“UPDATED” Ross Autopsy; Ranger’s Investigation Into Death Nears Completion
KSST has been given a copy of the Autopsy Report in the death of Tony Chance Ross by his family. The autopsy was conducted March 9th at 12:35 p.m. at the Tyler Forensic Center. The autopsy was requested by Smith County Justice of the Peace Precinct 2, Gary Alfred following Ross’ death on March 8, at 2:50 p.m. Dr. David L. Zimmerman was the forensic pathologist. On an additional page faxed to KSST, the Ross family outlined their...
One Arrest Solves Two Cases for SSPD
Sulphur Springs Police believe they have solved two cases with the Thursday arrest of a 31-year old Kaufman man who has been residing in Sulphur Springs. SSPD investigator Monty Tipps told KSST News that as he investigated a vehicle break-in at the Terminex building on Main Street, he noted a hand-held computer, a cellphone, and a printer had been taken. Later in the day a person had returned some of the property to the...
Theft of Money Bag at Local Convenience Store
It wasn’t a robbery but a theft. The Sulphur Springs Police Department is investigating a theft case where a masked man jumped over a counter in a convenience store, grabbed a money bag and then fled the store with another masked man. The incident occurred at Gary’s Food Mart on College Street at around 11 p.m. Thursday. Both men were dressed in black. The men displayed no weapon.
County Attorney Responds to Gambling Raid
Wednesday morning (April 15), Hopkins County Attorney Dusty Rabe said her office would consider both legal and civil action in the three cases filed by local law enforcement regarding the use of gambling machines in Sulphur Springs. Rabe stated forfeiture of property and different types of violations, all Class A misdemeanors, which include charges for keeping a gambling place and possession of a gambling device could result from the...
Sulphur Springs Natives Arrested for Drugs
Two women and a man, all from Sulphur Springs, were arrested by the city and county Special Crimes Unit assisted by the Special Response Team, for possessing quite a bit of LSD, some cash and some marijuana. The lawmen executed a search warrant at an apartment complex in Sulphur Springs shortly after 8:30 p.m. Thursday. They suspected the three were involved in distribution and sale of the narcotics. The officers seized 87 units of...
Soldier Arrested For Solicitation of a Minor
He expected to meet up with a teenage girl. Instead, he has a court date. A 22-year old Fort Hood soldier was arrested Sunday shortly after 1 p.m. by Hopkins County law officers for setting up a date for sex with what he believed to be a 15-year old girl. Steven Lowell Marko, who was on leave, was charged with on-line solicitation of a minor for sexual conduct before Justice of the Peace Brad Cummings. Cummings set bond at...
“Updated” Sulphur Springs Woman Reports Being Raped
A Sulphur Springs woman told police that she was raped. The case is being investigated by Police Detective Sgt. David Gilmore. [pb_vidembed title=”” caption=”” url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBl5RF1P5zg” type=”yt” w=”640″ h=”480″]
Burglary Suspects Arrested
Two Sulphur Springs men, 20-year old Dillon Wayne Williams and 22-year old Harold Ryan Bell have been charged with three counts of burglary of a vehicle. Justice of the Peace B.J. Teer set bond at $2,500 for each charge for each man. The two men were arrested in the 400 block of Vonda Drive in Sulphur Springs at around 3:30 a.m. Sunday morning. Sulphur Springs Police Officers David Kelly and Sgt. Matt Glenn saw the men with flash...
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 Info* Walmart Evacuation & Gun Scare
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 is expected to have a...
