A 69-year-old De Kalb man is facing felony aggravated-assault and second-offense driving-while-intoxicated charges after an alleged crossbow threat in a New Boston Walmart parking lot on Oct. 28. The charges are allegations; the available report does not say that a court has determined Greene’s guilt.
The case is assigned to 202nd District Judge John Tidwell, and Mickey Jay Greene is represented by the Bowie County Public Defender’s Office, Texarkana Today reported. The outlet said Greene was released on a $110,000 bond. It reported that the aggravated-assault charge carries a possible sentence of two to 20 years if he is convicted; no upcoming hearing or further status for the DWI charge was provided.
What the affidavit says
According to the affidavit as described by Texarkana Today, the encounter began when Greene allegedly tried the handle of a truck that was not his. After its owner told him he had the wrong vehicle, Greene allegedly took a CenterPoint crossbow from his older white Chevrolet pickup, loaded it and pointed it at the owner. The man told a New Boston officer he feared for his life and went into the store.
The report says Greene denied taking out the crossbow and told officers that several men had approached him and become aggressive. Officers reportedly found the crossbow unloaded in his truck, with arrows inside, and noticed an odor of alcohol. The affidavit states that Greene told police he had consumed two beers and two shots of whiskey about three hours earlier; it also describes poor performance on field sobriety tests and a portable breath-test reading of .16. Those reported observations and statements form part of the allegations, not a court finding.
A separate East Texas case offers a limited comparison
Crossbow cases in the region have involved markedly different allegations. In a separate San Augustine County case, a jury found Lorenza Sherrod White guilty of murdering Bryan William Blue with a crossbow on Dec. 5, 2022, and White was sentenced to 99 years in prison, KTRE reported. That case involved a completed killing and a jury conviction; Greene’s case concerns an alleged threat and remains pending. The comparison does not establish a connection between the cases or show how Greene’s charges will be resolved.
