A Texarkana man accused of robbery in connection with unpaid auto repair bills was indicted Thursday by a Bowie County grand jury. James Ray Hunter, 61, allegedly told an employee of Cates Transmission in Texarkana, Texas, that he wanted to test drive his 2006 Mitsubishi Endeavor before paying $3,860 for repairs Dec. 28, a probable
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A Texarkana, Texas, woman accused of hiding drugs in a tampon box and cash in a locked box was indicted Thursday in Bowie County. Sonya Littles, 47, was allegedly driving a white Chevy Silverado down West Seventh Street in Texarkana, Texas, when she was pulled over for a traffic violation Sept. 19. Littles allegedly handed
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The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department is pleased to announce the recent promotion of two officers. Lieutenant James Atchley has been promoted from the rank of Sergeant. He began his law enforcement career with the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department in July of 2000. Assigned to the Patrol Division until 2005, he was assigned to the Criminal
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Texarkana, Texas Police arrested 24-year-old Brandon Martin of Texarkana, TX. after he allegedly attacked his girlfriend at Motel 6 Monday afternoon. Martin ran across Summerhill Rd. and was found by officers in the Canon Office Equipment Store. According to Texarkana, TX. Police Spokesperson Shawn Vaughn, Martin was arrested for Assault with Bodily Injury – Family Violence. He
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A Texarkana, Texas, father accused of putting his 10-month-old daughter’s hand into boiling water pleaded not guilty Monday before a Bowie County judge. Christian Marquis Coleman, 38, appeared with a member of the public defender’s office for arraignment on a felony charge of injury to a child before 202nd District Judge Leon Pesek. Pesek scheduled
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Bowie County prosecutors and Texarkana area law enforcement are asking for the public’s help in locating Tevin “T-Will” Willis. Willis, 21, was scheduled to go on trial today at the Bowie County courthouse in New Boston, Texas, for sexual assault involving a 14-year-old girl. A reward up to $1,000 for information leading to Willis’
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On Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 1:00am, Texarkana Arkansas Police responded to Sugar Ridge Lane in reference to multiple calls of a suspicious vehicle traveling around the neighborhood. One of the victims advised that the front glass door had been shot out by a possible air soft or BB gun. Both victims described the suspect
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The City of Texarkana, Texas has placed one employee on leave for driving while intoxicated. Christopher Wilgus, 43, was involved in a motor vehicle collision while driving a city vehicle at W. 40th Street and Rio Grande Avenue around 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15, 2016. No injuries were reported in the minor traffic accident.
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Testimony gets underway this morning in the trial of a woman accused of exploiting a disabled man in Bowie County last year. Karen Paroline, 51, allegedly emptied Sherman Prewitt’s bank account of about $400 by using his debit card at various locations in Texarkana, Texas and the surrounding area. Paroline is accused of leaving the
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A man with his feet hanging off the top of the Hotel Grim in downtown Texarkana was apprehended by police Wednesday afternoon. According to the Texarkana, Texas Police Facebook Page, officers Aaron Wafford, Jordan Starkey, and Martin McGee climbed up there and managed to place the man in custody. At one point the man was
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Texarkana, Arkansas Police and Fire Departments responded to North Heights Junior High School Wednesday evening after 9-1-1 received a bomb threat. According to Texarkana, Ark. Police Department Public Information Officer Corporal Kristi Bennett, a call came into 9-1-1, from what sounded like a young child, advising that a bomb would go off in the school
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A Bowie County jury returned a guilty verdict in less than half an hour Wednesday for a Texarkana woman who scammed a disabled man last March. This morning the jury of five women and seven men is scheduled to hear testimony and arguments concerning the punishment Karen Paroline, 51, should receive for preying on a
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North Heights Junior High School has been evacuated after receiving a second bomb threat Thursday morning. According to Texarkana, Ark. Police, 9-1-1 received a call again this morning warning that a bomb would go off in the school today. Police say it is the same caller that made threats Wednesday evening. All students have been
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A Texarkana woman was sentenced to 55 years this afternoon for scamming a disabled man last March. Karen Paroline, 51, was convicted Wednesday of exploitation of a disabled person after less than 30 minutes of deliberations. Thursday the jury returned to the Bowie County courthouse in New Boston, Texas, to decide her fate. The jury
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A woman is in custody for allegedly stabbing her ex-boyfriend in the side with a small kitchen knife, according to Texarkana, TX. Police Spokesperson Shawn Vaughn. According to Vaughn, the man went to the home of his ex-girlfriend on Robin Ln. and the two got into a fight. Vaughn said that she stabbed him with
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As the sun rises and illuminates the city of Texarkana, Police Officer and Neighborhood Area Coordinator Jeff Estes ties his boots, grabs his badge and heads to work, where he commits his day to the safety and protection of the community of Texarkana. Officer Estes attended high school in Redwater, Texas and completed Police Academy
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Area law enforcement was involved in a pursuit that started in Texarkana and ended at the Louisiana state line early Monday morning. The pursuit lasted for around 90 minutes. Around 12:30 a.m. a Texarkana, Ark. Police Officer attempted to stop a car on Dudley St. near Ferguson St. The car led the officer onto the
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Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Maverick Dean Bryan, age 55, of Mineral Springs, Arkansas, appeared for arraignment today on seven counts of mailing threatening communications. The arraignment hearing was before Judge Caroline M. Craven in the United States District Court in Texarkana. Bryan was indicted by a
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A Texarkana man who made a scene when Miller County sheriff’s deputies arrested him on outstanding warrants in January has been formally charged by prosecutors. Terry Montez Weekly, 31, is facing three counts of distribution of crack cocaine which allegedly occurred in October and December and a single count of drug possession related to pills
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A Fouke, Ark., woman has been charged with manslaughter in the January stabbing death of her husband. The accused wife and mother of three was arrested in the early morning hours of Jan. 5 on a charge of second degree murder in the death of her husband, 35-year-old James Fries. When officers arrived at about
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