Homer Returned to Hopkins County to Face Fraud Charges
June 30, 2023 – APRIL DANIELLE HOMER was escorted back to the Hopkins County Jail this week to face: 1 32.51(C-1) FRAUD USE/POSS IDENT INFO # ITEMS 5<10 ELDERLY Homer was arrested in November of last year after a traffic stop. See that story here. APRIL DANIELLE HOMER in Florida Homer was transported from Hillsborough County Jail to Hopkins County jail without indicent.
Road Rage Lands Arkansas Man in Jail
June 28, 2023 – A call from a passenger traveling eastbound on I-30 was received Tuesday by Hopkins County Authorities. The caller reported another motorist had brandished a firearm during a road rage incident. While Hopkins County Sheriff Deputies were dispatched and attempted to locate the white Ford F-150, the caller continued to give location updates and descriptions of the occupants of the Ford. Eventually deputies caught...
Groves Violates Parole Now Back in Hopkins County Jail
June 26, 2023 – Monica Jane “MJ” Groves, age 39 of Point, was arrested and jailed recently in Rains County. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies retrieved her this week. She now faces parole violation charges. Her bond is set at $150,000. Monica Jane “MJ” Groves, 2021 Groves was arrested in 2021 when she was found to be in possession of methamphetamine. See that story here.
Failure to Stop Lands Two in Jail
June 15, 2023 – A pair of Texas residents landed in jail after a late night failure to stop at Main Street intersection. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies observed an older Dodge Ram Pickup make an incorrect stop at the intersection of Magnolia and Main Street. That intersection is just a few block east of Downtown Sulphur Springs. A traffic stop was initiated. When deputies made contact, they noticed the two occupants...
Sulphur Springs Woman Back in Hopkins County Jail
June 21, 2023 – NESSICA RACHELE MCPHERSON, who also goes by the alias Nessica Rachele Hale, is back in Hopkins County Jail after Deputies retrieved her from the Lamar County Jail. She was transported without incident. On Thursday, June 15, 2023, 48 Year-Old Nessica Rachele Hale of Sulphur Springs was arrested at the Parole Office in the 3900 block of North Main Street in Paris, TX for a Parole Violation Warrant and a Violation...
Pickton Man Arrested for Assault
June 19, 2023 – A 33 year-old Pickton, TX man is in Hopkins County Jail after he allegedly assaulted a family member Saturday evening. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a Highway 11 address near Pickton, Tx after a call to dispatch reported a family assault. The accused had already left the residence by the time law enforcement arrived. The assailant’s mother and sister were interviewed and it was...
Gov. Abbott Signs In New “Athena Alert” Bill
June 14, 2023- Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law the new Bill that will lower the threshold for local missing child alerts. House Bill 3556 allows law enforcement in Texas to send out localized alerts- known as “Athena Alert”- within a 100-mile radius of where a child has gone missing and in adjacent counties. The law was inspired after the tragic death of 7-year-old Athena Strand in November. Strand was found dead...
Speight Returned to Hopkins County to Face Child Sex Abuse Charge
June 14, 2023 – JOHN LEWIS SPEIGHT, age 66, was released from the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville on Tuesday this week. A Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy was waiting to transport him back to the Hopkins County Jail. JOHN LEWIS SPEIGHT, 2023 Speight is chanrged with: 1 21.02(B) SEX ABUSE OF CHILD CONTINUOUS: VICTIM UNDER 14 His bond has not been set. This is not the first time Speight has been in Hopkins County Jail....
De Kalb Man Stopped with a Pound of Marijuana
June 14, 2023 – A De Kalb, TX man was stopped on I-30 on Tuesday. Inside his vehicle was a pound of marijuana. FORTE, JOVAN MARQUIS, 2023 After a hit on a Licence Plate Reader, Deputies followed Forte’s vehicle along I-30 for several miles. When they neared mile marker 122, the driver began a more aggressive driving style. Forte began passing vehicles and started following a semi too closely. At that point, Deputies...
Failure to Yield Lands Couple In Jail
June 14, 2023 – A Sulphur Springs couple, out for a drive at 1 AM Wednesday, are now in Hopkins County Jail. A Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy witnessed the couple’s car fail to yield to oncoming traffic. The couple pulled out in front of the Deputy’s patrol vehicle. A traffic stop was initiated near Helm Lane. The occupants, 42 year-old Nicole Rae Pritchard and 40 year-old Richard Otto Hall, Jr., showed signs...
