court

5th District Judge Bill Miller’s criminal docket at 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Monday lists 54 settings, including 14 sentencings, most of them in drug possession and evading arrest cases.

Fatal crash — Caleb Harrison Applegate of Simms has a third pretrial hearing at 1:30 p.m. on a charge of intoxication manslaughter. He is accused of crossing the center line of Texas Highway 98 on Oct. 2, 2025, and hitting a pickup head-on, killing Lee Thomas Sellers, 36, whose truck flipped and caught fire. A Bowie County grand jury indicted Applegate in December. He is free on a $100,000 bond and faces two to 20 years in prison if convicted.

Child sex abuse cases — Demetrice Mullens has a third pretrial hearing on charges of continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 and four counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child, all first-degree felonies. The docket shows he has been jailed 235 days. Kevin Bullock has a second pretrial hearing on charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child, two counts of indecency with a child by contact and one count of indecency with a child by exposure. He has been jailed 145 days.

Organized crime charges — Kellie Owens and Jocory Wade are each charged in separate cases with engaging in organized criminal activity, a first-degree felony. Owens has a first pretrial hearing and Wade, jailed 204 days, has a second.

Also Monday — Katherine Potter, jailed 791 days, has a third pretrial hearing on charges of escape while arrested and injury to an elderly person. Tony Isom has a first pretrial hearing on a first-degree felony charge of burglary of a habitation with intent to commit another felony. Daylon Scott is set for a second pretrial hearing on a charge of assault on a family member by impeding breathing, and Toddrick Watson for a first pretrial hearing on a charge of deadly conduct by discharging a firearm. Deshondrick McCulloch has a final pretrial hearing on a charge of assault on a pregnant person. Jordan Smith is to be sentenced for collision involving personal injury.

Afternoon arraignments include Camille Hardy on a charge of driving while intoxicated with a child under 15 in the vehicle, Anthony Lewis-Herrington on a charge of assault on a family member by impeding breathing, and Dava Webb on a charge of injury to a child, elderly or disabled person.

The 5th District and the 102nd District Court have civil jury trials set Tuesday through Thursday, according to the courts’ October calendars. 102nd District Judge Jeff Addison’s civil docket at 9 a.m. Monday in New Boston includes a summary judgment hearing in Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.’s suit against D-W Land Management LLC. Judge Miller hears a motion for sanctions in Binford Supply LLC’s suit against Texarkana Fence & Access Control LLC at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in New Boston.

Thursday: 202nd District Court

202nd District Judge John Tidwell’s criminal docket at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Thursday lists 96 settings. Cases involving children fill much of the morning docket.

Child sex abuse cases — Jim Maurice Ceal, 60, of DeKalb, has a pretrial hearing on a charge of continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14. He is accused of abusing a young relative for years at his home in DeKalb and is free on a $250,000 bond. David Julian Stanley, jailed 406 days, has a pretrial hearing on a charge of continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 and eight counts of sexual assault of a child. Justin Aaron Powell, 37, of Texarkana, jailed 287 days, has a pretrial hearing on a charge of continuous sexual abuse of a child. He is accused of molesting a 10-year-old relative and her friend.

Brandy Attaway, 48, of Maud, jailed 259 days, has a pretrial hearing on two counts of super aggravated sexual assault of a child under 10 and one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child. The Texarkana Gazette reported in April that she is accused of abusing two children she was caring for at her home in January. Alex Bloyd, 32, of New Boston, jailed 196 days, has a pretrial hearing on a charge of continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14. He is accused of abusing a 9-year-old relative.

Benjamin Murphy, 25, of Hooks, has his first post-indictment hearing on a charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child. He was arrested Oct. 2 and is accused of abusing a 3-year-old relative. Louie Ben George, 87, has a second post-indictment hearing at 1 p.m. on a charge of sexual assault of a child. He is accused of abusing a young child at Oak Grove Baptist Church in the 1990s.

Also on the docket: Dustin Law, jailed 220 days, on two counts of indecency with a child by contact; Clayton Bolton, jailed 57 days, on a charge of possession or promotion of child pornography; James Matthew Jenkins, 34, on a charge of indecency with a child, accused of groping a 16-year-old employee at a Wake Village restaurant where he was a manager; Dylan Mack Dickens on a charge of online solicitation of a minor; Bobby Jones on two counts of sexual assault; and Raymundo Martinez Jr., a former Liberty-Eylau educator, on charges of improper relationship between an educator and student and two counts of indecency with a child by contact.

Shootings and robberies — Calvin Young Sr., 65, jailed 306 days, has a pretrial hearing on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon causing serious bodily injury to a family member. Police arrested him Dec. 21 after his 43-year-old son was found shot in the neck in the driveway of a home on Lester Street. Rickey Jerome Watson, 61, jailed 303 days, has a pretrial hearing at 1 p.m. on charges of aggravated robbery and burglary of a habitation. He is accused in a Dec. 20 home invasion on Robison Place in which a 61-year-old man was shot multiple times and a safe was taken.

Jaqualin Sanders, jailed 268 days, has a pretrial hearing on charges of aggravated robbery and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Logan Page, 19, has a fourth post-indictment hearing on a charge of aggravated robbery and a revocation hearing in the car theft case that put him on probation two weeks before the May 8 robbery. Marquaves Smith, 31, jailed 26 days, has his first post-indictment hearing on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, unlawful restraint, deadly conduct and two counts of endangering a child. He is accused of pistol-whipping his girlfriend and firing a shot that missed her head by inches in August. Mayra Chavez is to be arraigned on a robbery charge, and Jakylen Brown has a pretrial hearing on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Former substitute teacher — Lecordrette Benton, 36, has a pretrial hearing at 1 p.m. on five counts of injury to a child and one count of unlawful restraint. She is accused of hitting and yanking five autistic kindergarten students at Parks Elementary in November while working as a substitute.

Also Thursday — Michael Stinson, 50, has a seventh post-indictment hearing on a charge of intoxication assault in a February three-car crash on South Lake Drive that injured two adults and a 9-year-old girl. Matthew Price-Dukes, 35, has a second post-indictment hearing on three counts of assault on a public servant and two counts of harassment of a public servant after an August fight with officers at a South Lake Drive convenience store. Donny Ray Lloyd Jr., 32, jailed 359 days, has a pretrial hearing on a charge of aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury, accused of knocking out his sister’s tooth. Jonathan Wiley, 37, of New Boston, has a pretrial hearing on charges of stalking and invasive visual recording involving an ex-girlfriend. Daquayvion Putilla, 25, has a second post-indictment hearing on a charge of abandoning a child, accused of leaving his 1-year-old home alone in August.

Johnny Walker Jr., 49, is to be arraigned on a charge of collision involving injury in a March 2025 hit-and-run on New Boston Road that left a woman with life-threatening injuries. Chassidy Wyrick Collins, jailed 192 days, has a pretrial hearing on a 2023 terroristic threat charge tied to Facebook posts about school shootings. Markel Demorris Sims, jailed 492 days, has pretrial hearings on charges of unauthorized use of a vehicle, fraudulent use of identifying information and prohibited substance in a correctional facility; his mother was charged in February with trying to smuggle drugs to him in the jail. Rickea Darden has a first post-indictment hearing on two counts of assault on a public servant in a case filed by Texarkana ISD police. Hugh Jackson has a pretrial hearing on a charge of aggregate forgery of $30,000 to $150,000, and Alexa Finley a second post-indictment hearing on a charge of exploitation of an elderly person.

Tuesday: Miller County Circuit Court

Infant death — Cherish Michelle Starks, 25, has a court date Tuesday on a charge of capital murder in the death of an 8-month-old boy who died July 1 at Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock. Starks, who is not the child’s parent, was first arrested on a battery charge June 29, and the charge was upgraded after the child died. Her bail is set at $1 million. Prosecutors filed the capital murder information Sept. 1, and at a Sept. 15 hearing the judge noted that the Arkansas Public Defender Commission in Little Rock would appoint her lawyer. An attorney entered an appearance for her Oct. 13, court records show.

Online grooming case — Raymond Oscar Harlen, 21, of Burleson, Texas, has a status hearing before Circuit Judge Carlton Jones on charges of sexual extortion, unlawful use of a communication device, first-degree terroristic threatening, sexual indecency with a child and sexual grooming of a child. The Texarkana Gazette reported that he is accused of contacting a 10-year-old Miller County girl through TikTok in May, sending her sexually explicit messages and a video of guns after she blocked his number, and that he is jailed in lieu of $500,000 bail. He was arrested in Texas in June and extradited. His attorney filed a motion in August to reduce his bail, court records show.

Child sexual abuse material — Tyler Kayne Drury, 18, has a status hearing on 18 counts of distributing, possessing or viewing child sexual abuse material. An order filed Oct. 13 sets a pretrial hearing Jan. 5 and a jury trial Jan. 25.

Also Tuesday — Kavahre Adams has a status hearing on a charge of aggravated assault on a family or household member, with a pretrial hearing set Jan. 5 and a jury trial Jan. 25.

Not this week

Suspended attorney Zoe Jackson’s evidence-tampering trial, set for Oct. 26, will be continued while the public defender commission assigns her a new lawyer, according to the judge’s note from an Oct. 6 hearing. No new date has been set.

Joseph Preston Richardson III, charged with murder in the May shooting death of Clay Walker on Coca Cola Road, has a pretrial hearing Nov. 3 and a jury trial Nov. 16. A mental evaluation is pending, according to an Oct. 13 court record. Vance Allen Brown’s second capital murder trial in the 2022 shooting death of Bonderick Nard is also set for Nov. 16 after his first trial ended in a hung jury in May.

All defendants are presumed innocent unless and until convicted in court.

A note on this list: the Miller County settings, and some of the Bowie County ones, are taken from court records in individual case files rather than from a confirmed court calendar. Dates are routinely continued or reset without notice. If you plan to attend a hearing or trial, confirm the date with the court first.