Man Allegedly Sustains Bloody Eye, Injuries During Altercation With Stepson
A 21-year-old was arrested Sunday morning for the alleged assault of his stepfather at their Peach Street residence. Sulphur Springs Police Officer Tyler Francis reported being dispatched at about 9:40 a.m. July 21 to the Peach Street address, where a disturbance had been reported. Francis alleged, in arrest reports, the man’s stepfather had redness, swelling and blood coming out of his right eye. After further investigation,...
18-year-old Accused Of Trying To Sell Marijuana On Square, Running From Police
A 18-year-old man was accused of trying to sell marijuana on the square allegedly tried to elude officers when contacted Saturday evening. Sulphur Springs Police Officer Chad Norris was reportedly contacted about 8:20 p.m. July 20 by officer Tony Crouse, who was working on the square. Crouse alleged he was contacted by citizens who claimed a person asking if they wanted to buy marijuana had approached them. Norris and Crouse contacted...
3 Women Taken Into Custody By Local Officers On Warrants Thursday
Local officers on Thursday took at least three people into custody on outstanding warrants, including two arrested elsewhere and held in other jails on local charges, according to arrest reports. Chrystal Brooke Vargas Sulphur Springs Police Officer Adrian Pruitt served Chrystal Brooke Vargas with a third-degree felony warrant at her Putman Street residence. He took the 37-year-old woman into custody at 11:10 a.m. and transported her...
Craig Street Disturbance Complaint Results In Felony Warrant Arrest
Curtis Dwight Bluford Jr. A disturbance complaint made to police resulted in a felony arrest Thursday night. Sulphur Springs Police Sgt. Josh Shufeldt reported contacting Curtis Dwight “Blue” Bluford Jr., a person identified as one of the parities involved in a disturbance reported in the 100 block of Craig Street. Using his information, communications operators conducted a records check; it showed the 26-year-old Sulphur...
Winnsboro Police Department Report for July 8-14, 2019
Arrests Angela Lankford, age 44, of Tyler, was arrested on 07/11/2019 for Possession of Controlled Substance PG1>=1G<4G, Tampering with Evidence with Intent to Impair. Ronald Dickson, age 55, of Winnsboro, was arrested on 07/11/2019 for Possession of Controlled Substance PG1>=1G<4G, Tampering with Evidence with Intent to Impair. Joseph Burnett, age 41, of Mt. Vernon, was arrested on 7/13/2019 on a Texas Department of Criminal...
Crime At 20-year Low In Sulphur Springs During First Six Months Of 2019
New record low set for burglaries Crime declined in Sulphur Springs during the first half of 2019, with 26 fewer crimes recorded overall in the seven major crime reporting categories in 2019 than the 93 crimes recorded from Jan. 1-June 30, 2018, by Sulphur Springs Police Department. That’s only the fifth time in 20 years that there have been fewer than 100 crimes recorded during the first half of the year, but marks the third...
SCU Investigation Results In Search Warrant, 3 Arrests, Location of Methamphetamine
July 18, 2019 – An investigation by Sulphur Springs Special Crimes Unit officers into suspected drug activity resulted in two women and one man being arrested Wednesday. Methamphetamine was found at their East Industrial Drive residence. Dana Leeanne Goldsmith SCU Lt. Mark Estes and Sgt. Joe Scott alleged 10 grams of methamphetamine was purchased from the occupants of the residence during four separate under cover buys during...
Truck-Train Crash Tuesday Evening Resulted In 1 Death
A 39-year-old man died Tuesday evening in a truck-train collision just off State Highway 11 east near Cornersville, according to authorities. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office deputies, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers, Winnsboro Police officers and Winnsboro, Hopkins county and Pickton Pine Forest firefighters were dispatched at 7 p .m. Tuesday, July 16 to crash involving a train and pickup truck just off State Highway...
2 Cumby Men Arrested On Criminal Neglect of Child Warrants
Travis Eugene Case; No photo available July 16 of Joshua A. Case Two Cumby men were taken into custody Monday afternoon on one warrant each for abandoning or endangering a child-criminal negligence. Cumby Police Chief Paul Robertson and Officer Hundley were notified by dispatchers that warrants had been issued for the arrest of two Cumby residents. Officers went to their home, located in the 200 block of Main Street at 4:30 p.m....
Sulphur Springs Man Jailed For Second Time in 1 Week; Accused Of VFW Burglary
Derrick Dwayne Smith A 37-year-old Sulphur Springs man was arrested early Tuesday morning for allegedly breaking into the Veterans of Foreign War Post 8560. July 16 marks the second time in a week Derrick Dwayne Smith has arrested in the early morning hours, after police allegedly caught him with stolen items. Smith was first arrested in the wee hours of July 9 for the alleged theft of items from a South League Street gas station....
