A routine traffic stop near the 2100 block of South Broadway Street late Thursday evening led to the arrest of two individuals wanted on felony warrants for Abandonment and Endangerment of a Child and Delivery and Manufacturing of a Controlled Substance. Sulphur Springs Police Department Investigator Mark Estes and Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Tony Crouse arrested Katelin Leann Gumpert, 24, and James Christopher Castleberry, 31, in connection with a previous incident that occurred at a Kasie Street residence in Sulphur Springs.
During the book in at the Hopkins County Jail, Gumpert was found to be in possession of an off-white, crystal like substance suspected to be methamphetamine. A charge for Possession of a Controlled Substance less than 1 gram was added to Gumpert’s previous offenses.
Bond for Gumpert was set at $40,000 total: $20,000 for Abandonment and Endangerment of a Child, $10,000 for Delivery and Manufacturing of a Controlled Substance, and $10,000 for Possession of a Controlled Substance less than 1 gram. Castleberry sits on $30,000 bond: $20,000 for Abandonment and Endangerment of a Child and $10,000 for Delivery and Manufacturing of a Controlled Substance. All of the charges for Gumpert and Castleberry are felony offenses.
