Cumby Police: Woman Found Passed Out In Vehicle With Sounding Car Alarm
Amanda Nicole Rickerson Cumby police and school officials responded at 10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at Cumby High School, where a female had reportedly passed out inside of a vehicle despite the fact that the car alarm was sounding. Upon arrival, officers made contact with the woman in question, identified in arrest reports as 28-year-old Amanda Nicole Richerson of Quinlan. While investigating her condition, police allege, they developed...
Cumby Police: Humble Man Arrested For Possessing Methamphetamine
Michael Lee Harper Cumby Police Sgt. Ray Embro arrested 36-year-old Michael Lee Harper of Humble at 1:19 a.m. Friday after finding suspected methamphetamine in the car he was driving. Embro reportedly contacted Harper after noticing he failed to signal when turning the Crown Victoria he was driving into Valero gas station. When asked for a driver’s license, Harper reportedly handed Embro an ID card and claimed he’d pulled...
Gilmer Street Closed Friday From Linda Drive To Spence Street For Water Line Repair
Motorists traveling in “midtown” along Gilmer Street toward or from downtown should make note of a road detour while a water line is being repaired. “While RK Hall Construction was repaving Gilmer Street one of our water lines which crosses Gilmer near Schlotzsky’s ruptured. Rather than just repair the broken pipe, we decided to replace it all the way across Gilmer. We have had to break up the concrete on 3...
Man’s Repeated Calls To Dairy Queen Result In Arrest
A 61-year-old Sulphur Springs man ended up in jail Wednesday for telephone harassment, after he refused to stop calling Dairy Queen, according to police reports.Sulphur Springs police contacted him at his residence Wednesday afternoon, after receiving complaints that he was constantly calling Dairy Queen from his phone. The officer alleged when he asked him to stop calling the business, the man refused. When he left the residence, the...
Dike Man Reportedly Tried To Kick In An Apartment Door While Intoxicated
A 28-year-old Dike man was arrested Tuesday following a disturbance on Freeman Street. Sulphur Springs police responded at 1:23 p.m. Oct. 1 to a complaint of a disturbance in which a male was reportedly trying to kick in an apartment door on Freeman Street. Upon arrival, officers reported the man displayed signs of impairment, including walking slowly. He allegedly admitted to using illegal narcotics and was uncooperative with...
Sulphur Springs Man Jailed For Allegedly Choking Woman During Assault
Mark Ladane Swanson Sulphur Springs police arrested a 49-year-old man on Bowie Street for family violence assault that impeded breathing. Police were dispatched at 6:15 p.m. Sept. 25 to the 1100 block of Bowie Street, where a physical disturbance was reported. Mark LaDane Swanson was accused of knocking a 48-year-old female to the ground, getting on top of her and grabbing her by the neck. The woman reportedly did not lose...
Pair Arrested After Stolen Vehicle Stop On Interstate 30 In Hopkins County
A 24-year-old Midland man and a 26-year-old Michigan man were reportedly jail following a traffic stop of a stolen vehicle early Saturday morning, Sept. 28, according to reports. Isaac David Provencio Sulphur Springs Police Officer Cleve Williams reported stopping a GMC Sierra that came back as stolen. Upon contact with driver Isaac David Provencio of Midland around 1 a.m. Sept. 28, at the 139 mile marker on Interstate 30 Provencio...
4 Men In Custody, Another Sought In Connection With Home Invasion, Robbery
Four men are in custody on charges stemming from a Sept. 25 home invasion. Authorities were still looking for a fifth man implicated in the aggravated robbery and home burglary Tuesday morning, Oct. 1, according to police. “This was not a random home invasion. The subjects knew each other, some of the alleged victims and some defendants,” said Sulphur Springs Police Sgt. Detective David Gilmore. On Wednesday, Sept. 25,...
Broadway Street Nearing Completion
The Tennessee Street and Broadway Street intersection should be completed this week. Dump trucks are hauling in fresh asphalt Wednesday morning as crews work on leveling the roadway after an important drainage project. The area that has been prone to flooding for years has been improved with a new drainage structure under the road. TxDOT crews have been working diligently on the project that spans four lanes of traffic (and a left...
Police: Arkansas Man Arrested In Cumby For Controlled Substance, Weapon Possession
Cumby Police reported finding 47-year-old Andrew Jackson Housley of Alco, Arkansas Wednesday within a school zone with methamphetamine and a weapon. Cumby Police Chief Paul Robertson called for assistance from CPD Officer Zack Steward, who was on routine patrol around 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11. Upon arrival on Donelton Street, next to Cumby school, Robertson reported he had probable cause to search a Ford F-150 pickup, Steward noted...
