**SSPD Reports Issues With Landline 911 Service
** “911 IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL AGAIN” reported. Sulphur Springs Police Department before 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022 announced issues with some 911 service. According to SSPD Lt. Rusty Stillwagoner, the police department is “currently experiencing a 911 outage for landline telephone service. 911 service for cell phones is still operational.” Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jason Ricketson noted that SSPD personnel...
2 Men Caught Trying To Withdraw Thousands From Someone Else’s Account At Local Bank
Two Dallas area men were caught trying to withdraw thousands from someone else’s account at a local bank, according to police reports. Isaac Clidell Woods (HCSO jail photo) Sulphur Springs Police Officer Francisco Castro, in a May 17 arrest reports, stated he was dispatched May 5, 2022, as a backup unit in reference to a possible suspect inside a Gilmer Street Bank attempting to take money from another person’s bank...
Updated: 2 Suspects In Custody For Friday Morning Armed Robbery At Love’s
Two suspects were in custody Friday night in connection with the armed robbery at Love’s Travel Center in Sulphur Springs earlier in the day. Charles Orin Lee Nash Sulphur Springs Police Detective Jason Reneau received information giving a possible location for the suspects involved. Reneau, Lt. Rusty Stillwagoner and other officers went to an address in the 1200 block of Greenville Street in Greenville Friday evening, the...
Man Found Unconscious Last Week At Park Has Died, Autopsy Ordered
The man found unconscious last week at a Sulphur Springs park died at the hospital. An autopsy has been ordered in the case, according to police investigators. Although police put out a release asking anyone who might have information about what happened to the man to contact Sulphur Springs Police Department or Crime Stoppers, officers received very little information. Walkers reportedly found the male, identified by police only as a...
Police Asking For Public’s Help In Case Of Unconscious Man Found At Park
Sulphur Springs Police Department is asking for the public’s help in the case of an unconscious man found at a park Monday. According to a media release, SSPD officer responded around 6 a.m. Monday, Nov. 8, 2021, to a 911 call of an unconscious male in the boat ramp parking area of Coleman Park. Upon arrival, police officers reported finding male who was unconscious but breathing, lying next to his truck. He had apparently...
Sulphur Springs Man Accused Of Aggravated Sexual Assault
A 44-year-old Sulphur Springs man accused of aggravated sexual assault was arrested Tuesday evening on a warrant, according to police and arrest reports. Cesar Emilio Andino He is accused of the aggravated assault of a child who was younger than 14 years of age. The victim made an outcry. Sulphur Springs Police were alerted. The alleged victim was interviewed at Northeast Texas Child Advocacy Center, a probable cause affidavit was...
Suspect In Skate Park Shooting In Custody
The skate park shooting suspect remained in Hopkins County jail Wednesday morning, May 3. Bond for the 17-year-old Sulphur Springs resident was set at $200,000 on the second-degree felony aggravated assault charge, according to jail . Justin Quentil Richards Sulphur Springs Police, in a news release Monday, reported one person suffered a single gunshot wound around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 3, at the skate park in Buford Park. Officers,...
How To Pay Bills, Tickets While City of Sulphur Springs Offices Are Closed To Public
Sulphur Springs Public Library Offers Curbside Checkout All City of Sulphur Springs facilities were closed to the public as of Friday, March 20, a precautionary measure to protect the community and city staff as more people are being diagnosed across the state, country and world with COVID-19. Sulphur Springs City government will continue to operate, with all operations at the core of city government still functioning. There will...
Sulphur Springs Shooting Suspect Jailed In Wood County
A Mineola man wanted in connection with a Feb. 5 shooting in Sulphur Springs was arrested in Wood County jail Friday. Brandon Clayton Soles Soles was arrested by Wood County Precinct 2 Constable on Feb. 21 on the aggravated assault warrant for the alleged aggravated assault in Sulphur Springs, according to Wood County jail reports. Soles also had Wood County charges, according to SSPD. Wood County jail reports show Soles was also...
Sulphur Springs Police Department Releases Annual Profiling Report
Nearly 20 percent more males were stopped by Sulphur Springs Police Department in 2019 than females, according SSPD’s annual report regarding traffic stops and arrests. Sulphur Springs Police Department Sulphur Springs Police Department Lt. Rusty Stillwagoner, standing in for the police chief who was away at training, presented the department’s annual profiling report to Sulphur Springs City Council at their regular...
