Governor Issues Executive Order Mandating 14-Day Self-Quarantine For Some Air Travelers
Anyone flying into Texas for a visit or return home from the New York Tri-State area (New York, New Jersey or Connecticut area) or New Orleans should prepare for a mandatory 14-day self-quarantine. Texas Governor Greg Abbott Thursday, March 26, issued an Executive Order mandating a 14-day self-quarantine for individuals traveling to Texas as their final destination through an airport from the Tri-State Area of New York, New Jersey or Connecticut as well as the city of New Orleans, Louisiana.
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“The State of Texas continues to act upon the recommendations of top state, federal, and local health experts as we implement a comprehensive strategy to limit the spread of COVID-19,” Abbott said. “The New York Tri-State Area and the City of New Orleans have become major centers of this pandemic, and it is vital that we take necessary precautions to prevent additional exposure that could originate from people traveling from these areas to Texas. This Executive Order is another important measure we are taking to protect the health and safety of Texans, and we will continue to take any action necessary to mitigate exposure to COVID-19 in our state.”
This Executive Order follows guidance of Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, and is to be enforced by the Texas Department of Public Safety. The order stipulates that a quarantined person shall not allow visitors into or out of the designated quarantine location, other than a physician or healthcare provider, and cannot visit any public spaces. The mandatory self-quarantine, according to the order will last 14 days or for the duration of a person’s presence in Texas, whichever is shorter.
Those entering Texas as their final destination from the designated areas are to use a form from DPS designating their quarantine location. DPS special agents, according to the governor, will conduct unannounced visits to designated quarantine locations to verify compliance. Failure to comply with the order will be considered a criminal offense punishable by a fine up to $1,000, up to 180 days in jail, or both. Questions about the form should be directed to DPS at (800) 525-5555.
The self-quarantine order does not apply to people traveling in connection with military service, emergency response, health response or critical-infrastructure functions, as determined by the Texas Division of Emergency Management.
This Executive Order will remain in effect and in full force until modified, amended, rescinded, or superseded by the Governor.
Sulphur Springs Man Accused Of Threatening To Bash In Mother’s Face
A disturbance complaint on Helm Lane Thursday night, March 26, resulted in a 33-year-old Sulphur Springs man’s arrest at 10:37 p.m. for assault by threat. Investigation revealed the man threatened to “bash” in his 78-year-old mother’s face, Sulphur Springs police alleged in arrest reports.
Based on the fact that the man had previously been arrested for assault, other allegations of previous offenses raised, police believed the victim’s fear that the 33-year-old would act on his threats were valid, the SSPD officers noted in arrest reports. Hopkins County jail records show the man was previously arrested on Aug. 4, 2019 on an assault by physical contact and on Feb. 22 on a Class C family violence assault charge.
Believing family violence would occur if no action was taken to protect the victim, officers reported taking the man into custody for family violence assault by threat. Upon arrival at the jail, the man allegedly became aggressive with jail staff and was secured into a special cell designed to protect him and others, according to arrest reports. He remained in Hopkins County jail Friday morning, according to arrest reports.
KSSTRadio.com publishes Sulphur Springs Police Department reports and news. The Police Department is located at 125 Davis St., Sulphur Springs, Texas. Non-emergency calls can be made to (903) 885-7602.
If you have an emergency dial 9-1-1.
The Sulphur Springs Police Department continues to serve its citizens with pride in its overall mission and will strive to provide the best possible police force in the 21st century.
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
HCSO Investigation Into Alleged Child Pornography Results In Collin County Arrest
A HCSO investigation into alleged child pornography offenses resulted in a 53-year-old Collin County man’s arrest Thursday at his residence for alleged possession of child pornography and online solicitation of a minor for sexual conduct, according to Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office and Collin County jail reports.
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office, while conducting forensics in ongoing investigations, located videos of suspected child pornography that, based on evidence, appears to have been produced in Hopkins County, according to to HCSO press release.
A suspect was reportedly developed with further investigation and legal process. A search warrant was obtained for a residence in Collin County, HCSO officials reported.
Plano Police Department, Collin County District Attorney’s Investigator and a federal partners assisted Hopkins County Sheriff’s officers in serving the search warrant at the Collin County residence, according to HCSO reports.
Based on evidence discovered during the investigation and execution of the search warrant, Christopher W. Hardesty was taken into custody at his Collin County residence and booked into Collin County jail Thursday, March 26, according to an HCSO press release.
Hardesty remained in Collin County jail Friday morning, March 27, on an online solicitation of a minor-sexual conduct charge and a possession with intent to promote child pornography charge. Bond was set at $100,000 per charge, according to Collin County jail reports.
Wanted Man Attempts To Hide Under Trash In Kitchen
A 64-year-old Sulphur Springs man’s attempt to hide from police under trash reportedly failed Wednesday afternoon.
Sulphur Springs Police Department Special Crimes Unit investigators and a patrol officer, aware of a warrants for Billy Jack Orsburn’s arrest, spotted Orsburn on Locust Street. He allegedly fled from the officers, barricading himself inside of his residence.
Upon entry to the home, officers found Orsburn in the kitchen attempting to hide underneath trash, SCU investigators and SSPD Officer Adrian Pruitt alleged in arrest reports. After having him medically cleared at the hospital, Orsburn was taken to jail, where he was held on three motions to revoke bond on controlled substance charges and a warrant for not taking care of a public intoxication charge, according to arrest and jail reports.
Orsburn, according to jail reports, had only been out of the county jail 8 days a the time of his arrest. He was in custody from Dec. 10, 2019-March 17, 2020 on controlled substance warrants.
KSSTRadio.com publishes Sulphur Springs Police Department reports and news. The Police Department is located at 125 Davis St., Sulphur Springs, Texas. Non-emergency calls can be made to (903) 885-7602.
If you have an emergency dial 9-1-1.
The Sulphur Springs Police Department continues to serve its citizens with pride in its overall mission and will strive to provide the best possible police force in the 21st century.
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
Commissioners Court Reappoints Balkcom As Local Health Authority
Hopkins County Commissioners Court Thursday evening called an emergency meeting to reappoint Dr. Balkcom as the county’s official Local Health Authority.
Judge Robert Newsom first reported there are no new reports of positive coronavirus cases; just one as reported Tuesday.
Newsom noted that Dr. I. L. Balkcom IV has served in this capacity for a number of years and recommended that he be reappointed as Local health Authority. The court gave unanimous approval.
The appointment is to be renewed every two years, per the Office of Public Health Practice. The reappointment will allow Balkcom, who is licensed by Texas Board of Medical Examiners, to represent and serve as liaison for the county in public health matters from Mach 26, 2020 to March 26, 2022, including during the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the Department of State Health Services, a Health Authority is a physician who administers state and local laws relating to public health within a local and local laws relating to public health within a local government government’s jurisdiction.
The duties of a Health Authority, according to DSHS, include:
- Establishing, maintaining, and enforcing jurisdictional quarantine orders;
- Aiding local boards of health, local health departments in quarantine inspections, disease prevention and suppression efforts, birth and death statistics, and general sanitation issues within their jurisdiction;
- Reporting the presence of contagious, infectious and dangerous epidemic diseases to local and state authorities;
- Aiding local jurisdictions and boards of health in carrying out public health required rules, ordinances, sanitation laws, quarantine rules, and required reporting of any vital statistics collected.
*Updated* SSPD Seeks Help Locating Missing Elderly Sulphur Springs Resident
The search is over. The missing person has been located.
Sulphur Springs Police are asking for the public’s help in locating Paul Ivan Burt, a missing elderly person who reportedly has medical issues and has been experiencing recent memory problems.
Burt left his residence in Sulphur Springs around 10 a.m. this morning, March 26, in a red 2005 Chevrolet 4-door truck, with the Texas License Plate number BR08525. Burt was last seen wearing a gray button down shirt, blue jeans, and house shoes.
If contact is made, individuals are asked to check his welfare and contact the Sulphur Springs Police Department at 903-885-7602.
KSSTRadio.com publishes Sulphur Springs Police Department reports and news. The Police Department is located at 125 Davis St., Sulphur Springs, Texas. Non-emergency calls can be made to (903) 885-7602.
If you have an emergency dial 9-1-1.
The Sulphur Springs Police Department continues to serve its citizens with pride in its overall mission and will strive to provide the best possible police force in the 21st century.
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
Local Officials Remind Residents To Lock Vehicles
Sulphur Springs police and Hopkins County Sheriff’s officers urge residents to be sure to lock their vehicles and secure personal items, to guard against theft.
Police have responded to several reports over the last few weeks of stolen vehicles and vehicle theft attempts. Most recently, one Chevrolet Silverado was reported stolen from a Jefferson Street business and another Chevrolet Silverado reported stolen in another county was recovered on West Industrial Drive, according to police reports.
While the keys weren’t in the vehicles in previous reports, the vehicles had been left unlocked. The ignitions in the vehicles were destroyed by suspects stealing or attempting to steal them, according to police.
Hopkins County sheriff’s officers responded to a complaint Tuesday of a four-wheeler and trailer theft and Wednesday to a report of an ATV missing off of a rural property, according to HCSO reports.
Investigators remind people of the need, even out in the country, to remove keys from all vehicles including ATVS and to secure them, to guard against theft.
KSSTRadio.com publishes Sulphur Springs Police Department reports and news. The Police Department is located at 125 Davis St., Sulphur Springs, Texas. Non-emergency calls can be made to (903) 885-7602.
If you have an emergency dial 9-1-1.
The Sulphur Springs Police Department continues to serve its citizens with pride in its overall mission and will strive to provide the best possible police force in the 21st century.
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
Stolen Items Recovered At County Road 3502 Address
A 1-ton truck and dump trailer stolen from Garland were allegedly found on County Road 3502 and recovered by sheriff’s officers Thursday morning.
The recovery marks the third “in recent history” that the sheriff’s office has recovered stolen items from that property, Sheriff Lewis Tatum advised shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday. No arrests had been made yet in connection with the March 26 recovery. The investigation is ongoing, according to the sheriff.
Deputies reported finding in November at a County Road 3502 address at least $14,000 worth of property that had been reported to Dallas Police Department as stolen. Among the allegedly stolen items recovered at that time was a cargo trailer with items on top of it, which officials suspected was strategically placed in an effort to obscure the trailer from view of drones used by the sheriff’s office for location and recovery efforts, HCSO invetigators reported in November. Approximately $10,000 of new auto parts reported as stolen from Dallas were found as well, sheriff’s officers alleged in arrest reports. One man at the location was arrested; two others were identified as suspects in the case at that time, officials reported in November.
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
Arkansas Woman Found On Floor At Cumby Rest Stop Accused Of Child Endangerment
A 25-year-old Little Rock, Arkansas woman allegedly admitted to being under the influence of heroin and Xanax when she and a child were found on the floor at a Cumby rest stop early Wednesday morning.
Hopkins County Sheriff‘s deputies responded at 5:23 a.m. March 25 to a report of a person sleeping on the floor at Cumby rest stop with a small child. Upon arrival at the eastbound rest area, HCSO Sgt. Shea Shaw reported officers found Taylor Shawaun Pierce sitting on the floor holding her 2-year-old. Pierce allegedly had very slurred speech and trouble staying awake.
A person at the rest area reported seeing the woman asleep on top of the child on the floor; the child was only wearing pants, deputies noted in reports.
Pierce allegedly admitted to officers that she was under the influence of heroin and Xanax. Heroin drug paraphernalia was allegedly found in a bathroom at the location, where deputies reported Pierce admitted she’d ingested heroin. Drug paraphernalia was reportedly found on her as well. Pierce also admitted heroin paraphernalia and Xanax could be found in a Toyota Camry at the rest stop; paraphernalia and 1 1/2 Xanax were found in the vehicle, deputies alleged in arrest reports.
Pierce was taken to jail, where she was charged with endangering a child and possession of less than 28 grams of a Penalty Group 3 controlled substance; the child was released to Child Protective Services personnel, Sgt. Shaw and day shift deputies alleged in arrest reports.
Pierce remained in Hopkins County jail Thursday morning, March 26. Bond was set at $2,000 on the controlled substance charge and $10,000 on the child endangerment charge, according to jail reports.
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
