Denton Man Arrested In Hopkins County On Controlled Substance Charge
January 25, 2020 – A 59-year-old Denton man was jailed Friday night after THC wax and marijuana were found in his car, according to arrest reports. Steven Charles Doron Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Lavender reported stopping an eastbound blue Toyota Camry at 11:38 p.m. He alleged the 2019 car traveled past him on Interstate 30 in the left lane at the 120 mile marker and continue driving in the left lane without...
Hopkins County Records, Jan. 24, 2020
Land Deed Transactions James Coker, Larry Joe Coker independently and as independent executor for the Mary Marlene Coker Estate and the John Wayne McCown Estate, and Martha Vera McCoy to Ashley Patterson and Bodie Patterson; tract in the Jesse Odom surveyJamil Brown, Betty Jo Johnson known as Betty J. Washington, Natasha Johnson, Adrien Johnson, Kristal Washington and Sherwood Johnson to Clinton J. Beachum; tract in the MA Bowlin...
Sheriff's Office Pursuing COPS Grant To Add Officers To Patrol Division
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is pursuing grant funding which would allow the department to increase the department by one patrol deputy each shift. HCSO Chief Deputy Tanner Crump talked with Hopkins County Commissioners Court during a work session this week about potentially applying for a 3-year COPS grant for up to $125,000 to increase patrol and CID staffing to keep up...
Sulphur Springs Man Jailed For Allegedly Interfering With Emergency Call
Sulphur Springs Police Department patrol car A 31-year-old Sulphur Springs man was jailed just before noon Thursday for allegedly preventing a female from calling 911 during an altercation at a gas station. Sulphur Springs police were dispatched about 11:40 a.m. Jan. 23 to the East Shannon Road gas station to what was reported as an assault in progress. Dispatchers, on the 911 line, advised of what sounded like a male and female...
I-30 Traffic Stop In Hopkins County Nets 2 Arrests
An interstate traffic stop east of Sulphur Springs Thursday afternoon resulted in two Tennessee residents’ arrests on misdemeanor marijuana and weapon charges, according to arrest reports. A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper reported stopping a red Ford Focus at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 23 at mile marker 136 on Interstate 30 for speeding. During contact with the pair in the car, the trooper reported smelling a strong marijuana...
Construction Project, Repairs Discussed By Commissioners Court
Hopkins County Commissioner Court, during a work session this week, discussed a construction project and needed repairs at county facilities. Inmates remove debris from a demolished building to clear the site for a new county building at the corner of Rosemont Street and Houston Street. Tom Glossup reported construction on the new building to be located at the corner of Houston and Rosemont Streets is expected to really get under way...
Hawkins Man In Custody in Hopkins County On 2 Outstanding Charges
Stephen Johnson A 30-year-old Hawkins man was in custody at Hopkins County jail Thursday morning on a two local warrants. Stephen Johnson was taken into custody at 11:30 a.m. January 22, 2020 at the Joe F. Gurney Unit of Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Palestine. Johnson was transported to Hopkins County jail, where he was held on warrants for violation of probation on a burglary of a habitation charge and bond forfeiture on a...
Cumby Police Arrest Man At Post Office On Felony Warrant
Waylon Wade Underwood A 41-year-old Cumby man was taken into custody at the Cumby Post Office Wednesday evening on a felony warrant. Cumby Police Officer Zack Steward reported seeing a 2005 Hyundai Sonata registered to Waylon Wade Underwood just before 5:30 p.m. Jan. 22. Aware that Underwood had an active warrant, Steward contacted Underwood in the vehicle from the driver’s side window at Cumby Post Office, the CPD officer...
