New Jail Serves as Hostel For the Night
A prisoner transport passing through Hopkins County profited from the new accommodations at the Hopkins County jail. Approximately 13 were housed overnight locally Thursday night. The prisoner transport vehicle broke down in the county. With a jail capacity of 192, the additional prisoners did not move the facility toward non-compliance with jail standards. Numbers had been an issue with the old jail building. The hosted prisioners...
*UPDATE* Another Arrest in November ATV Theft at Nor-Tex Tractor; As Many As 21 Potential Arrests To Come
Yet another arrest has been made in connection with an organized crime ring that surfaced in Hopkins County last November. Ricardo Saldivar, 34, of Combine, Texas was arrested Wednesday on a warrant for engaging in organized criminal activity. He is now the fifth individual arrested in the case. Investigator Tony Hurley and Sulphur Springs Police Department Detective Rusty Stillwagoner arrested Saldivar in Seagoville, Texas and took...
Third Arrest Made in All-Terrain Vehicles Theft at NorTex Tractor
According to Hopkins County Chief Criminal Investigator Lewis Tatum, Darrell Wayne Waites was picked up at the Rapides Parish, Louisiana Jail and transported to Hopkins County Jail without incident. Waites was picked up on a warrant for Organized Criminal Activity in connection with the November theft of six all-terrain vehicles from NorTex Tractor in Sulphur Springs. He is the third person to be arrested. Hopkins County Deputy Major...
Two Arrested For Engaging In Organized Criminal Activity
Joshua Christopher Terry, age 34, and Laronda Kaye Reed, 29, both of Kemp, Texas were arrested Wednesday, January 6 on charges of engaging in organized criminal activity. A complaint filed with local law enforcement cited a November 23, 2015 incident in which Reed was accused of the theft of six all-terrain vehicles from NorTex Tractor in Sulphur Springs. The ATVs were valued at over $30,000 but less than $150,000. The defendants may...
Four Arrested in Drug Bust
A drug bust for the Sulphur Springs Special Crimes Unit Wednesday night resulted in the recovery of a weapon and the arrest of four individuals. All four are in Hopkins County Jail where Justice of the Peace B J Teer set bond at $30,000 each. Other information regarding the arrest is unavailable due to holiday. Arrested were: Jennifer Leigh Jesters Cain, 32, Blake Adam Friddle 21, ...
Capital Murder Pleas Save County Money
When Patrick Wayne McMahan and Cody Scott Shaw plead guilty to the capital murder of their employer Gary Maynard, Hopkins County breathed a sigh of relief. Citizens in the county were relieved that the event of Mr. Maynard’s murder had found a just ending and they were relieved that the bulk of the cost of a capital murder trial had been averted. Shaw was sentenced to life in prison without parole and McMahan to straight life with...
Sheriff’s Department Seeks Funding for Blood Hounds
In hopes of getting some financial support from the Hopkins County Commissioners Court, Sheriff’s Department Corporal Walt Kimmel put on a demonstration of his bloodhounds Tuesday behind the Sedalco Construction Building on Houston Street across from the new jail. The dogs have already been out three times to aid Sheriff’s Office cases. Kimmel, the department’s dog handler for the bloodhounds, said the dogs are only used...
Yates to Stand Trial in January
A January trial date in 8th Judicial Court is being set for Stanton Wayne Yates following Monday’s court docket that included a total of 52 cases. The docket called for Yates to face three charges of burglary of a habitation, theft of property under $20,000, three counts of theft of a firearm, and to be arraigned before District Judge Eddie Northcutt for four counts of engaging in organized criminal activity. Yates is one of two...
Raza Bond Increased Due to Flight Risk
Bond for Mohammad Shabeeh Raza, 25, of Kansas City Missouri was increased to $200,000 after more information was made available to Justice of the Peace Brad Cummings and local law enforcement. Raza was arrested over the weekend for online solicitation of a minor. He was arrested after he finished a fresh shave in the restroom at a local convenience story. He arrived early to meet who he thought to be a female under 17-years of age...
Como Man Arrested for Burglary of Christmas Gifts and Toys
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Department has made an arrest in connection with a burglary where a thief made off with lots of items inside a rural county home including Christmas gifts and toys. Sheriff’s Chief Criminal Investigator Lewis Tatum said William Ryan Miller, 25, of Como, has been arrested for the burglary. Tatum said weapons and televisions along with Christmas gifts and toys were taken from the residence. The...
