Como Woman Jailed On Parole Warrant
A 31-year-old Como woman was jailed Friday night on a parole warrant, according to arrest reports.
Rachel Ruth Garza Anderson turned herself in at the sheriff’s office around 8:45 p.m. April 23, 2021. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chris Baumann took the 31-year-old Como woman into custody and escorted her from the lobby into the jail, where she was booked she was booked on the felony warrant for violation of parole.
The parole violation, Baumann noted in arrest reports, is alleged to have been committed on Saturday night, April 17, 2021.
Anderson was held in Hopkins County jail Saturday, April 24, 2021, for Texas Department of Criminal Justice Pardon and Parole-Austin on the felony violation of parole warrant, according to jail reports.
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Arkansas Woman Stopped In A Stolen Arizona Rental Vehicle On I-30
Troopers arrested a 26-year-old Arkansas woman stopped in a stolen Arizona rental vehicle Friday afternoon on Interstate 30 east in Hopkins County, according to arrest reports.
Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Warren Williamson stopped the driver of a 2021 Chevrolet 1500 with Arizona license plates for driving too close to another vehicle on I-30 east near the 140 mile marker in Hopkins County shortly before 3:30 p.m. April 23.
Upon contact, the 26-year-old Benton, Arkansas woman exhibited several indicators of extreme nervousness. She claimed the truck belonged to her boyfriend, but presented a U-Haul agreement for the vehicle that showed the truck to be almost a month overdue to be returned. Danielle Loraine Mogg was also not the renter listed on the agreement, Williamson noted in arrest reports. The highway patrolman called the rental location and spoke with the general manager, who told the trooper he was in the process of reporting the truck as stolen, Williamson noted in arrest reports.
Mogg gave verbal consent to search the truck and admitted he’d find drug paraphernalia in the pickup. A search yielded 2.5 grams of a clear, crystal-like substance in a bag in a backpack, which had identifying information for Mogg. Williamson, based on is training and experience as an officer, believed the substance to be methamphetamine, the trooper noted in arrest reports.
Mogg was arrested for possession of more than 1 gram but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance and was subsequently charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle for being in the stolen Arizona rental . She remained in Hopkins County jail Saturday morning, April 24, 2021, on both charges, according to jail reports.
Marijuana, Fake $100s Found During I-30 Traffic Stop
A woman and man were arrested after state troopers located marijuana and fake $100s during an Interstate 30 traffic stop earlier this week, according to arrest reports.
Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Landry Martinez stopped a 28-year-old Memphis, Tennessee man around 5:20 p.m. April 21 for driving a Toyota Corolla in the the left lane on I-30 west near near mile marker 133 without passing other vehicles. As he contacted the occupants of the dark colored car, the trooper reported smelling a marijuana odor emitting from the car and observed “several factors of criminal activity,” the trooper noted in arrest reports.
A probable cause search yielded two baggies containing suspected marijuana that’d been concealed under the front passenger’s seat. The driver’s girlfriend, an 18-year-old Memphis, Tennessee woman, claimed the substance and was arrested for possession of less then 2 ounces of marijuana, Martinez alleged in arrest reports.
The driver, identified as Romeo Elliott, was determined during a pat down to have a bag stuffed down his pants. Elliott allegedly admitted to hiding the bag in his pants so it wouldn’t be discovered. Once it was removed, the trooper learned it contained 68 counterfeit one hundred dollar bills. Records checks revealed the temporary Tennessee license plate displayed on the vehicle to be fake and the VIN showed the car had been reported as stolen. The Tennessee man was taken into custody for forgery of financial instrument.
The DPS Criminal Investigations Division was briefed of Martinez’s findings, a Special Agent responded to continue investigating the situation and findings. Elliott remained in Hopkins County jail Saturday morning, April 24, 2021, on the forgery charge for having the fake $100s. His bond was set at $10,000 on the forgery charge. A hold was placed on Elliott, who is also known by Romeo Edwin Elliott Jr. and Romeo Edwin Elliott II, for the US Marshals Service. The 18-year-old Tennessee woman was released from Hopkins County jail Thursday, April 22, 2021, on a $1,000 bond, according to jail reports.
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4 Jailed In Hopkins County On Felony Warrants
Four people were jailed in Hopkins County on felony warrants, three on controlled substance-related charges and one for violating his probation, according to arrest reports.
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Alvin Jordan took Nicholas Hameed Sadeh into custody around 3:50 p.m. April 22 at the sheriff’s office and escorted him into jail. The 30-year-old Commerce man was booked into Hopkins County jail on an indictment for bail jumping and failure to appear and two warrants for bond forfeiture on possession of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge, according to arrest reports.
Sadeh remained in the county jail Friday, April 23, 2021, on all three charges. Bond was set at $50,000 on the bail jumping/FTA charge. His new bond on the two controlled substance charges was set at $70,000 per charge, according to jail reports.
Sadeh was initially arrested on Oct. 6, 2020, on both possession of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charges.
Sedah was one of three adults in a travel trailer on County Road 4131, where deputies conducted a welfare check on two children who were supposed to be at the location. A woman there was found to be wanted in Hunt County on an evading arrest or detention with a vehicle charge. A deputy observed pipes for smoking marijuana and methamphetamine in plain view. The woman admitted to the presence of a small amount of marijuana in the trailer. A cup filled with a crystal-like substance that later tested positive for methamphetamine along with 13 wite tablets identified as Oxycodone were found in a plastic bag. The suspected meth weighed 7.75 grams and the tablets weighed 4.9 grams, resulting in Sedah and the two other adults at the residence at the time being arrested around 10:40 a.m. Oct. 6, 2020, on two possession of more than 4 grams but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charges, deputies alleged in the October arrest reports.
The30-year-old Hunt County resident remained in Hopkins County jail until Jan. 27, 2021, when he was released on a $35,000 bond per charge. Sedah was indicted in December 2020 on both charges as well, according to court records.
Deputy Jordan also took Larry Dwayne Testerman Jr. into custody at the sheriff’s office and escorted him into Hopkins County jail, where Testerman was booked for bond forfeiture on a possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance. Testerman, who is also known by the aliases Perry William Scherdein and Larry William Scherdein, remained in Hopkins County jail Friday, April 23, 2021. The 50-year-old Sulphur Springs man’s new bond was set at $10,000 on the charge.
He was arrested on the initial controlled substance charge on June 12, 2020, after a deputy found him in possession of a pill bottle with a bag of of substance that field tested positive for methamphetamine and weighed 0.73 grams, along with digital scales, a “one hitter used to smoke narcotics and one suspected marijuana cigarette during a FM 71 traffic stop. He was booked into the county jail early June 13 then released later that day on a $5,000 bond on the controlled substance charge, according to arrest reports. The 50-year-old Sulphur Springs man was indicted in December 2020 on the charge, according to court reports.
HCSO Deputy Amanda Weatherford took Candice Renae Nabors into custody at 10:52 a.m. April 22 in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. Weatherford transported the 35-year-old McAlester woman from her home county to Hopkins County jail, where she was booked at 1 p.m. April 22, 2021 on a possession of 400 grams or more of a Penalty Group 12 controlled substance warrant.
Nabors was released from Hopkins County jail Friday, April 23, on a $30,000 bond, according to arrest reports.
Sulphur Springs Police Officer Shawn Albright saw Tyler Gerard Maloney walking in the 400 block of Main Street around 10 p.m. April 21. Aware that a felony warrant had been issued for the 23-year-old Sulphur Springs man’s arrest, Albright asked dispatchers to check the status of the warrant. When the communications operator confirmed the warrant was still active, Albright contacted Maloney, then took him into custody.
Maloney was booked into Hopkins County jail for violation of probation, which he was on for theft of a firearm. Maloney was arrested May 19, 2020, on the theft of firearm charge, according to jail reports. Since his release May 20, 2020, on a $5,000 bond on the theft of firearm charge, he has been arrested three additional times: May 28, 2020 on a burglary of vehicles warrant; Jan. 6, 2021, for possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana; and the probation warrant April 21, 2021.
The 23-year-old Sulphur Springs man was sentenced on Feb. 24, 2021 to 5 years of deferred adjudication, to pay $550 in restitution to the complainant in the case and assessed a 1,000 fine on the theft of firearm charge.
Maloney was held in Hopkins County jail Friday, April 23, 2021, on the probation violation charge, according to jail records.
Wildcats Golf Coach Jeremy DeLorge Commends Golfer Kip Childress For Making It to Regional Tourney
Wildcats Golf Coach Jeremy DeLorge said senior Wildcats’ golfer Kip Childress finished in the top 30 in a field of 94 golfers at the two-day Region II Golf Tournament held Wednesday and Thursday (April 21-22) at Rockwall Golf and Athletic Club.
Coach DeLorge noted that Childress, an East Texas Baptist University signee, has been an outstanding golfer over all of his four years at SSHS.
The coach said he thanks Childress for his hard work and dedication to the program and his game.
Coach DeLorge said to make it to the Regional Tournament is an amazing accomplishment. He added to finish in the top one-third is no easy task in this region. Coach DeLorge said Childress can hold his head high.
He said he can’t wait to watch Childress play at ETBU.
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Lady Cats Softball Team to Take on Hallsville in Playoff Seeding Game Postponed to Monday Evening
The Lady Cats Softball Team had a seeding game with Hallsville scheduled for Friday evening (April 23) at 6 p.m. at Mount Pleasant weather permitting. The game was rained out, so plan B is now in effect, calling for playing the game Monday at 6 P.M. at Mount Pleasant.
The Lady Cats and Lady Bobcats tied for first place in district play with 11-1 records. Both teams won their game at home.
The winner between the two co-district champs will be the district’s #1 seed and the other will be #2. The Lady Cats, 21-3 for the season, will come into Monday night’s game having won 12 games in a row including 11 straight district games.
Weather permitting, KRVA-FM, at 107.1, will bring you Lady Cats and Hallsville softball live from Mount Pleasant. The game will feature streaming video. The game will also be videotaped for replay at a later date on Channel 18 on Suddenlink Cable.
Meanwhile the Wildcats Baseball Team has a bye Friday in district play.
The Wildcats are 6-5 in district and they are in a 4th place tie with Texas High. The Wildcats are 10-15 for the season.
They have a non-district game Saturday at 1 p.m. at Rowlett.
The Wildcats wrap up district play on Tuesday at first-place Hallsville.
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State Closes Free COVID-19 Testing Center In Sulphur Springs
The state officially closed the free COVID-19 testing site in Sulphur Springs, according to Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management. As more vaccine has become available to Hopkins County providers, more people are becoming vaccinated and the COVID-19 case count has continued to go down and so have the number of people being tested at the free testing site.
From April 1-20, more than 1,550 additional people in Hopkins County had gotten the first dose of COVID-19 shot, leaving 8,840 waiting on the second dose; approximately 2,626 more people were vaccinated, increasing the total to 6,435 fully vaccinated for COVID-19. That makes 14,640 people in Hopkins County who have received at least 1 dose of the vaccine. According to April 21, 2021, Texas Department of State Health Services’ COVID-19 Vaccine Data dashboard, that’s 21.28 percent of the population in Hopkins County age 16 or older who’d been fully vaccinated and 48.19 percent of people age 65 or older who are fully vaccinated. On April 22, that number rose to 8,874 who’d had the first dose and 6,526 people fully vaccinated for COVID-19 in Hopkins County.
From April 1-22, a total of 39 new COVID-19 cases were reported for Hopkins County, including 24 confirmed case and 15 probable cases, while 52 people were reported to have recovered from the virus, leaving only 25 known active cases in Hopkins County as of Thursday afternoon. From April 1-20, 56 molecular COVID-19 tests were conducted at the free testing center in Sulphur Springs, compared to the 274 conducted from March 1-22,720 free tests performed during February when the site was closed for about a week due to bad weather, 1,221 tested in January and 1,599 tested Dec. 1-21, 2020, the 1,400 tested at the free site Nov. 1-21, and 1,392 tested at the free site on Oct. 1-20.
Several free testing sites were still open on Friday in other counties, but none listed on GoGetTested.com in far Northeast Texas. The closest free testing location in east Texas is in Tyler, with additional locations in Royse City, Rockwall, Terrell, Mesquite, Forney, Tyler and McKinney. To find the nearest free testing center, visit GoGetTested.com or click the COVID-19 test collection sites link on theCOVID-19 page on the DSHS website.
While only 56 molecular COVID-19 tests were conducted at the free testing site from April 1 to April 21, that doesn’t mean COVID-19 tests aren’t available in Hopkins County. Several facilities in Sulphur Springs do offer COVID-19 testing, including rapid testing.
According to the DSHS COVID-19 Case Counts dashboard, more people are being tested elsewhere. In fact, a total of 669 COVID-19 tests were conducted in Hopkins County from April 1-21, including 514 viral or molecular tests. That means 458 molecular tests were conducted somewhere other than at the free testing site during the first 21 days of April.
Another 150 tests conducted in Hopkins April 1-21 were antigen or rapid tests; a positive result on an antigen COVID-19 tests is counted as a probable case, not a confirmed case of COVID-19. Only five antibody tests were conducted in Hopkins County April 1-21, according to the DSHS April 22 COVID-19 Testing and Hospital Data dashboard. Overall, that’s 22,171 cumulative COVID-19 tests conducted in Hopkins County since the state began tracking the data in March 2020, including 16,922 molecular tests, 3,383 antigen tests and 1,866 antibody tests.
There are many options for COVID-19 testing, including drive-through testing at some facilities and pharmacies. People who have been exposed or who have COVID-19 symptoms are recommended by the CDC and DSHS to contact their primary care physician or family doctor for further advice or to schedule appointments through them. Be sure to ask about any potential fees, have insurance information available and ask about any screening criteria and type of test administered when scheduling at any facility that is not designated as a free testing center.
For a list of COVID-19 tests collection sites listed with Texas Department of Emergency Management, click here.
For additional testing information, including clarification about the different types of COVID-19 tests and things to consider when looking for a public or drive-thru testing site, click here.
Wildcats and Lady Cats Athletes Compete at Region II Track Meet Friday and Saturday at UTA
Four Lady Cats and two Wildcats are scheduled to compete at the Region II Track Meet Friday and Saturday (April 23-24) at UT-Arlington. Preliminaries are scheduled for Friday with finals on Saturday.
For the Wildcats, Korderrian “Bull” Turner will compete in the long jump and triple jump. Jermaine Cleveland will compete in triple jump.
For the Lady Cats, Bre-Asia Ivery is in the 100-meter dash and the long jump. Claire Bybee is in the pole vault. Haylee Shultz competes in the 3200-meter run. Dalanee Myles is in the high jump.
The athletes have a chance to qualify for the State Track Meet May 7-8 in Austin.
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Hopkins County 4-H Members in the News – Again!
By Johanna Hicks, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Family & Community Health Agent, Hopkins County
Hopkins County is honored to have some outstanding youth in the 4-H program! District 4-H Contests were held recently in Farmersville for 4-H members across the northeast Texas district – 22 counties to be exact. Three from Hopkins County walked away with awards. Here are the results:
Senior division (grades 9-12):
- Rylie Carroll, 1st place, Fashion Show Buying category, Special Interest
- Rylie Carroll, 1st place, Food Show, Healthy Dessert
- Rylie Carroll, 3rd place, Public Speaking
- Rylie Carroll, 9th high individual, Consumer Decision Making
Intermediate Division (grades 6-8):
- Diego Childs, 1st place, Share-the-Fun Poetry/Prose
- Diego Childs, 7th place, Food Show, Main Dish
- Blaine Allen, 3rd place, Food Show, Side Dish
Diego Childs also participated in and completed the Northeast Texas Green Jacket Academy. The academy was held virtually for the purpose of developing leadership among eligible youth. Diego participated in Zoom meetings and completed the requirements. He was presented with the completion pin at the April 4-H County Council meeting.
Hopkins County will be represented at District 4-H Shooting Sports contests in Archery. Stephanie Stewart is the team’s coach, and the team has been practicing one to two times each week in preparation for the contests. The Archery meet will take place on May 1.
Two high school senior 4-H members received the Janie Crump Memorial 4-H Scholarship to go toward college expenses. Janie Crump was the Family & Consumer Sciences Extension agent for 30+ years in Hopkins County before her retirement from Extension in 2001. She made an impact on youth and adults alike while in that position. The 4-H Scholarship was named after her in 2015 and continues to honor outstanding 4-H applicants.
Jorja Bessonett, daughter of Bill and Cherrie Bessonett, is a senior at Miller Grove High school. She has been a Hopkins County 4-H member for 10 years and has held offices on the club and county level, and served as a district 4-H delegate. Her major 4-H projects have been Food & Nutrition, Clothing and Textiles, Family Life, Beef, and Health & Personal Safety. 4-H awards have included the Gold Star Award, Danforth “I Dare You” award, state record book award and numerous community service projects. She plans to attend Texas A&M University – Commerce, and major in Kinesiology, followed by a Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program.
Savannah Allen, daughter of Sara Allen, is a senior at Sulphur Springs High School. She has been a Hopkins County 4-H member for 10 years and has held offices on the club, county, district, and state levels, most recently as a TX 4-H Livestock Ambassador. Her major projects have been Beef, Leadership, Photography, veterinary science, food & nutrition, and livestock judging. Some of her 4-H Awards include Gold Star Award, Danforth “I Dare You” award, Vet Tech program completion, numerous public speaking awards, Outstanding Intermediate and Junior awards, and numerous community service projects. Savannah plans to attend Texas A&M University with a major in Animal Science and minor in Ag Economics focusing on real estate.
Both of these young ladies were selected to interview for a Texas 4-H Opportunities Scholarship in College Station on April 24, with amounts ranging from $3,000 to $20,000. As of this writing, results are not known, but we want to wish them the very best in their future endeavors.
Closing Thought
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream
– C.S. Lewis
Contact Johanna Hicks, B.S., M.Ed., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office, P.O. Box 518, 1200-B W. Houston St, Sulphur Springs, TX, 75483; 903-885-3443; or [email protected]
Yantis Man Jailed On A Felony Charge Following Theft At Walmart
A 45-year-old Yantis man was jailed on a felony charge for theft of less than $50 worth of merchandise from Walmart, according to arrest reports.
Sulphur Springs Police Sgt. Josh Shufeldt responded at 7:40 p.m. April 22, 2021, at Walmart to a theft complaint. An asset protection employee at the store advised police that Gary Lee Gibson had passed all points of sale. He did not pay for a $25 light bulb and a couple of SIM cards before doing so.
Dispatchers advised a records check showed Gibson has three previous theft convictions. Hopkins County jail records show Gibson has been booked into Hopkins County jail more than 2 dozen time previously on a number of charges; He was booked locally on Sept. 29, 2010 on a Smith County theft of property valued at $20-$500 by check warrant; Nov. 14, 2010 for theft of property valued at $1,500-$20,000; July 3, 2011 for theft of property valued at $1,500-$20,000; and on two indictments for theft of property valued at $1,500-$20,000 on July 3, 2011.
He was jailed Nov. 9, 2011 to serve a 1 year commitment at a substance abuse felony punishment facility for violation of probation on a theft charge; and Aug. 5, 2014, for violation of probation on three theft of property valued at $1,500-$20,000 charges.
Shufeldt took Gibson, who is also known by Gary Skeet Gibson and Gray Lee Gibson, into custody just after 8 p.m. Thursday, April 22, 2021. Gibson was booked into Hopkins County jail, where he remained Friday morning, April 23, 2021, for theft of property valued at less than $2,500, which would normally be a misdemeanor offense. However, because of the prior theft convictions, the charge was enhanced to a state jail felony offense.
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