Walmart Evacuated, Hollis Blaine Sartin of Sulphur Springs was Arrested Saturday Morning
Jan24

Walmart Evacuated, Hollis Blaine Sartin of Sulphur Springs was Arrested Saturday Morning

January 24, 2015 – A man who carried a gun into Wal-Mart in Sulphur Springs forcing the store to be evacuated Friday night around 10 p.m. was arrested Saturday morning for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle (truck) from a Hope, Arkansas auto dealer.  The man has been identified as 40-year old Hollis Blaine Sartin of Sulphur Springs.  He’s in the Hopkins County Jail facing a charge of Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle. Sartin...

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Hollis “Blaine” Sartin
Nov01

Hollis “Blaine” Sartin

Hollis “Blaine” Sartin Visitation for Hollis “Blaine” Sartin, age 48, of Winnsboro, will be held from 12 noon to 2 p.m. Thursday, November 3, 2022, at West Oaks Funeral Home. Blaine passed away on October 25, 2022, in Hopkins County. He was born on July 14, 1974, in Sulphur Springs. He owned and operated The Detail Shop and was former owner of The Tint Shop. He was known as “The Tint King” and always said, “If it don’t make...

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Sartin Sentenced
Jun04

Sartin Sentenced

Hollis Blane Sartin, 40, of Pickton was sentenced to six months State Jail time for the unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and when he finishes that sentence he will go to the Substance Abuse Treatment Center (SAFP), a section of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, according to District Attorney Will Ramsay. Ramsay said that when Sartin completes all of that, he will then be on probation for 10 years and should he fail to keep...

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New Charges Filed Against Hollis Sartin
Jan28

New Charges Filed Against Hollis Sartin

40-year old Hollis Blaine Sartin of Pickton now faces an additional charge after he reportedly entered Wal-Mart with a pistol last Friday night causing evacuation of the store.  I talked with Sulphur Springs Police Detective Sgt. David Gilmore Wednesday morning. Sartin was charged with terroristic threat before JP B.J. Teer Wednesday and bond was set at $35,000.  Monday JP Teer set a $75,000 bond for Sartin on a charge of unauthorized...

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HCSO: Attempt To Serve A Warrant Results In Gunfire And 1 Death In Hopkins County
Oct26

HCSO: Attempt To Serve A Warrant Results In Gunfire And 1 Death In Hopkins County

An attempt to serve a warrant resulted in gunfire and the suspect being found deceased, according to sheriff’s reports. Hopkins County Sheriff Hopkins County sheriff’s deputies, accompanied by Sheriff Lewis Tatum, reportedly went to a residence in Harmony community Tuesday morning with the intent to serve the 48-year-old resident with a warrant for unlawful disclosure or promotion of intimate visual materials. Officers...

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Hopkins County Records for the Week of June 14, 2019
Jun14

Hopkins County Records for the Week of June 14, 2019

Applications for Marriage Licenses Cedric Dwight Mosely and Angela Yvette Johnson Ashton Tailor Smith and Skyler Lucile Marie Swann James Wayne Evans and Macy Laine Griner Kerry Dewayne Spence and Krystle Renay Pearson Marlon Josue Garcia Rivas and Analis Paredes Limber L. Ponce Hernandez and Idania Perez Al Tamirano Paul Arthur Stieber Jr. and Sarah E. Courtney-Mesko Land Deed Transactions Janice Faye Petty Buck, independent executor...

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Pickton Man Arrested for Assault on Public Servant
May14

Pickton Man Arrested for Assault on Public Servant

A Hopkins County Deputy conducted a courtesy transport of a woman to her home after her husband had left her at a party in Franklin County. When they arrived at the residence, located State Highway 11E, they found the residence locked. Both the deputy and woman knocked on the doors, exterior walls, and windows but there was no response. The woman found an unsecured window with house keys near it. As the deputy held the window open for...

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Grand Jury Indictments for March 2015
Mar06

Grand Jury Indictments for March 2015

A Hopkins County Grand Jury presented 44 indictments against 37 individuals to the Eighth Judicial District Court Wednesday March 4. A variety of charges from possession and promotion of child pornography, online solicitation of a minor, aggravated robbery, to possession of a controlled substance and others are included in the indictments. Michael Henry Shahan was indicted on three counts of possessing visual material that visually...

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*New Info* Walmart Evacuation & Gun Scare
Jan24

*New Info* Walmart Evacuation & Gun Scare

A man who carried a gun into Wal-Mart in Sulphur Springs forcing the store to be evacuated Friday night around 10 p.m. was arrested Saturday morning for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle (truck) from a Hope, Arkansas auto dealer.  The man has been identified as 40-year old Hollis Blaine Sartin of Sulphur Springs.  He’s in the Hopkins County Jail facing a charge of Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle. Sartin is expected to have a...

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