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2 Arrested on Possession Charges

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2 Arrested on Possession Charges

January 18, 2023 – Two individuals were arrested on possession charges, a Dallas man and a woman were found to be in possession of marijuana. They tried to conceal the contraband from the arresting officer during a routine traffic stop, according to the arrest report.

I-30 East Traffic Stop

Cumby Police Officer Tally reported stopping a Dodge Charger at 2:58 p.m. Tuesday, January 17, 2023 at mile marker 111 on interstate 30 east for a missing front license plate. The driver was identified as 27-year-old Lacheshia Brown of Dallas, Texas and the passenger was identified as Jquan Wilson of Dallas, Texas.

Lacheshia Shacarol Brown. 12/02/2019

Officer Tally reported initiating the stop and identifying the car as belonging to Lacheshia Brown. Brown was found to have an outstanding warrant. Ms. Brown was subsequently taken into custody. While speaking with the pair, Talley reported smelling a strong marijuana odor emitting from the car. Officer Tally then conducted a probable cause search, finding drug paraphernalia within Mr. Wilson’s immediate reach leading to his arrest. Mr. Wilson’s photo not available.

The pair was transported to Hopkin County jail without incident. Mr. Wilson was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia And Ms. Brown was booked on possession of drugs. While in jail Ms. Wilson was found to be in possession of a green plant like substance believed to be marijuana.

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***Updated*** SSES Evacuated Due to a Bomb Threat

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***Updated*** SSES Evacuated Due to a Bomb Threat

SSES classes cancelled for the rest of day.  Parents are picking up students at League Street Church of Christ

January 18, 2023 – All students, teachers and staff were evacuated from SSES early Wednesday morning in response to a bomb threat made regrading that campus.

Everyone was taken across League street to the League Street Church of Christ. All students are safe and the building continues to be checked by law enforcement.

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Is Looking For Volunteers

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AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Is Looking For Volunteers

The local AARP Foundation Tax-Aide program is looking for compassionate and friendly people to join our volunteer team. Many older taxpayers with low to moderate incomes miss out on credits and deductions they’ve earned because they can’t afford a tax preparation service.

With the help of people like you, AARP Foundation Tax-Aide offers free tax-filing help to those who need it most. We’ll provide the training and support to help you learn new skills, and you’ll get a great feeling from helping those in need. The program is looking for individuals to volunteer in person in several roles to provide help to taxpayers. Our volunteers come from a variety of industries and span from retirees to college students.

About AARP Foundation Tax-Aide

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide provides tax preparation help for anyone free of charge. Tax-Aide volunteers help taxpayers in-person or virtually. The program has over 25,000 volunteers nationwide. AARP Foundation Tax-Aide serves millions of individuals each year. AARP membership is not required, and taxpayers of any age can take advantage of this service. Tax-Aide has helped more than 77 million people since it launched in 1968.

It’s the nation’s largest free volunteer tax program, offered in conjunction with the IRS.

Volunteers fill a variety of roles: Locally we need more counselors. Counselors work with taxpayers directly by filling out tax returns. If you have no previous experience, you’ll get the training you need and will also receive IRS certification.

Technology Coordinators manage computer equipment, ensure taxpayer data is secure, and provide technical assistance to volunteers.

Leadership and Administrative volunteers make sure program operations run smoothly, manage volunteers, and maintain quality control.

Communications Coordinators promote the program to prospective volunteers and taxpayers. Speak a second language? We have a big demand for bilingual speakers in all roles, especially dedicated interpreters who can assist other volunteers.

To volunteer go to aarpfoundation.org/TaxaideVolunteer or call 1-888-AARP-NOW (1-888-227-7669). If you have questions and want to talk to someone locally, call 903-485-4151 or 903-885-8932.

— Submitted by Mary Lou Foster, Local Coordinator

Cumby Men Jailed On Controlled Substance and Tampering With Evidence Charges

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Cumby Men Jailed On Controlled Substance and Tampering With Evidence Charges

Two Cumby men were jailed on controlled substance and tampering with evidence charges early Tuesday morning, sheriff’s deputies and Cumby police alleged in arrest reports.

Officers reported stopping the driver of a Chevrolet Silverado at 1:13 a.m. Jan. 17, 2023, on County Road 1130 at County Road 1126 for failure to signal a turn. The passenger was seen from the patrol vehicle’s headlights making furtive movements inside the truck, officers alleged in arrest reports.

Upon contact with the driver, a deputy reported seeing a shotgun in the passenger’s seat of the pickup. Learning the gun was loaded and that the river has another weapon in a side holster, he had the man step out of the truck. He complied. He then had the passenger step out too, deputies wrote in arrest reports.

After talking to the man, officers reported being granted permission to search the truck. The officers reported finding a torn bag containing a crystal-like substance that later tested positive for methamphetamine in a glass of tea in the center cup holder in the truck. Both Cumby men were detained. When both denied knowledge of the contraband at 1:28 a.m. Tuesday, both were arrested. The firearms and contraband were collected, the truck was impounded and the pair was transported to the county jail, deputies and police alleged in arrest reports.

Michael Lyle Gall, 36, and Christopher Evan Lewis, 46, were booked into the county jail at 3:46 a.m. Jan. 17, 2023, on possession of 0.5 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance and tampering with physical evidence charges. Lewis was also charged with unlawful carrying of a weapon, according to arrest reports.

Gall was released later Jan. 17, 2023, on $5,000 per charge. Lewis remained in the county jail Tuesday afternoon in lieu of the $5,000 bond set on the controlled substance charge, $5,000 bond on the tampering with evidence charge and $2,000 bond set on the weapon charge, according to Hopkins County jail records.

Among the officers credited with the traffic stop and arrests were Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Brennan Murray, Drew Fisher and Sgt. Tanner Steward; and Cumby Police Officer Justin Talley.

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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.

Commission Recommends Approval Of Final Plat For Ladera RV Resort, Denial Of 2 Rezoning Requests

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Commission Recommends Approval Of Final Plat For Ladera RV Resort, Denial Of 2 Rezoning Requests

Sulphur Springs Planning and Zoning Commission Monday evening approved the final plat request submitted for Ladera RV Resort, pushing it forward with a recommendation that the City Council approve it at the regular February meeting. The city board is recommending the two rezoning requests be denied, however.

Ladera RV Resort Final Plat

Cole Heitman requested a final plat which will combine multiple lots into one 48.11-acre property off Loop 301 and wrapping around behind the Paris-Junior College-Sulphur Springs Center to Jefferson Street where Ladera RV Resort is planned. Heitman has already received the special use permit to construct the RV Resort, which was previously approved for up to 128 RV sites at 1229 Loop 301.

The plat as proposed will include a new public water line through the property to provide required fire protection and domestic water service. A private sewer line is also proposed to provide sewer service for the development. The public water line installation will require a community facilities contract authorization as a mechanism to dedicate the water line to the public. Installation costs will be the responsibility of the developer, however, the City will take ownership of the water line and future maintenance after it is approved. An easement will have to be granted for fire suppression purposes, Sulphur Springs Assistant City Manager/Community Development Director Tory Niewiadomski told the Planning & Zoning Commission during the regular meeting Monday, Jan. 16, 2023.

Final Plat for Ladera RV Resort

Niewiadomski noted city staff had reviewed it and recommended the plat be approved and the city manager authorized to execute a community facilities contract.

P&Z Commissioner Pat Chase said he thinks City staff has done an excellent job on this project and made a motion to approve the final plat for Ladera RV Resort. Commissioner Twila Gill seconded the motion. With Both Chase, Gill and Matthew Mattison (the only three able to attend Monday’s meeting) voting in favor of the final plat as approved, the motion passed.

Main Street Rezoning Request

Wayne Cooper of C&C Guardian LLC asked for 10-acres of vacant property, consisting of 2 lots, in the 2100 block of Main Street be rezoned from light commercial to light industrial.

Niewiadomski reminded the P&Z Commission that they’d reviewed a request during summer 2022 for the site to be used for a manufactured housing business. C&C indicated a desire to have more flexibility in options for marketing the property, which is located 2 properties west of Lovers Lane along State Highway 313 (Main Street) for development.

Property to the north of the area is zoned single family (SF-6) but contains single family residences; to the east is zoned light commercial but also single family use; the south of 2113 Main Street is zoned single family-6 and light industrial, but use is for single family or vacant; and to the west is light commercial but used for professional offices.

The land use plan identifies this area along Main Street as commercial frontage. It is intended that in the future, this area will be commercially developed towards the east and more industrial towards the west where it is already zoned industrial.

Of the 14 letters to property owners within 200 feet of 2113 Main, one was opposed and one was undecided. The letter in opposition stated that hte area is 95% residential, thus, heavy industrial activity would put a strain on residents, Niewiadomski said, noting that city staff recommended denying the zoning change request.

Barbara Williams, who submitted the undecided response letter, told Niewiadomski after hearing the information presented, she is appreciative to the city staff for recommending the the request be denied, and as of Monday night agreed with the recommendation.

A zoning change was requested for a 10-acre tract of land which spans 2 lots on Main Street.

Elise Douglas said she and Ginger Brooks operate a counseling business in the 2100 block of Main Street. She expressed concerns that the zoning change was requested without a specific plan as to how the property would be used. She said it is important that her clients be able to feel comfortable in a quiet environment. Industrial could mean manufacturing and heavy traffic, which she said is “enough as it is” from the existing businesses further down in the area. Already, she noted people miss turns and end up in the ditch in front of their property, nearly striking their sign.

Tenny Tanton, speaking for her parents who have lived in that area since the 1980s, purchasing the property when the whole area was outside of town and an agricultural property. They’ve watched it become more and more commercial over the years. Her parents had a small business, but have retire and plan to continue living there. It’s very frustrating to see the property surrounded on three sides by residences become industrial. She said they are opposed to the residential area becoming industrial.

Wayne Cooper, who along with Stacy Cody has made the request for the zoning change, said they were asked about the property by the Sulphur Springs-Hopkins County Economic Development Corporation, who indicated they need property on which to expand. He said the railroad tracks through the property would not make it suitable for a housing addition. He said he believes it is not the intent of the EDC to let bad things happen, but to put someone in there who’d make a good neighbor. The light industrial zoning of the 10 acres would help them to better do that.

Chris Gibbins said he believes his family to be the longest tenured residents of the area. His parents live on the corner and he and his wife intent to live across from there for the rest of their lives too. They too are concerned there’d be noise and pollution if the area were to be joined industrial. They believe industrial zoning and business should be outside the city limits, not next to residential neighborhoods. He noted the property owners knew the area was residential when they obtained it.

Mattison asked if the issue could be tabled until the EDC could be present to address the matter, since they were noted as potentially wanting to obtain the property, to determined planned uses.

Niewiadomski said the matter is to be forwarded to the City Council with a recommendation.

Chase said without knowing the intent for the property if rezoned, he accepted the staff recommendation to deny the rezoning request. Gill seconded the motion. Mattison said if the EDC had noted a special project in mind with information, it might have made the decision easier. He too voted to deny the request to rezone 2113 Main Street light industrial. That recommendation will be forwarded to the City Council at the February meeting when the zoning request is presented to them.

Hillcrest Drive Rezoning Request

Niewiadomski said city staff also recommended denial of Scott Hemby’s request that a vacant 1.51-acre property at the southeast corner of Hillcrest Drive and Azalea Lane be rezoned from professional office to light commercial. He noted that Citizens also expressed concerns about the proposed zoning change. He noted nine letters were sent to surrounding property owners within 200 feet of the proposed change. The city received three responses back, two in favor of and one opposed to the change.

The request cites a desire for more flexibility in options for marketing 1336 Azalea Lane 1340 Azalea Lane and 491 Hillcrest Drive for development as the reason for the proposed change.

The property on three sides of the area is single family housing and zoned SF-6, while the property to the south is zoned light commercial, where a funeral home is located.

The land use plan identifies this area along Hillcrest as commercial frontage. In 2010, the property was proposed to be rezoned from SF-6 to LC. Due to opposition presented, the applicant agreed to downzone to Professional Office. To date, conditions along Highway 19 have not changed significantly from 2010 when this request was previously reviewed. Azalea Lane is the entrance to the Highland Hills subdivision which is exclusively a residential single family development and also included lots along Hillcrest north of this site. Professional office allows for bank, medical, and business offices as a low intensity range of uses allowable. PO is the lowest level of commercial zoning in the Zoning Ordinance. Stepping up to Light Commercial does expand the opportunities up to a lot of potential uses that would be allowed by right, Niewiadomski said.

A request was made for two plots spanning 1.51-acres on Azalea Lane (denoted in red above) in Highland Hills Addition to be rezoned from professional office to light commercial

Hembry said his approach is to take something ugly and and make it pretty. He is currently renovating the old tobacco shop property on Jefferson Street for Pioneer Cafe. At one time, funeral partners had expressed interest in the property, but that’s changed. Others have expressed interest in the property as well but are not willing to gamble purchasing the land and then the city not approve the zoning required.

Cynthia Loftis said four of the five people she’s talked to who are within the range of the request said they were not in favor of the zoning change. She is opposed to it. She expressed concerns for noise, pollution, potential hours of operations and increased heavy traffic through the neighborhood, all of which could impact the health and safety and quality of life for individuals living in the neighborhood.

If the area is developed for light commercial, any business would enter from State Highway 19 not Azalea Lane, Hemby said.

Seth McDaniel pointed out that SH 19 is a commercial road. Designated professional office, something as simple as a gym could not be located in the area due to the professional office designation. He said the town is growing and doesn’t see a reason that shouldn’t happen. Traffic on Azalea Lane would not be based on traffic passing by on SH 19.

Mattison said if they knew what might be going in at the location the Planning & Zoning Commission might be more comfortable making a decision regarding the zoning request.

Chase made the motion to accept as staff recommended not approving the request for a zoning change. Gill seconded the motion, and all three voted the same. The P&Z Commission’s recommendation to deny the rezoning request is being forwarded to the City Council, who is expected to see the request on on the regular Feb. 7 meeting agenda.

Tuesday Gameday Has Three Squads in Action

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Tuesday Gameday Has Three Squads in Action

Both basketball teams and men’s soccer occupy a busy Tuesday Gameday.

Tuesday, Jan. 17 brings both men’s soccer and Lady Cats basketball at home, with men’s basketball in Texarkana.

Lady Cats basketball is the first team up on Tuesday, hosting Liberty Eylau.

Coach Bryan Jones and his squad hope to rebound from Friday’s home loss to Paris. Sulphur Springs played a good game but struggled to sink shots in crucial stretches as they fell 52-39.

The home loss was the first district contest at home, now 2-1 in 15-4A. Friday’s loss also snapped an 11-game winning streak, stretching back to early December. Winning 11 straight games is the second longest streak dating back 15 years, behind only the 2016-17 team under Jeff Chapman that won 15 straight.

Sulphur Springs has another tough match-up on Tuesday, Jan. 17 as they host Liberty Eylau. The visiting Lady Leopards are also 2-1 in district play. If Coach Jones and his team hope to stay perched near the top of the district standings, they will have to get back in the win column and beat L.E. Tuesday.

That district match-up will be broadcasted onto KSST 1230 AM.

Tuesday’s game will also be live-streamed onto KSST Radio’s Youtube channel.

Also locked in to district games is Wildcats basketball, playing in their second-straight road contest.

Coach Brandon Shaver and his team hope for similar efforts as Friday, winning in Paris 60-53.

A perfect start has Sulphur Springs 1-0 in 15-4A, looking to keep their momentum going as they travel to Texarkana.

L.E. comes into Tuesday’s game hosting the Wildcats a similar 1-0 in district play, with both teams vying for a win to keep them tied at first.

Men’s basketball enters Tuesday, Jan. 17 sporting a 19-7 overall record, and after their win in Paris Sulphur Springs will be looking to stay perfect, potentially starting 2-0.

That game tips off Tuesday in Texarkana at 7 P.M.

Coach Shaver and his team return home to Sulphur Springs on Friday, hosting North Lamar.

Wildcat Basketball

The last team in action on Tuesday, Jan. 17 is men’s soccer, at home hosting Henderson.

Coach Alexi Upton’s team hopes to get back in the win column Tuesday after 2-3 last weekend in Palestine.

At the 13th Annual Wildcat Classic Soccer Tournament, Sulphur Springs beat their first foe Mexia 1-0 on Thursday, Jan. 12 thanks to a goal from Eric Rodriguez on an assist by Edgar Salazar.

After defeating the #3 team in 4A, men’s soccer then fell in two-straight on Friday, both in 2-0 losses. The Wildcats lost to both host Palestine and Lindale.

They did rebound by beating Mabank 1-0 on an unassisted goal from Jose Rodriguez. In the consolation bracket, playing for third place in the tournament, Sulphur Springs fell to Kilgore 1-0 to end their tourney appearance in Palestine.

Men’s soccer went 2-3 in a crowded field of talented teams, now 4-4-1 on the season.

Coach Upton and his team host Henderson on Tuesday, Jan. 17 with that game kicking off at 7:15 P.M.


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Sulphur Springs ISD Bus Student Struck By Car, Suffers Minor Injury

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Sulphur Springs ISD Bus Student Struck By Car, Suffers Minor Injury

“A Sulphur Springs ISD student was hit by a car while attempting to cross the road to get on a school bus. The student’s parents and EMS were notified immediately. EMS examined and cleared the student with only minor injuries,” Sulphur Springs ISD stated in a release Tuesday morning, Jan. 17, 2023.

“Our student’s parents were there with him and took him to school,” the district noted in a notice sent to district parents.

SSISD official offer thanks to first responders and the bus driver “for their quick responses.”

No additional details had been released by SSISD at 9 a.m. Tuesday regarding the crash.

Lights of Life Gala Sponsorship Opportunities

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Lights of Life Gala Sponsorship Opportunities
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Business News — January 16, 2023: CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital -Sulphur Springs has ONE mission: To Extend the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ.
Hopkins County Health Care Foundation

By Jennifer Heitman, Senior Market Development, CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs, [email protected]

The 2023 Lights of Life Gala Sponsorships are now available. The sponsorship levels are priced the same as last year’s levels and range from $1,000 to $30,000 and each includes tickets for the event.

Whitney and Logan Vaughan are serving as the 2023 Gala co-chairs. They have selected the “Stilettos & Stetsons” theme as a reflection of Hopkins County’s uniqueness. The evening will offer a delicious meal, live auction, silent auction, and dancing. Through the years over $4 million have been raised by the Foundation to bring health-related programs and equipment to the citizens of Hopkins County. These are offerings that a rural hospital would not normally have available. A limited number of individual tickets will be available in February.

For more information about sponsoring the 2023 Lights of Life Gala, contact the Foundation at [email protected] or 903.438.4799.

New Service Available: Peritoneal Dialysis

CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital- Sulphur Springs is now offering inpatient peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis for patients battling End-Stage Renal Disease with an acute hospitalization need. We are excited to have these services available in our community.

For questions about the CHRISTUS Mother Frances – Sulphur Springs Inpatient Peritoneal Dialysis or Hemodialysis, please contact Dana Ingram at 903-438-4409 or [email protected].

Digestive Care

We are fortunate to have care specialists dedicated to your gastrointestinal health right here, close to home. Our highly trained team provides screening, diagnosis, and advanced treatments for a wide range of complex digestive disorders including colon cancer screening, esophageal disease, stomach and intestinal conditions, large intestine and colon conditions such as ulcerative colitis, and pancreas, liver, and gallbladder conditions.

Is it time for your annual colon screening? We are happy to expand our Gastrointestinal (GI) access since adding Dr.Umair Sohail to our GI team, increasing appointment availability. If you would like to schedule an appointment with our Gastroenterologist, please call 903.885.1770.

Upcoming Blood Drive

Carter Blood Care Bus will be in CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs parking lot at the corner of Airport Road and Church Street for their Saturday monthly blood drive on February 4, 2023 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Please go to CarterBloodCare.org to schedule an appointment to donate.


CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System includes CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospitals – Tyler, South Tyler, Jacksonville, Winnsboro and Sulphur Springs, the CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Louis and Peaches Owen Heart Hospital – Tyler, CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Rehabilitation Hospital a partner of Encompass Health, Tyler Continue CARE Hospital at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital, a long-term acute care facility, and CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic. CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic is the area’s preferred multi-specialty medical group, with more than 400 Physicians and Advanced Practice Providers representing 36 specialties in 34 locations serving Northeast Texas across 41 counties. For more information on services available through CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System, visit christustmf.org

  • Bed count – 402 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Tyler
  • Bed count – 8 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – South Tyler
  • Bed count – 25 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Jacksonville
  • Bed Count – 96 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Sulphur Springs
  • Bed count – 25 – CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital – Winnsboro
  • Bed count – 94 – CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Rehabilitation Hospital
  • Bed count – 96 – CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Louis and Peaches Owen Heart – Tyler
  • Bed count – 51 – Tyler Continue CARE Hospital at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital

Commerce Man Jailed On Illegal Dumping Warrant

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Commerce Man Jailed On Illegal Dumping Warrant

A 59-year-old Commerce man was jailed Saturday on an illegal dumping warrant, according to arrest reports.

James Hurley Cork

Sulphur Springs Police Officer Sean Hoffman reported seeing James Hurley Cork in the front passenger seat of an eastbound Ford Expedition around 11:30 p.m. Jan. 14, 2023. Aware of a warrant for the Commerce man’s arrest, Hoffman conducted a traffic stop on Wildcat Way. The warrant was confirmed and Cork was taken into custody on the outstanding charge, according to arrest reports.

Cork was booked into jail on the illegal dumping charge. He had been released Monday afternoon, Jan. 16, 2023, according to jail reports.

Cork was arrested Aug. 17, 2022, by sheriff’s deputies for illegal dumping, after he admitted to dumping the sheetrock and waste after a clean up job, and was in the process of attempting to clean up what he had dumped near Lake Sulphur Springs on CR 4703.

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.

Suspected Fentanyl Pills, Firearms Found During SH 19 North Traffic Stop

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Suspected Fentanyl Pills, Firearms Found During SH 19 North Traffic Stop

Suspected fentanyl pills and firearms were reportedly found during a State Highway 19 north traffic stop Sunday night.

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Hopkins County Sheriff

Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Ryan Reed and Sgt. Scott Davis reported stopping the gray Honda Accord with no license plate lights at 11:02 p.m. Jan. 15, 2023, on State Highway 19 north at FM 71. Upon contact with the California man driving, deputies asked him to step out of the car. When he exhibited signs of what deputies described as “deceptive behavior,” including being untruthful about having a criminal history, deputies asked permission to search the car.

When the 39-year-old Placentia, California man denied the request, advising he would prefer a K-9 conduct an olfactory sniff around the car, Deputy Colt Patterson was requested to bring his K-9 partner, Chiv, to the location. Patterson obliged the request, deploying Chiv to conduct an olfactory open air sniff around the car. Patterson reported Chiv alerted positive to the odor of narcotics inside the vehicle.

Deputies placed Nathanael Kenneth Cowie into handcuffs and performed a pat-down search. A semi automatic handgun was reportedly found on him. A search of the car allegedly yielded an “AK-47-style pistol and a 12-gauge shotgun,” numerous items of drug paraphernalia strewn throughout the car, as well as Narcan, a potentially lifesaving nasal spray medication that can revive someone who has overdosed on opioids. In the trunk, deputies reported finding a pill container with no label and unmarked white pills inside of it, deputies noted in arrest reports.

All items identified as contraband were seized and the car was impounded. Cowie was transported to Hopkins County jail along with the contraband at 11:42 p.m. Jan. 15, 2023. The latter was photographed, weighed and field-tested. The pills had a positive reaction leading deputies to suspect they were fentanyl pills or pills with traces of fentanyl in them. The suspected fentanyl weighed 21.2656 gram, deputies alleged in arrest reports.

As a result Cowie was booked into Hopkins County jail at 4:56 a.m. Jan. 16, 2023, on a second-degree felony possession of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1/1-B controlled substance charge and a Class A misdemeanor unlawful carrying of a weapon charge, according to arrest reports.

Cowie remained in Hopkins County jail later Monday, Jan. 16, 2022, on both charges, Bond was set at $35,000 on the controlled substance charge and $2,000 on the weapon 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.