Man given 38-year term in prison for fatal beating
Man given 38-year term in prison for fatal beating by Lynn Larowe | Today at 2:32 a.m. NEW BOSTON, Texas -- A Bowie County jury found that a Texarkana man used his fists as a deadly weapon and sentenced him to 38 years in prison for the fatal January 2020 assault on his girlfriend. Dontavious Dishawn Haney, 21, struggled with officers who attempted to take him into custody after 202nd District Judge John Tidwell dismissed the jury on Thursday. Haney yelled at and fought with at least six deputies and court officers as they removed him from the courtroom. During the guilt or innocence phase of...