In May 2004, Chris Collins (Christopher Edward Collins, Jr) and another (black) man were arrested and charged with sexually assaulting an intoxicated 12-year-old girl at a hotel in Texarkana, Tex., during an after-prom party. Two other men were charged in December 2005. Collins pleaded not guilty in March, after being indicted by a grand jury in December 2004. The case has created controversy in Texarkana, a small city of 35,000 on the Arkansas border. Collins and the three other men are black and the girl is white; some black residents have questioned whether the case has racial overtones. Collins confessed to the police that he had sex with the girl. The girl said she did not consent. - (Newsroom) - (crime) - (Sports) - (Black-on-white)