3 Men Detained For ICE Following Routine Traffic Stop In Sulphur Springs
A routine traffic stop on South Hillcrest Drive in Sulphur Springs early Saturday morning reportedly resulted in one misdemeanor traffic arrest and detention of three Mexico citizens, who allegedly entered the country illegally, according to police reports.
Sulphur Springs Police Lt. Eddie Moon and Sgt. Joshua Shufeldt reportedly conducted a traffic stop on a Dodge Challenger at 4:32 a.m. July 27, in the 1200 block of South Hillcrest Drive, after the driver failed to signal a turn, according to arrest reports.
Three passengers, whose places of residence were listed as “unknown” in arrest reports were reported to be citizens of Mexico; the men were reported to all be in their mid-20s, according to police reports. Upon investigation, the officers alleged in arrest reports, the three Mexico citizens were determined to have entered the United States illegally, and were being transported to Georgia for $700.
The SSPD officers reportedly contacted the ICE agent for this area; the agent responded. The three Mexican citizens were released to the ICE agent July 27, according to police reports.
An Auburn, Georgia man also in the car was reportedly not wearing a seat belt, resulting in him being taken into custody and jail on the misdemeanor traffic charge, according to the police reports.
Oklahoma Man Allegedly Jumped Fence Into Closed Apartment Pool Area
A 36-year-old Durant, Oklahoma man’s decision to enter a closed pool in the pre-dawn hours Saturday reportedly earned him a police escort to the county jail.
Sulphur Springs police were dispatched at 3:34 a.m. to the 300 block of Helm Lane, where people were reported to be in the apartment pool after hours. An officer reportedly saw a man through the locked pool gate, where where he was alleged to be drinking and appeared to the officer to be intoxicated. The man was told to jump back over the fence, but declined to do so; the man was also instructed to stop cursing, but refused to do so, police alleged in arrest reports.
An apartment manager arrived to unlock the pool gate. Police alleged an alcohol odor could be smelled on the man’s breath, his eyes were bloodshot, his speech was slurred and he was unsteady on his feet. Believing the man to be a danger to himself, the man was taken into custody for public intoxication and disorderly conduct, according to arrest reports.
Police, in arrest reports, noted the man was too intoxicated to answer questions and was placed into a V-cell per jail staff due to his agitation.
The 36-year-old Oklahoma man was also was found to be wanted on an outstanding driving without being secured by safety belt. The fee owed on the charge was $338, according to arrest reports. He remained in the county jail Saturday afternoon, according to jail reports.
‘Very Unusual’ Behavior Results In Sulphur Springs Man’s 2nd Arrest This Month
Sulphur Springs police were dispatched to check on a man reported to be “acting very unusual.” The 50-year-old Sulphur Springs man was alleged to be crawling on the ground in a parking lot in the 600 block of Bellview Street, running up and down the street.
Upon arrival, police found the a man who they reported was unsteady on his feet, had injuries to his elbows, slurred speech and resting nystagmus. The man claimed to have blood pressure and blood sugar issues, so EMS was called to check the man’s health status, police noted in arrest reports.
The man reportedly continued to be unsteady on his feet when walking to the ambulance, and was reported by EMS personnel to have a fast heartbeat, to be dehydrated and in the medical services person’s professional opinion appeared to be under the influence of something, officers alleged in arrest reports.
The arresting office also indicated he believed the man to be under the influence of some type of narcotic based on his behavior and status, and thus, a danger to himself and others in his condition. When he refused to go with EMS to the hospital, police placed him into custody and took him to jail for public intoxication, according to arrest reports.
Friday’s arrest marks the second time this month the man has been arrested by local authorities for public intoxication. He was also arrested July 12 on the Class C misdemeanor charge. Both times, he spent the night in jail and was released the next day, according to jail reports.
4 Taken Into Custody on Felony Hopkins County Warrants
Three men and a woman were taken into custody by sheriff’s officers on felony warrants Friday, including one man located at the courthouse, two held in jail in other counties and one found at a residence, according to arrest reports.
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Transport Deputy Jason Poteet traveled to Bowie County Detention Center, where Rodrick Baker was being held on a Hopkins County warrant for violation of probation, which he was on for possession of 4 grams or more but less than 400 grams of a Penalty Group 2 controlled substance. Poteet took custody of the 40-year-old Texarkana man at 8 a.m. and transported him to Hopkins County jail on the felony warrant. Baker, also known by Roderick Earl Baker and alias Chris Jones, remained in Hopkins County jail Saturday morning on the charge, according to jail reports.
Poteet also made a stop at Mount Vernon Sheriff’s Office, where Toni Leann Cupp was being held on a Hopkins County warrant for violation of probation, which she was on for possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance. He took custody of the 44-year-old Mount Vernon woman at 9:45 a.m. July 26, transported her to Hopkins County jail, where she remained Saturday morning, according to arrest and jail reports.
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Richard Brantley, and Investigators Dennis Findley and Wade Sheets located Willie Marvin Riley III at his Mockingbird Lane residence at 10 a.m. Friday, July 26, and served him with a warrant for assault of a family or household member that impeded breathing or circulation. The offense is alleged to have occurred on Sept. 19, according to arrest reports.
He also was later found have an outstanding failure to display driver’s license charge. He remained in the county jail Saturday morning. Bond on the assault charge was set at $20,000, according to jail reports.
Colton Don Jackson was taken into custody by Officer M. Jackson at 11 a.m. at Hopkins County District Courthouse for bond revocation on an aggravated assault of a date, family or household member with a weapon. The offense is alleged to have occurred on Dec. 16, according to arrest reports. He was still being held in the county jail Saturday morning on the charge, according to jail reports.
Deputies Arrest Sulphur Springs Pair On South Broadway Street On One Felony Charge Each
Hopkins County sheriff’s deputies went to the 1200 block of South Broadway Street to serve a warrant, and ended up taking two people into custody after methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia were found in the room.
Jamie May-Gail Dowell 
Jason Paul Farris
Deputy Tanner Steward reported seeing 33-year-old Jamie May-Gail Dowell, a wanted woman, enter a room at the location. After confirming the parole warrant, he waited for Deputy Colt Patterson to arrive to assist. Both deputies then went to the room, which 36-year-old Jason Paul Farris said was rented to him. They contacted Dowell and took her into custody at about 10:15 p.m. July 26, on the charge.
When Dowell exited the room, however, the deputies reported smelling a marijuana odor coming from inside. Farris reportedly agreed to let deputies search the room. A syringe loaded with a clear substance, a shiny spoon with crystals that field-tested positive as methamphetamine, a cut red straw with more suspected meth residue and an additional item of drug paraphernalia were found inside the room; the contraband and packaging weighed 28 grams, Steward and Patterson alleged in arrest reports. Farris admitted the methamphetamine was his, resulting in his arrest, according to arrest reports.
Dowell was held at the county jail Saturday morning without bond on the parole violation charge. Farris remained in the county jail Saturday morning as well; his bond was set at $50,000 on the possession of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge, according to jail reports.
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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.
Pittsburg Man Arrested For DWI After Nearly Hitting Police Vehicle During Stop
If his speeding wasn’t enough to garner the attention of police, nearly running into the back of the officer’s patrol vehicle will surely do so, a Pittsubrg man learned early Saturday morning.
Sulphur Springs police reportedly stopped the Chevrolet 2500 for driving 82 miles per hour in a 75 mph speed zone on Interstate 30 at mile marker 132 east at 12:05 a.m. July 27. The vehicle nearly struck the back of the patrol vehicle, causing the officer to take evasive action, Sulphur Springs Police Lt. Eddie Moon and Officer Buddy Williams alleged in arrest reports.
On contact, police alleged a strong alcohol odor was emitted from 23-year-old Pittsburg man’s breath and he also exhibited signs and indicators of being intoxicated on alcohol. He was taken into custody after failing all field sobriety tests administered. He blew 0.175 and 0.190 on breath tests, more than twice the legal 0.08 limit as well as over 0.15, which enhanced the charge DWI charge to a Class A misdemeanor offense, according to arrest reports.
He remained in the county jail late Saturday morning. His bond was set at $2,000 on the charge, according to jail reports.
Arkansas Man Arrested In Cumby For Felony DWI
An Arkansas man’s failure to signal his exit from Interstate 30 Friday afternoon caught the attention of Cumby police, who stopped him and ended up taking him to jail for third or more driving while intoxicated offense.
The Cumby officer stopped the maroon Chevrolet vehicle just off I-30 at exit 110. Upon contact with the driver, identified as James Derrick
Spires, the officer reported seeing a cup of alcohol in the center console and smelling alcohol coming from inside the vehicle. The 35-year-old Lonoke, Arkansas man allegedly admitted to having two beers. A search of the vehicle yielded three empty 25-ounce beer cans.
The Cumby officer conducted standard field sobriety tests, on which he alleged Spires showed a number of clues indicating intoxication. The vehicle was impounded and Spires was taken to jail, where a Sulphur Springs police officer administered an intoxilyzer test. Spires allegedly tested 0.116 and 0.118, both over the legal 0.08 limit, police alleged in arrest reports.
Spires was charged with third or more DWI offense. He remained in the county jail Saturday morning; bond on the third-degree felony charge was set at $20,000, according to jail reports.
Hopkins County Records For July 26, 2019
Applications for Marriage Licenses
- Joseph Ray Everett Hall and Jessica Ann Helscher
- Devin Lee Melton and Maria Magdalena Rodriguez
Land Deed Transactions
- Vicky Nell Ball Winstead to Brian Shurtleff and Ricki Shurtleff; tract in the Elizabeth Melton survey
- Brian Shurtless and Ricki Shurtleff to Candace Lee Ashmore and Casan Layne Ashmore; tract in the Elizabeth Melton survey
- Chelsey Wright Coke, who is also known as Chelsey M. Coke, and Kenneth Brian Wright to Darrell Millard and Shelbe Thomas; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- Jerry Hahn, independent executor for the Lasca Hahn Estate, to Alex Blake Aguilar and Hope Ferrell; tract in the JR McKee survey
- Kerry Bryon Noble and Shelba Ann Noble, attorney, to Billy Bryant and Lisa Bryant; tract in the WB Stout survey
- Elizabeth Kienitz to James Lawson; tract in the Francis Hopkins survey
- Brenda Stewart and Clint Stewart to Alexis Marcelino Martinez Palacios; tract in the Edmond P. Gaines survey
- Amy D. Sustaire and Mark B. Sustaire to Jena Rae Duffield and Joe Heath Duffield; tract in the James Gahagan survey
- Cynthia Tickle Jones and Richard Wayne Tickle, trustees for the Credit Shelter Trust under the Will of Joyce Tickle, deceased, to Cynthia Tickle Jones and Richard Wayne Tickle; tract in the Heinrich Wenkel survey
- V. Faye Pool to Araceli Fuentes; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- The Queens Place Inc. to Megan Callahan; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- Rudy J. Ellis to Eric Bradley Godwin and Mandy Leann Godwin; tract in the Daniel Rattan survey
- Grady Frank Fisher Jr. and Michael Roy Mitchell, pro forma, and Markeda Price Fisher who is also known as Markeda Orwosky and Kayla Price to Professional Land Title LLC
Jenny Arledge Named CTE Administrator Of The Year By State FCS Teachers’ Group
If you’ve spent any amount of time with Jenny Arledge, her dedication to Sulphur Springs ISD and education quickly becomes apparent.
She strives to ensure all Sulphur Springs schools and students have the tools they need to meet career requirements, are college ready and have ample opportunity to succeed.
Arledge is constantly on the move, visiting classes, departments and campuses for training, teaching, guidance, help, encouragement and any other tasks she can perform to help students, staff and parents.
She looks for new ways to provide additional resources to teachers and students, community partnerships, innovative new educational opportunities and programs to better prepare SSISD students for the future.
Arledge makes sure the spotlight is on students and staff when honors and recognition are bestowed. She’s always welcoming and is quick to express appreciation to contributors and guests for their support of SSISD.
Sulphur Springs residents aren’t the only ones who’ve noticed all of the hard work and heart Arledge brings to her job as Sulphur Springs High School’s director of college and career readiness/career and technical education.
The Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers Association of Texas at their annual awards banquet Thursday night named Arledge the organizations CTE Administrator of the Year, SSISD announced Friday. This is an ward recognizing “career and technology administrators and/or local supervisors who have made consistent and outstanding contributions in support of Family and Consumer Sciences Education,” according to FCSTAT’s website.
Congratulations are extended to Jenny Arledge on receiving this well deserved honor for going the extra mile for SSISD students and staff.
Anthony Pierotti Of Paris Is New Instructor For Wildcats Marching Band Color Guard
Anthony Pierotti from nearby Paris is the new instructor for the Wildcats Marching Band Color Guard.
Pierotti has been conducting Color Guard camps on almost every Friday this summer since school let out. Pierotti says he became involved with Color Guard at the end of his junior year in high school and fell in love with it’s drive for perfection. Pierotti says he spent a couple of seasons with a drum corps group in Music City and was involved with the Dutton Winterguard group in Dallas. His resume also includes five years as a dancer.
Pierotti says he hopes to bring visual change to the Color Guard that will be striking and noticeable to Wildcats fans and competition judges this fall. He says some of the flourishes he is teaching to the guard’s flag and rifle members come from his dancing experience. He choreographed the guards movements for this year’s fall marching show.
Pierotti says his current Color Guard group is very young. He has 13 members and more than half are freshmen. Still Pierotti says his young ladies are doing a fantastic job and he has seen a lot of progress this summer.
