“Updated” Daylight Home Burglaries Plagues Sulphur Springs.
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Chief Criminal Investigator Lewis Tatum is urging county residents to be the nosiest neighbor you can be to help the Sheriff’s Office arrest a group of thieves who have recently burglarized several homes in the south part of the county during the day. The thieves like to kick a door open, grab items and get out quick. Tatum is hoping someone will get a description or a license plate number of a...
Jail Project Under Budget and Making Up Time
Progress continues to be made on the new Hopkins County Jail project. The project is just a few days behind schedule and under budget. It is still scheduled to be finished in October. I got an update from County Judge Robert Newsom Thursday morning.
Sean Michael Brown of Mt. Pleasant Faces a Charge of Indecency With a Child
28-year Sean Michael Brown of Mt. Pleasant faces a charge of indecency with a child in connection with an October 31 incident in Hopkins County. Brown turned himself in at the Camp County Jail in Pittsburg just after 9 a.m. Tuesday. He was later transferred to the Hopkins County Jail
Kelly Ray Tadlock, Was Found Guilty of one Count of Indecency With a Child
A 43-year old Sulphur Springs man, Kelly Ray Tadlock, was found guilty of one count and not guilty on another count of indecency with a child in Hopkins County 8th District Court Wednesday. A two-day trial was conducted before District Judge Eddie Northcutt who rendered the verdict. The trial involved two sisters. A sentencing hearing has been scheduled on February 25 at 9 a.m. Assistant DA Clay Harrison said Tadlock was not eligible...
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...
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...
Como Man Arrested for Sexual Assault
A 53-year old Como man turned himself in at the Hopkins County Jail Wednesday for sexual assault involving two girls, ages eight and ten. Terry Reese Tanton was charged with three counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child before Justice of the Peace Brad Cummings who set bond at $100,000 on each count. A Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office source said the incidents occurred during a two-week period recently.
MANHUNT OVER EXTRA EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT
The manhunt is over as 46-year old Mark Covington of Pickton was arrested shortly after midnight in Hunt County. Shortly after 11 p.m. Friday, Hopkins County Sheriff’s Investigators and Deputies were alerted that the subject of the manhunt was at a club in Campbell at I-30 and Highway 50 in Hunt County. As lawmen closed in, the subject again took off running. Hopkins County lawmen aided by the Greenville Police Department and K9...
“Updated” Manhunt in Hopkins County
A man wanted for a parole violation ran from Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputies as they approached a car he was in Thursday night. Despite use of a DPS helicopter, the man evaded lawmen in a large wooded area off FM 2285 near Pleasant Grove. The man, identified as Mark Covington is bald and has a teardrop tattoo under one eye. We hear more about this from Hopkins County Sheriff’s Criminal Investigator Dennis Findley. [pb_vidembed...
