First Court Appearance For Man Who Attacked Female Relative

Bowie County

A man accused of breaking the neck of a female relative in a Texarkana Hotel room made his first appearance in court this week. The court assigned an attorney for 40-year-old Clifton Littlesam Poulton, hometown unavailable, to represent him. He was indicted for two counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault and Burglary of a Habitation with the intent to commit sexual assault. Poulton allegedly broke into the victim’s hotel room, brutally beat, and sexually assaulted her. All of the charges against him are first-degree felonies.