Reports on Oct. 10 of a woman hanging out of a vehicle and screaming drew police to a scene in Carthage where they found Ashley Stokes lying in a fetal
The Jasper County prosecutor’s office dismissed four defendants’ domestic assault cases this week, citing a lack of cooperation on the part of the victims in each case.
An 18-year-old rural Carthage man waived a preliminary hearing Thursday and was ordered to stand trial on a charge that he assaulted a juvenile with a knife.
A 24-year-old defendant from Marksville, Louisiana, waived preliminary hearings Thursday in Jasper County Circuit Court on kidnapping, burglary and tampering charges stemming from incidents in January and July.