TEXARKANA, Tx., (KNOE 8 News) - A judge has ruled a Texarkana man accused of shooting and killing a Bowie County sheriff's deputy in the basement of the county courthouse in New Boston incompetent to stand trial.
State District Judge Leon Pesek Monday ordered 23-year-old Tucker Strickland confined to a state mental hospital until he's competent to be tried on a capital murder charge for the 2011 slaying of 54-year-old deputy Sherri Jones.
Authorities say Jones was escorting Strickland to a competency hearing on a charge he assaulted his mother when the deputy was overpowered, had her gun taken and was shot in the head. Strickland fled in a county transport van and was captured about 30 minutes later in Arkansas.
Strickland has been held in the Fannin County Jail in Bonham under $3 million bond.
Monday, May 20 2013 1:30 PM EDT2013-05-20 17:30:32 GMT
FORT POLK, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Fort Polk crews are searching for a blimp that broke loose and floated west across Louisiana and may have crashed landed.
FORT POLK, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Fort Polk crews are searching for a blimp that broke loose and floated west across Louisiana and may have crashed landed.
Friday, May 17 2013 12:09 PM EDT2013-05-17 16:09:18 GMT
FARMERVILLE, La. (KNOE 8 News) - The family of a Farmerville teen who died at football practice last week says it is overwhelmed by the community's gratitude.
FARMERVILLE, La. (KNOE 8 News) - The family of a Farmerville teen who died at football practice last week says it is overwhelmed by the community's gratitude.
