Renovations Continue For SSPD Offices
With a lot of the Sulphur Springs Police Department housed behind old City Hall in temporary offices, renovation work continues at the old police department. City Director of Finance Peter Karstens says demolition has been done and now comes the putting back. Work is expected to be done by end of...
Blue Santa Begins Campaign
Local law enforcement officers are gearing up for this year’s Blue Santa toy drive for children in need this Christmas. Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders discussed Blue Santa on KSST’s Good Morning Show with Enola Gay Friday morning. Blue Santa has been a part of the local community for around 10 years according to Chief Sanders. Law enforcement officers working together with CanHELP collect toys for children who...
SSPD Seek to Find Help for Suicidal Female Following Pursuit That Ended Near Winnsboro
Sulphur Springs Police are seeking assistance for a suicidal female approximately 50 years of age. When a police officer approached the auto in which the woman sat shortly before 2 p.m. Friday, the woman drove away. A pursuit began just west of Hillcrest Mobile Home Park. The female officer who had attempted to speak with the woman had noted cuts on the woman’s body where she had used a knife to harm herself. The pursuit on State...
Preliminary Autopsy Confirms Drowning
Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders says he has been notified that the cause of death in a case where a body was found floating in a swimming pool Monday evening was drowning. That was the result of a preliminary autopsy conducted by American Forensics in Dallas. The deceased has been identified as 68-year old William Gene Alley of Sulphur Springs. He body was found by his wife at their residence in the 100 block of Cedar Springs...
Local Police Issue Scam Warning
Watch out for scam artists. One even tried to scam Sulphur Springs Police Detective Sgt. David Gilmore and a friend of his with different telephone cons. Sgt. Gilmore said a cellphone call last Thursday advised him that he had won $6.5 million in the lottery but that he had to pay $350 in IRS taxes to receive the money. The caller had a middle eastern accent according to Gilmore. Gilmore reminds the public that when you purchase a...
Arkansas Man, 47, Contacts Local Minor’s Family When Relationship Fails
Timothy Darren Cameron, 47, of Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas currently resides in Hopkins County Jail on a $50,000 bond following his arrest in Arkansas. He is charged with sexual assault of a child. According to Rusty Stillwagoner, Chief Investigation Officer with the Sulphur Springs Police Department, Cameron met a local 15 year old female on Facebook in June and developed relationship. They made personal contact in July in...
Law Enforcement Praise Two Boys for Reporting Attempted Sexual Assualt
Sulphur Springs Police Detective Sgt. David Gilmore arrested 51-year old Darrell Lynn Payne of Sulphur Springs last Thursday for two counts of attempted sexual assault. The case involved boys ages 14 and 15. The two boys told their parents of the incident and the parents reported to police that a neighbor who lived down the road had proposed committing a sex act on the boys September 4th. He confessed to doing what the victims...
Local Man Points Gun at Mother, Cousin During Disturbance
A 20-year old Sulphur Springs man was arrested by police Monday at around 10:40 p.m. for allegedly pointing a gun at his mother and cousin during a disturbance at a residence in the 500 block of Locust. Justen Blake Saffel was formally charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon before Justice of the Peace Brad Cummings who set bond on Saffel at $50,000.
“Updated” Arrest Warrant Issued for Police Imposter; Not His First Arrest
According to Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders, an arrest warrant has been issued for 56-year old James Charles Williams, Jr. of Little Rock, Arkansas for impersonating a peace officer on the street and for theft, a state jail felony, in connection with the June 20th robbery of a Hispanic male in Sulphur Springs. Williams is also a suspect in the robbery that took place this weekend at Days Inn in the city. Williams is now in...
Police Impersonator Hits Area Cities
Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders has issued an alert for local businesses, especially those located along the interstate. A series of robberies similar to one that took place in Sulphur Springs June 21 occurred last night in near-by cities along I-30. It happened again Saturday night in the city. At 6 p.m. Saturday Evening at the Day’s Inn. Over the weekend, the same type of robbery took place at the T A Travel Center in...
