57 Head of Livestock Recovered in Arrest of Ledesma
Franco Ledesma, 54, of Pickton, has been charged with the theft of 57 Head of livestock that have now been recovered by the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office and more charges could follow according to County Chief Criminal Investigator Lewis Tatum. Ledesma is in Hopkins County jail charged with three counts of theft of livestock under $150,000 facing a total of $90,000 in bond. Ledesma will not be the only one charged, according...
Bad Check Pays For 3rd Degree Felony
Timothy Randall Mayo, 45, of Bonham, Texas, was arrested at his residence Wednesday afternoon on a warrant for Theft of Livestock. According to Special Ranger Tony Hurley, Mayo wrote a check to the Sulphur Springs Livestock and Dairy Auction sale barn for a cattle purchase in February, but it turned out to be a worthless check and therefore Mayo committed a 3rd degree felony theft. Hurley arrested Mayo at his Bonham residence and took...
2013 Robbery Suspect Found, Arrested
James Curtis Sims, Jr., 55, of Sulphur Springs was arrested Monday afternoon on warrants for robbery. Sims was placed in custody at the Hopkins County Courthouse and then transferred to the Hopkins County Jail where he was booked without incident and placed on $75,000 bond. According to information given to KSST from Hopkins County Sheriff’s officers, the offense occurred on or around March 1, 2013. Sims committed theft of...
Dixon Changes Plea to Guilty; Sentenced to 40 Years Without Parole
March 9, 2016 – Hunter James Dixon, 21, will serve 40 years without possibility of parole according to a plea agreement between Dixon and the District Attorney’s office. Wednesday morning in Eighth Judicial District Court the prosecution played a video of Hunter James Dixon’s interview with Hopkins County Sheriff’s Criminal Investigators. Investigator Dennis Findley was on the witness stand. Having begun the day’s court...
Traffic Stop Leads To More Woes For Sulphur Springs Woman
Recently released from Hopkins County Jail after posting bail for multiple charges, Katelin Leann Gumpert, 24, was arrested Monday night as a result of yet another routine traffic stop. The stop occurred around the 300 block of Church Street shortly after 7 p.m. Monday when officers learned of two warrants out for Gumpert that were issued by the Special Crimes Unit. Gumpert was wanted for Possession of Controlled Substance greater...
“Updated” Seven Arrested for Burglarizing a Business in County
March 4, 2016 – Friday morning Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies executed a warrant roundup that resulted in the arrest of five juveniles and two adults for a February burglary of a business located in Hopkins County. Some of the seven took a company vehicle for a joy ride over the weekend following the burglary and also took firearms from the business. The two adults arrested were 18-year old Samantha Pennington and 17-year old...
Routine Traffic Stop Leads To Felony Arrests
A routine traffic stop near the 2100 block of South Broadway Street late Thursday evening led to the arrest of two individuals wanted on felony warrants for Abandonment and Endangerment of a Child and Delivery and Manufacturing of a Controlled Substance. Sulphur Springs Police Department Investigator Mark Estes and Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Tony Crouse arrested Katelin Leann Gumpert, 24, and James Christopher...
Lewis Tatum Elected Sheriff; Excited About His New Challenges–Video Interview
He will change hats in January. Chief Criminal Investigator Lewis Tatum will become Sheriff of Hopkins County in January following his Republican Primary win. Tatum says the greatest challenge he faces is transitioning another into the Criminal Investigation Department. He said the department’s current staff will stay in...
Fraud Strikes Hopkins County Yet Again
Residents in Hopkins County are yet again being harassed by scam artists. A Como man filed a complaint to the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office after he received a phone call from an individual claiming to be a Hopkins County law enforcement officer. The caller claimed to be “Officer Adam Williams,” gave a false badge number, and proceeded to inform the Como man that he needed to pay a fee immediately or an arrest...
One Arrested, One At Large In Super Handy Burglary
Sulphur Springs Police Department Communications advised of a burglary in progress at the Super Handy convenience store on Gilmer Street early Sunday morning. The subjects involved fled the scene in a gray 2009 Ford Escape. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Shea Shaw located the vehicle traveling westbound on Interstate 30. The vehicle proceeded without yielding for approximately a mile before stopping at the 121 mile marker....
