Sexual Assault of a Child Arrest Made Wednesday
Wednesday afternoon around 4 p.m. Sulphur Springs Police arrested Ryan Glen Mize, 22, for sexual assault of a child, according to Criminal Investigator Bo Fox. The offense was reported to the local police last week and following investigation of information provided by the teen’s parents, a warrant was issued Wednesday. Fox stated the investigation is continuing. Arraigned Thursday morning, bond for Mize was set at $50.000 by...
Touring the SSPD Offices in the Remodeled Old City Hall
Tuesday afternoon, Sulphur Springs Chief of Police Jay Sanders gave KSST News a tour of the segment of Old City Hall that is currently being remodeled to house police department personnel. The Emergency Management Control Center, offices for detectives, and the Special Crimes Unit will be housed in the new addition. Following the move into the new offices, the old police department will be remodeled to house patrol, an Internet Crimes...
Sunday Assault Under Investigation
An aggravated assault at a home on Fuller Street Sunday after 10 a.m. injured Donald Hall. Hall who was working on his car at the time of the assault, was transferred to Parkland Hospital in Dallas from Hopkins County Memorial Hospital following a relief of pressure on his right eye in the local Emergency Room, according to David Gilmore, Criminal Investigator of the SSPD. Gilmore said he has been in contact with a suspect in the...
Additional Charge Filed Against Mapps
An additional charge has been filed against Tilton Joshua Isaiah Mapps based on a complaint from the 8th Judicial District Attorney’s office. Added to the murder charge is a tampering with evidence with intent to injure. Mapps admitted to throwing into an unspecified body of water the weapon used in the Pacific Park murder of Johnathan Young. The U S Marshal’s office is also processing a charge of crossing state lines to...
MADD Presents Additional Breathalyzer to SSPD
Tuesday afternoon Mothers Against Drunk Driving presented the Sulphur Springs Police Department with a breathalyzer. The presentation at the city police station featured members of MADD along with Mayor Kayla Price, City Manager Marc Maxwell, and Chief of Police Jay Sanders. SSPD now has four patrol units equipped with the portable equipment. Eddie Moon, with the SSPD, said the new equipment would be put into service with the Tuesday...
Person of Interest found in Weekend Assault
A person of interest has been identified by Sulphur Springs Police as they seek to identify the suspect that attacked a Sulphur Springs man this past weekend. Monday the injured man was undergoing eye surgery at Parkland Hospital in Dallas. When identified as the assailant and arrested, the attacker will be charged with aggravated assault according to Police Chief Jay Sanders. Sanders stated the difficulty has been having someone...
Dive Team Dredge Lakes for Stolen Firearms
July 6 2019 – Local law enforcement officers were tipped off by an informant about two stolen firearms that had been thrown into two lakes in Sulphur Springs. One firearm, a 9mm, was thrown into Lake Sulphur Springs, while the other firearm, a 380 auto, was thrown into Peavine Pinion Pool. The two firearms are believed to have been stolen through car burglaries according to Chief Criminal Investigator Lewis Tatum. The weapons...
SSPD Seek Individual for Aggravated Assault
Sulphur Springs Police are seeking to identify the suspect that attacked a Sulphur Springs man over the weekend. Monday the injured man was undergoing eye surgery at Parkland Hospital in Dallas. When identified and arrested, the attacker will be charged with aggravated assault accoridng to Police Chief Jay Sanders. The charges may be made less if the injured individual has no permanent damage from the assault.
$1.5 Million Bond Set for Mapps; Girlfriend Also in Local Jail
A $1.5 million bond was set Friday morning, July 3rd for Tilton Isaiah Joshua Mapps who now resides in Hopkins County Jail. Mapps is charged with murder. He was arrested Monday June 29th at 1:45 p.m. in Fort Smith Arkansas for the murder of Johnathan Traehan Young. Young died as the result of multiple gunshot wounds received June 8th at Pacific Park. Mapps, identified by witnesses at the scene, had fled and has been the object of...
“Updated” U S Marshal’s Service Take Lead in Mapps Arrest
“Good police work by the U S Marshal’s service,” said Sulphur Springs Police Detective Sgt. David Gilmore. Gilmore’s remarks were made Tuesday morning after his return to Sulphur Springs from Fort Smith, Arkansas where Tilton Isaiah Joshua Mapps had been arrested Monday afternoon at 1:45 p.m. for the murder of Johnathan Traehan Young. (See arrest story here.) Young died as the result of multiple gunshot...
