December 2020 Hopkins County Grand Jury Indictments
The Hopkins County Grand Jury during the December 2020 session signed 54 indictments, pushing those cases forward for prosecutions. Approximately 75 percent of the cases were for controlled substance offenses, and the other 25 percent included stolen vehicle, evading arrest, theft, aggravated robbery, abandoning or endangering a child, money laundering and indecency with a child offenses. Fourth-seven people are named in the...
2 Sulphur Springs Men Arrested For Aggravated Robbery
September 26, 2020 – Two Sulphur Springs men were arrested for aggravated robbery early Thursday morning, according to sheriff’s and jail reports. Zackery Austin Hill (HCSO jail photo) Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputies M. Poindexter and Kevin Lester and Sgt. Tanner Steward were dispatched at 3:42 a.m. Sept. 24 to FM 2297 near Pryor Lane, where a male allegedly had a gun pulled on him, then was hit and robbed...
Cumby Traffic Stop Results In Arrest of Security Employee and Avalanche of Drugs
October 24, 2023 – A stop for a traffic violation went downhill quickly for two out-of-state residents as they passed through Cumby in the early hours of October 24th. Police noticed drug paraphernalia in plain sight in the vehicle and the driver of the Chevrolet pickup admitted to having marijuana in the car handing a jar of the leafy substance to the officer. This action prompted a probable cause search of the vehicle which...
