Alliance Bank in Sulphur Springs
Man Listed As Missing Person Arrested At Walmart On FBI Warrant
Feb22

Man Listed As Missing Person Arrested At Walmart On FBI Warrant

Three people were arrested at Walmart over the weekend, including a man listed as a missing person who also had an outstanding FBI warrant, according to police reports. Sulphur Springs Police responded at Walmart 3:26 p.m. Feb. 20 in reference to a theft report. A 48-year-old man and 45-year-old woman were reported to have taken more than $100 worth of merchandise. The pair were issued criminal trespass warnings for the store and...

Read More
Alabama Man Arrested On An FBI Warrant
Nov07

Alabama Man Arrested On An FBI Warrant

A 28-year-old Alabama man was arrested on an FBI warrant late Friday afternoon on Interstate 30 in Hopkins County, according to arrest reports. No HCSO jail photo available for Nipun Gadhok Cumby Police Officer Nicholas Geer received radio traffic from Texas Department of Public Safety that the registered owner of a a Jeep Wrangler headed east on Interstate 30 was wanted by the FBI. Geer and Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Sgt....

Read More
FBI Arrests Sosa-Pintor
Aug04

FBI Arrests Sosa-Pintor

Fernando Sosa-Pintor, 52, was arrested again last week for possession of child pornography. This time the arrest was initiated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Sosa-Pintor was held in Hopkins County Jail until Tuesday, August 04, 2015, when he was taken to Plano for a hearing in federal court. The hearing was scheduled for Tuesday afternoon but the results are not known at this time. The Sulphur Springs man was arrested by...

Read More
Sulphur Springs Man Arrested On A Firearm Charge
Dec03

Sulphur Springs Man Arrested On A Firearm Charge

Matthew Lavon Payne A 42-year-old Sulphur Springs man was arrested early Tuesday morning on a felony weapon charge, according to police reports. Sulphur Springs Police Cpl. Chris Rosamond reported officers were made aware of a FBI warrant for Matthew Lavon Payne’s arrest. Rosamond reported contact was made with occupants of a Chevrolet High Country pickup at 5:41 a.m. Dec. 3, on Main Street. Payne was a passenger in the truck,...

Read More
Yantis ISD Coach Who Resigned While On Administrative Leave Was Arrested Oct. 7
Oct07

Yantis ISD Coach Who Resigned While On Administrative Leave Was Arrested Oct. 7

McIntosh Arrested Following Investigation Christopher McIntosh was arrested at 8:20 a.m. Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, by Yantis ISD Police Chief Christopher Cox and Texas Ranger John Vance at his Sulphur Bluff residence on an online solicitation of a minor warrant. The Yantis ISD coach reportedly resigned Friday, Sept. 30, from his duties with the district while on administrative leave for “other matters,” according to a post...

Read More
Man Accused Of Dumping Near Lake Sulphur Springs
Jan06

Man Accused Of Dumping Near Lake Sulphur Springs

A 26-year-old man is in custody at Morris County jail Wednesday night on felony Hopkins County warrants for allegedly dumping debris and trash near Lake Sulphur Springs earlier this week. The arrest is the third time he has been arrested on Hopkins County felony charges. Justen Blake Saffel (HCSO jail photo) Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office was notified earlier in the week that debris and trash had been dumped near Sulphur...

Read More
Suspect Arrested For Capital Murder In Connection With Shootings At Texas A&M University-Commerce
Feb04

Suspect Arrested For Capital Murder In Connection With Shootings At Texas A&M University-Commerce

Texas A&M Commerce Release: A suspect has been arrested on the charge of capital murder in connection with the shootings that occurred on the campus of Texas A&M University-Commerce this week, reported Tuesday evening. The suspect is 21-year-old Jacques Dshawn Smith. Smith is not a student at A&M-Commerce. He is believed to be the ex-boyfriend of Abbaney Matts, one of the deceased individuals. An arrest warrant was...

Read More
Hopkins County Man Sentenced for Child Sexual Exploitation Violations
Oct04

Hopkins County Man Sentenced for Child Sexual Exploitation Violations

PLANO, Texas – A 53-year-old Sulphur Springs, Texas man has been sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison for child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today. Russell Dean Hill pleaded guilty on May 3, 2019, to distributing child pornography and was sentenced to 210 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Sean D. Jordan on Oct. 2, 2019.  Upon his release from...

Read More
SPCA, Hopkins County Sheriff Seize Over 200 Head of Starving Cattle
Dec05

SPCA, Hopkins County Sheriff Seize Over 200 Head of Starving Cattle

(SULPHUR SPRINGS, TX); December 4, 2017–Today, the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office began seizing and taking custody of approximately 200-400 allegedly cruelly treated, starving head of cattle from six Hopkins County properties near Sulphur Springs, TX. Due to the number of cattle and the multiple locations, the animals’ removal will likely take through Wednesday, December 6. Today, more than 160 cattle were removed from...

Read More
Missing Arkansas Child Found in Franklin County
Apr25

Missing Arkansas Child Found in Franklin County

Franklin County Sheriff, Ricky Jones, reported he and his deputies assisted the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, in the recovery of a missing child from Searcy County, Arkansas on Wednesday, April 19th. According to Sheriff Jones, the FBI had received a tip of the possible location of a Missing Child just north of the Winnsboro city limits in Franklin County, TX. Upon receiving the tip, FBI Agents and Deputies from Franklin...

Read More