Point Man Arrested For Illegal Commercial Dumping On CR 1151
A 20-year-old Point man was arrested for illegal commercial dumping on Hopkins County County Road 1151, according to arrest reports. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Todd Evans reportedly began investigating the illegal dumping Monday, after being alerted about construction materials being dumped along County Road 1151. After looking into the matter, the Point man was identified as a potential person of interest. Evans...
Saffel Released From Hopkins County Jail On $10,000 Bond On Illegal Dumping, Debris Charges
Justen Blake Saffel was released Saturday from Hopkins County jail on $10,000 in bonds on charges for illegal dumping and discharge of debris near Lake Sulphur Springs, according to jail reports. Saffel was taken into custody around 3 p.m. Wednesday in Omaha on warrants issued following a joint investigation by Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office and Hopkins County Fire Marshals Office. The 26-year-old spent the night in Morris...
Handgun Complaint Resulted In Two Arrests
A handgun complaint resulted in two arrests at Century Lake Wednesday evening. Officers responded to a complaint of a person in a red car “pulling a handgun” on another motorist near Hillcrest Drive and West Houston Street. The red car then allegedly turned onto County Road 4703, which leads to Century Lake. The person to whom the gun was shown reportedly followed the suspect vehicle onto CR 4703 at the lake, officials...
Sulphur Springs Woman Arrested After THC Oil Vaporizer, Firearm Found During Traffic Stop
Hopkins County sheriff’s deputies arrested 38-year-old Desiree Delyn Pharis of Sulphur Springs, after allegedly finding a THC oil vaporizer and a firearm in her truck during a traffic stop. Desiree Delyn Pharis Deputy Aaron Chaney reported stopping Pharis at 9:10 a.m. Feb. 4 on County Road 4703 because the truck she was in didn’t have a front license plate. Chaney alleged her leg began shaking erratically while holding...
Seventeen Indictments Handed Up By Hopkins County Grand Jury
Seventeen indictments were handed up by a Hopkins County Grand Jury this week. Indictments against those arrested include: Melissa Kathleen Page was indicted for Abandon Endanger Child Criminal Negligence. Special Crimes Unit assisted Child Protective Service Agents with an investigation regarding four children ages one to four years old. All tested positive for methamphetamine. The four children were in the care, custody, and control...
Hopkins County Grand Jury Hands Up 19 Indictments
Nineteen Indictments were handed up by a Hopkins County Grand Jury this week. Those indicted and who have been arrested include: Jeremy Lee McIntyre indicted on two counts of Injury Child/Elderly Disabled Reckless and one count of Assault Family/House Member Impede Breath/Circulation. Wayne Ray Campbell Wayne Ray Campbell indicted for Sex Offenders Duty to Register Life/Annually. Campbell, 28, of Sulphur Springs, failed to...
Two Arrested with Meth on Country Road
October 12, 2018 – Hopkins County Sheriff’s Investigator Wade Sheets noticed a 2015 Chevrolet Malibu backed up to a gate on County Road 4703 and saw two individuals in the vehicle. Upon making contact with the passengers, he saw a loaded glass pipe in the passengers lap and the driver was shaking a butane bottle. The glass pipe contained methamphetamine. In a search of the driver’s pockets, the investigator found a blue colored...
Three Sentenced in Hopkins County 8th Judicial District Court Monday
April 25, 2016 – In Hopkins County 8th Judicial District Court Monday afternoon, Jacob Thompson plead guilty before the court to a first degree felony theft of livestock and a second degree felony theft of property. He received 10 years’ probation for the first degree felony and 10 years deferred probation for the felony 2. In June of 2014, he was arrested by Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raiser’s Association Special Ranger...
Second Arrest in Armed Robbery
Hopkins County Sheriff’s officers arrested a second man in connection with the armed holdup of a couple at Highway 11 West and County Road 4703 just before 3 a.m. Friday. Arrested were 20-year old Demetrius Shawn Williams and 18-year old Jason Floyd Koenig. Both men were charged with aggravated robbery before Justice of the Peace B. J. Teer. Teer set bond at $75,000 for each man
Sulphur Springs Man Accused Of Illegal Dumping Near Sulphur Springs Lake
A 67-year-old Sulphur Springs man was accused of illegal dumping near Sulphur Springs Lake Wednesday afternoon, according to arrest reports. James Hurley Cork AKA Jimmy Pitts, James Hurely Cork and James Huley Cork Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Justin Wilkerson was advised Aug. 17, 2022, that James Hurley Cork had been identified as a suspect in an investigation into illegal dumping of a large amount of sheetrock at the...
