Winnsboro Police Department Media Report for Sept. 2-Sept. 8, 2019
Arrests
- Dean Marks, age 52, of Quitman, was arrested on 09/06/2019 on Possession of Controlled Substance PG1>=1G<4G.
- Sean Earle, age 29, of Yantis, was arrested on 09/07/2019 for on multiple Hopkins County Warrants.
Accidents
- The Winnsboro Police Department responded to a 3 vehicle accident on 9/05/2019 in the 800 block of North Main. No injuries reported.
- The Winnsboro Police Department responded to a 2 vehicle accident on 9/6/2019 in the 200 block of North Main. No injuries reported.
Calls for Service
The Winnsboro Police Department responded to a total of 155 calls for service during this reporting period.
Citations
The Winnsboro Police Department issued 48 citations and 51 warnings during this reporting period.
2 Dallas Area Women Arrested In Sulphur Springs On Marijuana Charge
Two Dallas area women were arrested Saturday night in Sulphur Springs for misdemeanor marijuana possession.
Sulphur Springs police reported stopping a Chevrolet Cobalt around 9:30 p.m. Sept. 7 on Oak Avenue at Hinnant Street for an equipment violation. On contact with the 25-year-old DeSoto woman driving and the 25-year-old Lewisville passenger, the officer alleged he could smell a marijuana odor emitting from the car. A search of the car allegedly yielded less than 2 ounces of suspected marijuana, resulting in both women being arrested on for possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana in a drug-free zone.
The passenger also allegedly initially identified herself by name, but claimed not to have any ID on her. An ID card with a different name and photo that was identical to the woman was allegedly found in the passenger’s purse. The woman claimed the ID belonged to her twin sister, and insisted her name was the name she’d told him. When she was placed into handcuffs, however, she admitted she’d lied about her name and admitted the ID found in her purse was in fact hers, officers alleged in arrest reports. For her dishonestly, the woman was charged with the Class B misdemeanor offense of failure to identify with intent to give false information, according to arrest reports.
Both women were released from jail Sunday, Sept. 8. Bond on the marijuana charge was set at $2,000 each; the passenger’s bond on the the failure to ID charge was set at $1,000, according to jail reports.
4th Annual “Fruit of the Spirit Awards Banquet” Brings Cowboys’ Everson Walls to Town as Speaker
Pastor C.J. Duffey of Colorblind Ministries invites the community to be present as nominees are honored during the Fruit of the Spirit Awards and Banquet set for Saturday September 14, 2019 at 3pm in the Sulphur Springs High School Cafeteria, 1200 Connally Street. Nominees in nine categories of public service and ministry in Hopkins County were compiled during 2019, and recipients were selected for recognition. The event will also include a banquet meal by Duffey’s BBQ, musical entertainment by Charles and Kenya Chaffer and a motivational program by featured speaker Everson Walls, a Dallas Cowboy 4-time Pro-Bowl player and Hall of Fame nominee. Walls will also hold a book signing for ‘A Gift for Ron” recounting memorable experiences on and off the field. It was written for his friend and teammate, the late Ron Springs, to whom he had donated a kidney. Attendees can also meet Walls, one of the most prolific and decorated defensive backs to ever play the game of football, as well as get autographs and snap a photo with him free of charge.
Tickets to the awards banquet are $25 advance and $30 at the door. Advance tickets can be purchased at Good News Christian Bookstore, at Jay Hodge Chevrolet and at Legacy Choice Hospice in Sulphur Springs. Or you can phone for tickets to be delivered this week, by calling 903-335-4764. Proceeds will go to benefit the Lord’s Work Food Pantry to help continue feeding the citizens of Hopkins County.
Sam Tatum Family, Friends Celebrate his 80th Birthday
Sammy Lewis Lee Tatum was born in September 1939 in Chitra, Oklahoma, the second among five siblings. His 80th birthday was observed at Sulphur Springs City Hall on Sunday September 8, 2019 with pulled pork sandwiches and picnic sides served buffet-style to the many dozen friends who came to wish him well. Afterward, a beautifully decorated birthday cake was sliced and shared with everyone. Sam’s sons Darrin and Lewis and their families helped host the party.
Sam greeted everyone with a handshake as they came through the door, and a memorable time was had as friends reminisced and shared stories, laughter and fellowship. Sam’s brother Dub Tatum and his wife Peggy of Holdenville, Oklahoma were in attendance as were fellow members of the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Posse. Many long-time friends from the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Department, Texas Rangers, Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas and Southwest Cattle Raisers Association were also present to wish him well.
In addition to Dub, they have another brother, Billy Joe Tatum, and two sisters Jewel and Carolyn who were not able to attend. According to Dub, their father was an Oklahoma farmer and rancher, and at one time, a deputy sheriff. Sam, Dub and siblings were raised in the country and rode a bus eight miles to school at Gertie, near Allen, Oklahoma. As a youth, Sam learned to work their team of mules, and the family raised corn, peanuts and cotton. Like many of their neighbors, the family made part of it’s income by raising a big crop of cucumbers which they could sell to a pickle canner in a nearby town. According to Dub, their two acres of cucumbers had to be picked all the time, it seemed. They could fully pick half the entire field in one day when cucumber production was highest, and the other half the next day, then start over, and so on. They stacked the cucumbers in vats near the railroad tracks and the vats would be picked up and taken by train to Calvin, not far from McAlester.
Sam married Linda Collier in Sherman 1960 and moved with their two sons to Hopkins County in 1981. Darrin Tatum and wife Michelle and family also live nearby. Lewis Tatum became Hopkins County Sheriff in 2017. Lewis married Michelle Orrick in Denison in 1981 and they have 3 children and 7 grandchildren. Sam’s career was with TXU, and when he retired 1993, he began working for FEC Electric in Greenville. He is still working there and also has a yard service. Besides his more than 25 years of volunteer service in the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Posse, Sam also does leather repairs and likes to make saddle accessories and tooled leather goods.
At Least 5 Arrested Over Weekend On DWI Charges
At least five people were booked into the county jail over the weekend on driving while intoxicated charges, including one man accused of felony DWI, one who ran into a ditch and two on warrants.
Joe Daniel Adams, 33, of Marshal was arrested at 7:53 p.m. Saturday on Interstate 30 by troopers for a third or more driving while intoxicated offense. Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers Chris Sorley and Rebekah Saathoff responded with county officers at mile marker 115, where they stopped a motorist reported for driving at more than 100 miles per hour on I-30, according to arrest reports.
The driver was allegedly identified using a Texas Department of Criminal Justice card as 33-year-old Joe Daniel Adams of Marshal. The officers reported smelling alcohol on him; he also had red eyes, slurred speech and dilated pupils, troopers alleged in arrest reports. He allegedly told them he was not going to do standardized field sobriety tests. When he was asked to at least try to do the tests, he agreed he would, according to arrest reports. The man swayed while in the instructional position for horizontal gaze nystagmus tests and refused to do the HGN test.
The man allegedly admitted to officers that he’d consumed two 24-ounce beers. He agreed to do the walk and turn test and one-legged stand sobriety tests. However, when placed in position for them, he fell off balance. When asked to start over, he fell off balance again and put his hands behind his back. He refused further testing and was taken into custody for suspicion of DWI.
The 33-year-old Marshal man refused to provide either a breath or blood sample for analysis, so a warrant was sought from and signed by Judge Clay Harrison, according to arrest reports. He allegedly warned officers he would resist the blood draw. Deputies transported him to the hospital for the sample. True to his word, troopers alleged in arrest reports, Adams resisted when it was time for him to be stuck with a needle. Troopers Saatthoff and Sorley, and Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies Tanner Steward and Drew Fisher had to hold Adams down to restrain him so the sample could be taken. Afterward, Adams was transported to jail, where he was booked at 11:40 p.m. Sept. 7 for DWI, third or more offense.
He remained in custody Monday morning, Sept. 9, on the third-degree felony charge. Bond was set at $25,000, according to jail reports.
In a separate incident, a 38-year-old Sulphur Springs man was arrested at 10:25 p.m. Sept. 7 on Fuller Street for surety off bond on a driving while intoxicated. Sulphur Springs police officer responded to a call of a possible murder in the 800 block of Fuller Street.
Upon arrival, they found the man inside the residence, where he was reported to be highly intoxicated. A records check showed a warrant for his arrest for surety off bond on a second offense DWI charge. Officers were unsuccessful in locating the girlfriend. He was jailed on the warrant; the offense was alleged to have occurred on Sept. 5, according to arrest reports.
He was released from jail Sunday, Sept. 8, on $2,000 bond on the charge, according to jail reports.
At 5:01 a.m. Sept. 7, sheriff’s deputies arrested a 30-year-old Sulphur Springs man for driving while intoxicated.
Deputies were dispatched to a complaint of a possible drunk driver on State Highway 11, west of FM 1870, where a Dodge Dakota reported ran off the road and was stuck in a ditch.
A deputy conducted field sobriety tests on the Sulphur Springs man, on whom he alleged a strong alcohol odor was smelled. The man allegedly claimed he’d fallen asleep driving. He failed standard field sobriety tests and was taken to jail for further investigation of DWI, the deputy alleged in arrest reports.
The man allegedly agreed to a blood draw for analysis; the sample was taken at the hospital and he was booked into jail on the DWI charge, according to arrest reports.
He was released from the county jail Sept. 8 on a $1,000 bond. His arrest Sept. 2 marked the second time this year he has been jailed locally on an intoxication charge. He was jailed and later released from Hopkins County jail on Feb. 15 on a public intoxication charge, according to jail reports.
A 29-year-old Wills Point man was arrested in Winnsboro and released to Hopkins County deputies at 10:43 p.m. Sept. 7 on Hopkins County warrants for DWI and not taking care of failure to maintain financial responsibility, unsafe speed and driving while license invalid, according to arrest reports.
He was released from jail Sept. 8 on $1,000 bond on the DWI charge, according to jail reports.
A 21-year-old Sherwood, Arkansas man was arrested at 10:31 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, by DPS troopers for driving while intoxicated. He was reportedly stopped on I-30 at mile marker 120 for speeding. While talking with the driver, the trooper alleged he could smell alcohol on the man. The Arkansas man allegedly showed numerous clues of intoxication on arrest reports and tested 0.118 on a portable breath test, which his well over the 0.08 limit. The driver was arrested. The Toyota Camry was released to the passenger. The man reportedly voluntarily provided a blood sample for testing. He was arrested for DWI and issued a speeding ticket, troopers alleged in arrest reports.
He remained in the county jail Sept. 9. Bond was set at $1,000 on the DWI charge, according to jail reports.
Sulphur Springs ISD To Hold Hearing On Targeted Improvement Plans For 3 Primary Campuses
Security, HR, Campus Updates To Be Presented During Sept. 9 School Board Meeting
A public hearing regarding targeted improvement plans for three primary campuses will be conducted during Monday evening’s regular meeting of Sulphur Springs Independent Shcool District Board of Trustees.
The public hearing is required due to Bowie, Lamar and Travis Primary campuses’ state ratings, and will be conducted by Assistant Superintendent Kristin Monk. Community members are encouraged to attend the meeting to voice any questions, comments or concerns they may have regarding this targeted improvement plans for three of the four primary campuses; Barbara Bush was not rated based on STAAR scores because the campus did not have house students in the grade levels in which the state tests are administered.
Superintendent Michael Lamb is slated to discuss the district’s accountability ratings during the administrative reports portion of the 6 p.m. school board meeting.
Monk and Assistant Superintendent Josh Williams will present program updates about elementary and secondary programs during the school board meeting.
Assistant Superintendent Rusty Harden is slated to present a human resources and security update during the administrative reports and information portion of the meeting. A report will be given by representatives from Sulphur Springs Elementary regarding campus highlights.
During the action items portion of the meeting, District Business Manager Sherry McGraw is expected to discuss and present for approval a contract with Linebarger, Goggan, Blair & Sampson, LLP, for administrative and any judicial appeal of property value study findings conducted by the Comptroller’s Office. A study of property values in the past has resulted in the Comptroller reducing their assigned value, which in turn resulted in additional state aid for the district.
Williams is expected to present for board approval an a revision to FMG (Local) policy, which has to do with school-sponsored field trips in general, out-of-state trips and/or overnight trips, and additioanl guidelines regarding school-sponsored travel. Proposed is extending the limit on absences from school for school-sponsored travel from two to three days.
Also submitted under the consent agenda are 7 items: tax credits and supplements, delinquent tax collections, financial statements and bills payable, all for August 2019; quarterly investment report; organizational flow chart for Douglass Early Childhood Learning Center; and Head Start Mission Statement and statement of philosophy, and personnel policy summary. Unless requested by a board member for an item to be removed, these matters will be considered for approval under one action.
Trustees then have the option to enter into executive session to discuss any personnel or real property matters fitting Title 5, Chapter 551, Section (.072) and (.074) of Texas Government Code. If any items are pushed forward from the closed session for action, the board will reconvene in open session to take vote on them.
SSISD Board of Trustees meets regularly at 6 p.m.the second Monday of each month in SSISD Administration Building, 631 Connally St. The Board Room is located at the back of the building.
Lady Cats Volleyball Gets Edged Out By Edgewood
Lady Cats Volleyball Team Takes Loss in Rematch With Edgewood on Friday
The Lady Cats Volleyball Team had a second chance to beat Edgewood but the home team Lady Bulldogs got Another Win on Friday (September 6). After two sets it was anybody’s match to win with each team capturing a set. Edgewood opened play with a 25-20 set one win. The Lady Cats bounced back with a solid 25-13 victory in set two. But then the Lady Bulldogs rallied to win the next two sets, 25-15 and 25-19 to take the match, 3-1. Edgewood also defeated the Lady Cats, 2-0 in a third place game in an Edgewood tournament back on August 24. The Lady Cats got another incredible performance Friday from junior Sadie Washburn who had 20 kills and 22 digs. Setter Peyton Hammack had 14 digs. Sydney Washburn and Brooklyn Burnside had 9 kills each. The Lady Cats are now 16-9 for the season. They will play Emory Rains Tuesday in the main gym at Sulphur Springs High School. Game time for the varsity is 5:30 p.m. Each fan that brings a can of food to the game will get free admission. The food will be donated to the local food bank.
Wildcats Football Lag Behind Lovejoy
Wildcats Football Team Shows Signs of Improvement But Mistakes Keep Wildcats From Getting a Win Friday Against Lovejoy
The Wildcats Football Team looked much improved against Lovejoy Friday night (September 6) at Leopard Field in Lucas but the Wildcats mistakes kept them from getting their first win of the season. Lovejoy won, 34-27. For the second straight game, the Wildcats opened the game with a successful onside kick. Then the Wildcats moved crisply down the field. A 48 yard drive resulted in a touchdown with junior quarterback Kaden Wallace throwing a 6 yard touchdown pass to senior receiver Kylan Wade. The Wildcats led 7-0 with 6:07 left in the first quarter. After an unsuccessful onside kick, Lovejoy answered with a 47 yard TD drive. Back Austin King ran for a 2 yard touchdown. The score was tied at 7-7 with 3:01 left in the first quarter. Early in the second quarter, a scoring opportunity vanished for the Wildcats as the Leopards intercepted a Wildcats pass at the Lovejoy 2 yard line. Late in the second quarter, a pair of penalties helped set up a Leopards’ score. Lovejoy quarterback R.W. Rucker went into a slide at the end of a play and a Wildcats’ defender made contact with him. The personal foul penalty was followed immediately by an unsportsmanlike conduct call. The penalty yardage put Lovejoy on the Wildcats’ 10 yard line. Rucker then threw a 10-yard TD pass to his favorite receiver Reid Westervelt. Lovejoy was up 14-7 with 1:06 left in the second quarter. That was the score at the half. Early in the third quarter, a Wildcats’ drive stalled and kicker Brandon Zavala kicked a 29-yard field goal. The Wildcats trailed Lovejoy, 14-10. Lovejoy used a long pass play to pad their lead. Rucker again found Westervelt for a 40 yard pass completion and run. Lovejoy led the Wildcats 21-10 with 7:26 left in the third quarter. The Wildcats answered with a long drive of their own. Wallace threw his second TD pass of the night, this one to receiver Detrick Clayton. The Wildcats trimmed the lead to 21-17 with 3:55 left in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Wildcats reclaimed the lead. An impressive catch by receiver Bryson Lacy set up the touchdown. Back Caden Davis covered the final 14 yards to the end zone for the score. The Wildcats led 24-21 with 11:56 to play in the fourth quarter. After the Wildcats’ unsuccessful onside kick, the Leopards went 50 yards in 46 seconds to take back the lead. King ran for his second short TD, this one from the 4 yard line and Lovejoy went up 28-24 with 11:10 left in the final quarter. Then momentum swung wildly one way and then the other. The Wildcats’ defense stopped a Leopards’ drive fairly deep in Wildcats’ territory. But a few plays later the Wildcats fumbled the ball right back to Lovejoy. Lovejoy added to their lead with one big play. Rucker ran 32 yards to the end zone for a touchdown. Even with a missed extra point, Lovejoy led 34-24 with only about 5 minutes left in the game. With urgency, the Wildcats moved the ball down the field but they were forced to settle for a field goal. Zavala hit the 25 yard field goal but it was nullified because Lovejoy had called timeout. Zavala made it a second time and th Wildcats trailed 34-27 with not much time left on the clock. The Wildcats last gasp onside kick was unsuccessful and the Leopards run out the clock. The Leopards celebrated their 34-27 win. Lovejoy is now 1-1 for the season while the Wildcats slip to 0-2. Both teams begin district play next week. The Wildcats travel to Terrell to play the Tigers next Friday night.
Sept. 9 Commissioners Court Agenda Includes Budget, Tax Rate, Records Preservation
Hopkins County Commissioners Court Monday will be asked to consider a number of financial matters at Monday’s regular court session.
After a public hearing for the proposed 2020 budget, the commissioners court will be asked to consider approving both the the county tax rate and budget for 2020. No change is proposed in the tax rate, and the budget is reported to be very similar to that of the previous year, “very conservative,” according to County Judge Robert Newsom.
Additional financial matters on the 9 a.m. meeting agenda for court consideration are paying an hourly rate of $12 per hour to election workers as well as $12 per hour for up to four hours for election workers to receive training. Salary for elected official is also on the Sept. 9 agenda.
A public hearing will be held on the plan for funding the preservation and restoration of the county clerk’s records archive. Then, the court will be asked consider approving a plan for funding the program.
Brinker Volunteer Fire Department will be recognized with a proclamation as part of Hopkins County Fire Department’s 20th anniversary of service celebration.
The Commissioners Court meeting is slated to being at 9 a.m. Monday, Sept. 9, in the Commissioners Courtroom on the first floor of Hopkins County Courthouse, located at 118 Church St. in Sulphur Springs.
As soon as the regular meeting adjourns the commissioners and judge will move to the Meeting Room on the third floor of the courthouse for a work session.
During the work session, Tom Glosup is slated to discuss maintentance of county buildings, reports from HCFD Chief Andy Endsley and Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum regarding operations, revenue and expenditures, and proposed improvements and repairs for their respective departments.
If they choose, HCCC then can conduct a budget work session.
Go Ahead Given For New Business Building On Gilmer Street, Plus An 8-Unit Building And 6 Quadplexes
If you’ve driven down Gilmer Street at the Oak Avenue split this spring and summer, you most likely wondered what was planned for the property where the old house was removed. That is tabbed to become Stone Leaf
Stone Leaf Addition
Sulphur Springs City Council this week agreed to a request from GNZ Land Holdings, LLC, to combine several lots totaling 4.916 acres of property, just off Gilmer Street, into two lots. This will become known as Stone Leaf Addition.
Lot 1 is 1.44 acres along Gilmer Street and has been designated for a multi-tenant building suitable for office, retail and restaurant type uses. It is zoned heavy commercial. This will be a new commercial building, similar to the strip center on Industrial Drive, just east of the Broadway Street bridge, which the developer also was responsible for, according to Sulphur Springs Community Development Director Tory Niewiadomski.
Lot 2 is 3.48 acres, located behind the first property, with frontage along Beckham and Whitworth Streets, an has been designated for multi-family residential. Proposed are six quadplexes and one eight-unit building, with multi-family zoning, Niewiadomski noted.
Key elements of the plan included the extension of public sewer and water service, as well as installation of a storm drain. The public sewer will extend from the western part of the property from Gilmer Street north out Beckham Street. Public water service will extend from Gilmer, south of Whitworth Street, to create a loop that will provide public water at the site as well as fire protection, according to Niewiadomski.
A storm drain will be rerouted from Gilmer, as well as through the site into a detention pond along the norther portion of the property to slow down storm water. This is expected to “significantly improve storm water run off from the site by constructing the retention pond,” the community development director noted.
Sulphur Springs Planning and Zoning Commission at their Aug. 19 meeting recommended the City Council approve the plat request, and authorize the city manager to execute a community utilities contract for the utility extensions, Niewiadomski told the council when presenting the Stone Leaf plat request to them.
Place 6 Councilman Doug Moore asked if the contract and platting would be contingent on the city engineer giving his approval on the matter.
Niewiadomski said the city engineer was satisfied with the information presented during the P&Z Commission review and what was presented to the council at this week’s meeting.
The City Council voted in favor of granting the plat request, and giving the city manager authorization to sign a facilities contract with GNZ Land Holdings, LLC, for the 4.916 acres of land.
Asset Forfeiture Funds
Another proposal receiving the City Council’s approval at the Sept. 3 meeting was one for improvements at the gun range used by local law enforcement.
Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jason Ricketson proposed using money from the asset forfeiture fund to address an old building on the property, to add some additional concrete and maintenance for the gun range facility. Ricketson said city and county staff would get together to develop a master plan for improvements at the gun range.
