Man Found Sleeping In Truck Arrested On Controlled Substance Charge
Martin Lee Contreras A man found sleeping in a Dodge 2500 pickup parked in front of a Sulphur Springs residence at 7 a.m. Wednesday ended up in jail on a controlled substance charge, Sulphur Springs Police Officer Adrian Pruitt alleged in arrest reports.Pruitt reported the man to appear extremely nervous when contacted on W.A. Street at Beckham Street, which was not his residence. The man, identified in arrest reports as 26-year-old...
City Council Appoints Police Chief, Fire Chief/Marshal, Utilities Director
Sulphur Springs City Council Tuesday night voted to eliminate the public safety director position, with one council member voting against the measure. The city will go back to the prior tradition of having a separate fire chief and separate police chief. For the fire department, the top officer will be the fire chief/fire marshal. David James was appointed to fill that role. Jason Ricketson, a longtime officer at Sulphur Springs...
2 Jailed Following Complaint Of Intoxicated Person at Gas Station
Tracy Odell Marshall A complaint of an intoxicated person at a South Broadway Street gas station Saturday night resulted in not only a woman’s arrest for public intoxication, but also a Dike man being jailed on a controlled substance charge, according to police reports. Sulphur Springs Police Lt. Eddie Moon, Sgt. Joshua Shufeldt and Officer Derrick Williams responded to a complaint of a suspected intoxicated person inside the...
Complaint of Alcohol Consumption in Parking Lot Lead to Man With 3 Traffic Warrants
A complaint of alcohol consumption in Gilmer Street parking lot Friday night lead police to a man wanted on three traffic charges, according to arrest reports. Sulphur Springs Police were at location at 10:39 p.m. in reference to people drinking alcohol in the parking lot in the 600 block of Gilmer Street. The officers, in arrest reports, said he encountered a 22-year-old Sulphur Springs man he knew to be wanted. He had dispatchers...
Discussion, Action On Offices of Public Safety, Utilities Directors; Several Board, Commission Appointments On June City Council Agenda
Sulphur Springs City Council members are scheduled Tuesday night to meet in a special executive session prior to their regular monthly meeting to discuss two city offices, those of the public safety director and the public utilities director. The city in October 2017 held a similar meeting, opting to create a new position, that of public safety director. This combined jobs of both police and fire chiefs. James “Jay” Sanders, a...
Frisco Man Allegedly Caught With Stolen Firearm
Patrick Deshaun Holman Patrick Deshaun Holman, 23, of Frisco was jailed Wednesday night after police found a stolen firearm in his possession during a traffic stop, according to arrest reports. Holman was reportedly a passenger in a Toyota Camry stopped on Interstate 30 east at mile marker 122 for traffic violation at 10:38 p.m. May 29 for a traffic violation, Sulphur Springs Police Officer Cleve Williams alleged in the arrest report....
Police Arrest Man After Finding Methamphetamine In His Pocket
Jason Allen Hooten A 31–year-old Sulphur Springs man was jailed after police found methamphetamine in his pocket, according to arrest reports. Jason Allen Hooten reportedly caught Sulphur Springs Police Officer Zach Brown’s attention by driving a Jeep Cherokee on the “wrong side of the road,” in the 1500 block of East Industrial Drive at 10:36 p.m. Monday, so Brown stopped him on the traffic charge. Brown...
Man Accused Of Interfering With 911 Call During Disturbance
A 34-year-old Sulphur Springs man was arrested Saturday for allegedly preventing a woman from calling 911. Police were dispatched at 11:12 a.m. May 25 to a report of a disturbance in progress at a Woodlawn Street residence. Upon arrival at the man’s residence, they contacted the man and another party alleged to have been involved in the disturbance, police reported. He was accused of taking the phone away from the other...
Man Accused of Assaulting, Putting Girlfriend In Choke Hold
Scotty Ray Price Scotty Ray Price, 36, of Sulphur Springs was arrested at 1:47 p.m. Sunday on 9th Street in Sulphur Springs for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend. Sulphur Springs Police Officer Sean Hoffman was dispatched a disturbance at his residence. Upon arrival, the man was alleged to have assaulted his girlfriend by punching her in the face and body numerous times, and placing her in a choke hold, which impeded her breathing,...
Fm 2653 Traffic Stop Nets 2 Grams of Methamphetamine, 1 Arrest
Jessica Lanae Bentle A traffic stop on FM 2653 south of State Highway 11 resulted in location of approximately 2 grams of methamphetamine and Jessica Lanae Bentle’s arrest.Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Lance Burdick reported stopping a Dodge Ram 1500 at 9:34 p.m. for a defective stop lamp. He noted the driver, identified in arrest reports as 31-year-old Bentle of Commerce, exhibited signs of nervousness, could not sit...
