Watch Out For This ‘Jury Scam’ + Last Weeks Bowie County Sheriff’s Report

A heads-up Bowie County citizen realized before it was too late, thankfully, that someone was trying to scam her this week. Plus, all the usual crimes and investigations in your weekly report from the Bowie County Sheriff's Office prepared by Chief Deputy Robby McCarver.

This report is for the week of September 5 - 11, 2022. If you missed the week before, here you go.

Jury Duty Scam Alert:

This report just in from your Bowie County Sheriff's Office: A Bowie County citizen received a phone call from 903-689-2243 Monday morning from someone purporting to be “Deputy David Biggar.” The Deputy was calling to inform our citizen that she had missed jury duty and he had two citations for “Failure to Appear for Jury Duty” for her. ready for the scam? Here it comes. In lieu of serving the citations, the "Deputy" said that our citizen could get on a Zoom call with Judge Howell and pay $1000.00 per citation. Luckily, the citizen realized something was wrong and sought to validate this information. When she called the BCSO she was able to confirm her suspicion that this was indeed a scam.

The Bowie County Sheriff's Office does actually have an employee named Captain David Biggar. The Captain heads up the Criminal Investigation Division. However, he has not called anyone about missing jury duty. What's more, the Bowie County Sheriff's Office will never ask for payment over a Zoom call or the phone. That request is an immediate sign that you are dealing with a scammer. If someone claims to be an employee of the Bowie County Sheriff’s Office and asks you for money over the phone, hang up on them and call our Office for verification. The phone number the scammer called from appears to be spoofed and is not a valid Bowie County Sheriff’s Office phone number. The phone numbers for the Bowie County Sheriff’s Office are 903-798-3149 and 903-628-6815. Lastly, Judge Howell’s Office does not collect fines or payments for missed jury duty.

Good job citizen, call and confirm, and you should probably be wary of anyone asking you to pay money over the phone.

MONDAY

Criminal Trespass-County Road 3202 Dekalb

Assault Causing Bodily Injury (family violence)-Kelly Road Nash, arrested: Johnathen Franklin Abner

Missing Person-County Road 4009 New Boston

Dog Bite-Timberbark Lane Texarkana

TUESDAY

Possession of a Controlled Substance (methamphetamine) Over 4 Grams and Under 200 Grams-Austin Street Maud, arrested: Julius Ervin Conkleton

Theft Over $750 and Under $2,500-County Road 1105 Maud, taken: silver bullion, Canon camera, $600 in U.S. Currency, Dallas Mavericks collectibles, prescription medication, hair dryer

Fraudulent Use or Possession of Identifying Information-Summer Lane Maud

Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle-Interstate 30 @ 201 mile marker New Boston, taken: 2010 Ford Escape (black in color)

Burglary of a Vehicle-U.S. Highway 259s Hubbard, taken: wallet containing identification cards and bank/debit cards

Assault Causing Bodily Injury (family violence)-State Highway 8n New Boston, arrested: Thomas Kelly Osteen

Warrant Service (traffic)-Guam Street Wake Village, arrested: Royal Charles Timmerman II

Warrant Service (Tampering with a Witness)-North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: Sarah Faye Yates

Warrant Service (Probation Violation for Possession of a Controlled Substance x2)-North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: Paul Donnell Moses

WEDNESDAY

Possession of a Controlled Substance (methamphetamine) Over 1 Gram and Under 4 Grams-South Lake Drive Texarkana, arrested: George Martinez

Evading Arrest with a Vehicle-County Road 1214 Texarkana

Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle-Chesterfield Circle Texarkana, taken: 2016 Ford F150 (silver in color)

Warrant Service (traffic)-Cayman Street Texarkana, arrested: Alvin Wayne Mobley

Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle-Volga Avenue Texarkana, taken: 2021 Ford F350 (white in color)-recovered and returned to owner

Fraudulent Use or Possession of Identifying Information-James Bowie Drive New Boston

Warrant Service (Capital Murder)-North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: Cedric Deshun Alexander

Jail Sanction for Burglary of a Building-North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: Ritchie Ricardo Alvarado

Warrant Service (Fail to Appear for Debit or Credit Card Abuse)-North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: Dexter Tramell Wright

Warrant Service (Probation Violation for Theft Over $2,500 and Under $30,000)-North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: Jimmy Lee Davis

Warrant Service (Probation Violation for DWI, Probation Violation for Assault on Public Servant)-North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: Gentrysha Darneishaye Finley

THURSDAY

Assault Causing Bodily Injury-Impede Breathing (family violence)-Private Road 13261 Texarkana

Death Investigation-U.S. Highway 259n Dekalb

Theft Over $100 and Under $750-Trexler Road Texarkana, taken: ice chest

Warrant Service (traffic)-North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: Brandon Lee Dickens

Warrant Service (traffic)-North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: Jacob Willis Barker

Warrant Service (traffic)-North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: Preston Lynn McElwee

Jail Sanction for Possession of a Controlled Substance-North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: Cheyenne Johnson

Warrant Service (Prohibited Substance or Item in a Correctional Facility)-North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: Tyler Ray Mansfield

Warrant Service (Probation Violation for Assault Causing Bodily Injury-family violence)-North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: Myles Anthony Goodwin

Warrant Service (Fail to Comply with Sex Offender Registration)-North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: Jeffery Dewayne Noiel

FRIDAY

Warrant Service (Injury to a Child), Resisting Arrest-Hickory Wood Drive Texarkana, arrested: Ray Lee Cockrell

Prohibited Substance or Item in a Correctional Facility-West Front Street Texarkana

Criminal Mischief Over $2,500 and Under $30,000-Krobot Circle Texarkana

Warrant Service (Probation Violation for DWI)-North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: Kassy Marie Samuels

Warrant Service (Probation Violation for Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle)-North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: Phillip E. Walston

Warrant Service (Parole Violation for Harassment of Public Servant)-Leary Road Leary, arrested: Nickolas Taylor Kiger

SATURDAY

Possession of a Controlled Substance (methamphetamine) Over 1 Gram and Under 4 Grams-Kelley Road Nash, arrested: Rachel Jamie Trout

Prohibited Substance or Item in a Correctional Facility-West Front Street

Abandoned Vehicle-County Road 2001 New Boston, impounded: Kia Rio 5 (burned)

Publish or Threaten to Publish Intimate Visual Material-Private Road 21123 Hooks

Assault Causing Bodily Injury (family violence)-Longhorn Drive Maud, arrested: Jessie Ryan Davis

Assault Causing Bodily Injury (family violence)-Myrtle Springs Road Texarkana, arrested: Georgie Sidney Eskew and Charlotte R. Sloan

Residential Fire-County Road 4123 Simms

SUNDAY

Possession of a Controlled Substance (methamphetamine) Under 1 Gram-Wright Patman Lake Texarkana, arrested: Fantasia Malae Tidwell

Burglary of a Vehicle-Leary Road Leary, taken: Apple laptop computer, $3,000.00 in U.S. Currency, social security card, U.S. Passport

Possession of a Controlled Substance (methamphetamine) Over 1 Gram and Under 4 Grams-U.S. Highway 59s Texarkana, arrested: Whitney Michelle White

Possession of a Controlled Substance (methamphetamine) Under 1 Gram-U.S. Highway 59s Texarkana, arrested: Tron Lee Ryan

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY BY BCSO

22 People Arrested by BCSO
44 People Arrested by Other Law Enforcement Agencies and Turned to BCSO
32/9 Civil Papers Cleared/Served by BCSO

BCSO PRISONER TRANSPORTS

55 Inmates Transported to Court
2 Inmates Transported to the Texas Department of Corrections
11 Inmates Transported for Medical Treatment
10 Inmates Transported for Other Reasons

78 Total Number of Persons Transported (Except Arrests by BCSO)

5,303 Total number of Miles Driven for Above Listed Transports

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