Former Wildcat Triston Abron is New AD and Head Football Coach at Pittsburg
Sulphur Springs native Triston Abron has been hired as head football coach and athletic director at Pittsburg. The Pittsburg School Board approved the hiring of Coach Abron at a special meeting Thursday (March 25). Coach Abron comes to Pittsburg after one season at Mexia. Coach Abron’s Black Cats made the playoffs and made it into the Area round before they had to end the season due to coronavirus. Coach Abron spent two years at Paul Pewitt in Omaha before his season in Mexia. While at Paul Pewitt, the Brahmas went to the State Final Game in 2019. Coach Abron was on the Wildcats’ football staff for several seasons and served some of those years as Defensive Coordinator. After playing football and graduating from Sulphur Springs High School, Arbon played football and graduated from Louisiana College.
March 26 TASB Legislative Update On Education-Related Bills Left Pending
House State Affairs Committee Hears Lobbying Bill
By Texas Association of School Boards
AUSTIN, Texas – March 26, 2021 – The House State Affairs Committee on Thursday morning heard the two following bills, which were left pending:
- HB 749 (Middleton) would prohibit political subdivisions, such as school districts, cities, and counties, from hiring individuals who lobby or paying associations that employ lobbyists. Residents within a political subdivision that did lobby would be entitled to injunctive relief and related attorney’s fees and costs. Grapevine-Colleyville ISD Trustee Becky St. John testified on behalf of TASB in opposition to the bill, stating that trustees are unpaid volunteers who often do not have the time or expertise to effectively negotiate the legislative process. Elgin Superintendent Jodi Duron, testifying on behalf of the Texas Association of School Administrators, testified against the bill, noting that the bill would censor local communities and cost taxpayers more money. Elected officials from Collin County testified in support of the bill, saying that it is their job to communicate with legislators on their constituents’ behalf. Several other witnesses testified both for and against the bill.
- HB 3687 (Capriglione) would require political subdivisions, including school districts, to prominently display on their websites information regarding contracts for lobbying services and the entities’ legislative agendas. Grapevine-Colleyville ISD Trustee Becky St. John testified on behalf of TASB in support of the bill, along with several other local governmental representatives, noting that this helps increase transparency and confidence in local government spending and that many entities are already doing this.
Senate Education Recap
The Senate Education Committee met Thursday to consider the following bills, which were left pending:
- SB 226 (Paxton) defines virtual instruction and virtual learning in the Education Code and adds instruction on virtual learning and instruction to teacher certification requirements. The bill includes best practices and developing curriculum for synchronous and asynchronous instruction.
- SB 289 (Seliger) allows a school district to provide an excused absence for a student who is 15 years of age or older to obtain a driver’s license or learner’s permit.
- SB 1365 (Bettencourt) makes commissioner decisions, orders, or determinations final and unappealable and prohibits local funds from being used to initiate or maintain any action or proceeding against the state arising from such a decision. The bill also makes several changes to special investigations TEA may conduct of districts. The bill allows the commissioner to grant a district or campus an accountability rating of “not rated” if the school is subject to a declaration of a state disaster. SB 1365 also allows the commissioner to appoint a board of managers to a district if a campus has had a conservator assigned to it for two consecutive years. Members and TEA staff discussed whether TEA followed the correct administrative steps before ordering the removal of Houston ISD’s board of trustees, as stated in an appellate court’s decision allowing the elected trustees to remain on the board. They also considered the extent to which the bill goes to providing too much power to TEA
- SB 481 (Kolkhorst) allows a student enrolled in a school district that offers only virtual instruction for any part of a school year to transfer for that school year to another school district that offers in-person instruction during that school year. The receiving district may not charge tuition, and the student is included in the average daily attendance of the receiving district. CS specifies that this bill would apply to schools that are going to not offer in-person instruction for more than one grading period and that a school would not be required to accept a student if it did not have room for that student. A mother testified in support of the bill, noting her personal experience with her local school starting virtually only after closing due to the pandemic.
- SB 203 (Schwertner) would require UIL to issue statewide requests for proposals from institutions of higher education and other appropriate entities seeking to host statewide competitions. There was no testimony on the bill.
- SB 1171 (Taylor) allows the commissioner to establish a matching grant program to ensure that all school districts and open-enrollment charter schools have the necessary infrastructure to administer assessment instruments electronically. The bill also allows districts to use the Instructional Materials Allotment to pay for services, equipment, and technology infrastructure necessary to ensure adequate Internet connectivity and to pay for training personnel to administer electronic assessments. Chairman Larry Taylor (R-Friendswood) noted that there will probably be another committee substitute to address the $30 million fiscal note. Extend grant program by two years and commissioner could not fund bandwidth or personnel costs. Taylor noted there would be another committee substitute.
- SB 28 (Bettencourt) prohibits a local governmental entity from enacting or enforcing an ordinance, order, regulation, resolution, rule, or policy or taking action that prohibits an open-enrollment charter school from operating a public school campus, educational support facility, or administrative office in its jurisdiction. The bill also grants the commissioner exclusive jurisdiction over the establishment and location of an open-enrollment charter school campus. The bill requires a municipality, county, special purpose district, or political subdivision to consider an open-enrollment charter school a school district for purposes of zoning, permitting, plat approvals, fees or other assessments, construction or site development work, code compliance, or development. Additionally, the bill strips from the State Board of Education the authority to veto new charter applications recommended by the commissioner and instead creates an appeals process overseen by the SBOE for charter applicants that are not approved by the commissioner. Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) said that he would work on language to maintain the SBOE’s authority to veto the commissioner’s charter award decisions – possibly requiring a two-third’s majority to veto a decision. Advocates of independent school districts testified against the bill noting that the bill removes public accountability from the charter expansion process in both applications for new charters and building requirements. Advocates of charter schools testified in favor of the bill saying that it leveled the playing field for charter schools when building new facilities.
3 Arrested On Controlled Substance And Related Offenses
Three men were arrested Thursday on controlled substance and related offenses, according to arrest reports.
Houston Street Traffic Stop
Sulphur Springs Police Officer Francisco Castro stopped a Pontiac Grand Prix around 10:45 p.m. March 25 on Houston Street at Mulberry Street for a traffic violation. Upon contact with the 52-year-old Commerce man driving, Castro recognized him as Michael Anthony Williams, a man found to be in possession of drug paraphernalia during a previous traffic stop.
Castro obtained Williams’ consent to conduct a search of the car. Williams also allegedly removed from his pocket a baggy containing a white substance the Commerce man advised was cocaine. A test kit had a positive reaction for cocaine, confirming Williams’ statement. Williams was arrested for possession of the substance. A records check showed he also had an outstanding Hopkins County warrant.
Williams remained in Hopkins County jail Friday morning, March 26, 2021, on the possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance in a drug-free zone charge and driving while license invalid warrant.
Hopkins County ail records also show Williams was arrested on April 12, 2018 on a warrant for driving while license invalid and on Dec. 15, 2018, on a warrant for not taking care of a DWLI charge, as well as possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance and possession of a dangerous drug.
Courtroom Arrest
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office correction officer Courtney Steward took Anthony Charles Daniel into custody at 4:30 p.m. March 25, in the District Courtroom.
Steward transported the 61-year-old Dallas man to Hopkins County jail, where he was booked for surety off bond on a possession of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge and as well as surety off bond on a possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana charge.
Daniel and a 54-year-old Dallas woman were originally arrested on Nov. 1, 2020, on Loop 301 by police, who contacted them for parking partially in the lane of traffic a few minutes before midnight on Halloween. They allegedly admitted to having a crack pipe. Officers found a bag of suspected cocaine and a bag of suspected marijuana in their vehicle, resulting in the pair’s arrest Nov. 1, police alleged in 2020 arrest reports. Daniel was released on Nov. 4, 2020, on a $35,000 bond on the felony controlled substance charge and a $1,000 bond on the misdemeanor marijuana charge.
The Dallas man remained in Hopkins County jail Friday morning, March 26, 2021, for surety off bond on both charges.
Misdemeanor Parkins Street Arrest
A Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office deputy reported seeing a green GMC Sierra traveling in both lanes of traffic, and head west on Parkins Street at a high rate of speed. Witnesses on Parkins Street allegedly reported seeing the truck pull into an address in the 200 block of Parkins Street. The deputy contacted a 24-year-old resident at 5:35 p.m. March 25 at the address, where the truck was observed at a trailer.
The Sulphur Springs man was alleged to be intoxicated. He allowed deputies to search the truck. Deputies found a silver marijuana pipe in his pocket during a pat down, resulting in the 24-year-old Sulphur Springs man’s arrest at 5:55 p.m. Thursday on a possession of drug paraphernalia charge.
He remained in Hopkins County jail Friday morning, March 26, 2021, on the misdemeanor charge.
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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.
2021 Texas Ranger Ticket Giveaway Info
Changes to the Texas Ranger Ticket Giveaways on KSST and KRVA for the 2021 Season.
Once again, KSST and KRVA will be giving away Texas Ranger Tickets. This season’s tickets will be offered in a digital format. To be a winner, you will need to download and install the Offical MLB Ball Park App for your smart device. Think of the app as a digital wallet for your tickets.
The Process
Once you win, KSST will forward the digital ticket information to your email. Your MLB Ballpark app will accept the ticket information and store them until you need them. You will need to take your device to the ballpark to display the QR code at the gate. Get all the details at MLB.COM
How to Win
We will be giving away tickets on Facebook like we have in years past. But we might try a new giveaway method just to mix things up. No matter how you win, you will need to provide a valid email address, and that email must be linked to you MLB Ballpark app.
Just to be clear, KSST and KRVA did not receive paper tickets, so we can not furnish paper tickets to our winners.
Sulphur Springs ISD Head Start Program To Apply For Grant Continuation And Refunding, Transportation Waiver
Sulphur Springs ISD Board of Trustees during the regular monthly meeting this week gave the Head Start program director the go-ahead to apply for grant continuation and refunding, as well as a Head Start transportation waiver application.
Transportation Wavier
Director Angela Edwards asked trustees to approve a request for a transportation waiver for the Head Start program. She noted the SSISD Head Start program has five buses that transport the majority of Head Start bus riders. Preschool children are required to be in child restrain systems and to have bus monitors unless doing so results in a significant disruption to the program or would create a safety hazard.
The district has five small Head Start buses. Head Start serves 179 SSISD students, typically with approximately 85 of those children transported daily on school buses to and from the program. Approximately 10 children live in the furthermost parts of the district outside of the city. Due to the size of the county and district, SSISD would be unable to get those 10 students home on the five Head Start buses within the one-hour time limit for transport to and from school.
In the 2019-2020 school year, 83 students were transported on the Head Start buses, 34 of which were not in child safety seats. This year (2020-2021), due to social distancing parameters in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the numbers were lower. This year, 52 children road the Head Start buses, with only 6 children transported on Head Start buses without child safety seats.
SSISD is asking for a waiver of the child restrain requirement to allow those students who live the farthest out, if/when they ride a bus home, to be transported on a regular school bus with other children.
The Head Start program tries not to do that, as they prefer the children not to be in the mix with other children if possible, but there are occasionally circumstances that arise that could make that necessary. Edwards explained that Head Start children typically are bused directly to and from the Head Start facility, and are not required to go to the bus hub to switch buses. However, the district is asking for the waiver just in case they do have students enroll who do need to be put on a bus whose route would take them to and from their residence.
Essentially, the waiver would be to meet any possible exceptions, not as a common practice.
Edwards noted the district is also seeking a waiver of the safety requirement for all Head Start children for program-related field trips, in case of an emergency evacuation or imminent danger situation or in case one of the Head Start buses is out of commission being repaired. For field trips and bus repair issues, the district would utilize standard school district buses that are not equipped with child safety seats, but would have bus monitors. In the event of an emergency or imminent danger, Head Start program would be required to load children on regular school buses, but would have additional staff on-board to assist with the children.
Transporting all Head Start students on five small buses would require the buses to make multiple trips is economically, and time-wise, not feasibly. Utilizing two regular school buses with adequate seating for staff and students is.
The district too is requesting permission to transport about 15 students, divided among 5 Head Start buses, without being restrained in a safety belt. Bus monitors would be on-board those buses.
All Head Start monitors are trained and accompany students on all field trips.
Grant Continuation Application
Edwards also asked the school board to consider approving an application for continuation and refunding of the Head Start program. She said the 10-pages presented to the board provides a budget justification for hte program, breaking expenses down into categories, and includes a summary per category.
The largest expense in the 2021-2022 budget, $1,108,552, is personnel. The 21 fully funded personnel and 20 partially funded staff members are the Head Start program’s greatest resource, Edwards noted. That number includes four full-time bus drivers and monitors, and two part-time bus drivers and monitors. The budget is figured with 50-65 percent of classroom teachers’ salaries; 100 percent of salaries for teacher assistants, instructional aides, bus drivers and bus monitors. The superintendent and business manager do not receive any funding from Head Start to apply toward their salaries. Staff salaries are competitive based on a comparison of SSISD salaries to those of other schools in the area and a TASB salary survey.
SSISD also contributes $360,525 in non-federal share matching funds to provide the additional funding for the 20 staff members, including 10 classroom teachers whose pay is based on Texas minimum salary schedule, one health specialist, one mental health and disabilities specialist, one education specialist, one physical education teachers, two campus secretaries, one library aide, one speech therapist, one assistant director and one director/principal.
The applications summary notes that the development and administrative costs for Head Start during the 2019-2020 school year were 10 percent of the continuation grant, which is less than the 15 percent limitation restriction for funding and administrative costs.
Another $192,846 in the projected 2021-2022 budget is designated for fringe benefits, this includes 1.4 percent contribution toward Medicare, $251 a month health insurance option, $0.2024 per $100 worker’s compensation, $0.0008 percent unemployment benefits, and 4.2-11 percent to Teacher Retirement System. The $1,421,963 proposed budget also includes:
- $48,900 for contractual expenses, that is on-site consultations in each content area to ensure compliance with federal regulations and services for students and families;
- $48,585 for office and classroom supplies for 10 classrooms, which each are given a set budget for instructional materials and supplies, family services and parent involvement, medical and dental supplies for education as well as safety, care and hygiene, classroom cooking and food experiences, disability supplies, vehicle maintenance supplies, miscellaneous operating costs, playground maintenance, catering or snacks for parent and staff meetings, and dues and subscriptions;
- $8,600 for out-of-town staff, heal services, disability services, mental health, transportation, administrative travel including hotel fees for overnight stays for training and conferences approved by the director and business manager; and
- $14,480 in other expenses, including child liability insurance, nutrition services, non-employee travel and parent volunteers, substitutes, extra duty pay.
The summary also includes $20,138 for training and technical assistance for staff, including certificate renewal training and content area training.
Projected expenses are never exactly the same as final expenses due to a number of changing factors and costs. However, Edwards said program officials work very closely with SSISD Business Manager Sherry McGraw to get as exact a projected figure as possible and to keep expenses within budget.
Edwards reported that Friday she received an email that the district will receive $17,000 in supplemental cost of living adjustment (COLA) funding.
Edwards said the program, based on a recent self assessment report would like to purchase more activities for the playground to provide more options for special education students on the playground.
The board unanimously approved the application for continuation and refunding of the Head Start program.
Wildcats Tennis Players are Playing Tournaments For Seeding in Upcoming District Tourney
Unlike Team Tennis in the fall, tennis in the spring semester is more about individual accomplishments by members of a team.
Singles and doubles players on the Wildcats Tennis Team are playing in tournaments attempting to receive the best seeding possible for the upcoming District Tennis Tournament.
Wildcats Tennis Coach Tony Martinez hopes some of his players find a path to the Regional Tournament at the District Tournament. He has high hopes for his #1 girls’ player Jeauxleigh Cantu. Most recently Cantu has been teamed with sophomore Mykylie Meador as the Wildcats #1 girls doubles’ team. The pair won first place at a Waxahachie Tournament last Friday (March 19).
Coach Martinez now believes that Cantu’s best chance to go to the Regional Tournament is in girls’ singles. He says Texas High does have the district’s top girls singles player.
Hallsville also has a player that defeated Cantu several months ago during Team Tennis season but he says he believes Cantu can win a rematch at district. Coach Martinez says powerhouses Texas High and Longview are utilizing their top two girls players on doubles and mixed doubles teams. He says Meador is expected to be on the Wildcats top girls double team with either senior Harleigh Stegient or Paige Miesse.
Coach Martinez says all of his team members have shown a lot of improvement over the past calendar year. He has been especially impressed with Meador and boys Alex Romero and Tate Smith, who both play on mixed doubles’ teams. Friday the Wildcats will play in their sixth tournament this semester, this one at Pleasant Grove.
After that tournament, the Wildcats will have three more tourneys before district: at Wills Point, a make up tournament in Tyler and one at Whitehouse. The District Tournament is on April 13-14 in Texarkana.
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Brinker VFD To Hold Crawfish Boil April 3
Brinker Volunteer Fire Rescue Department is hosting its first annual crawfish boil on Saturday, April 3, 2021, at Brinker VFD Station 12, located at 1415 FM 69 south.
Department member anticipate preparing 1,000 pounds of crawfish, which will be served starting at 2 p.m. and will continue to be available until 7 p.m. or until they run out of crawfish, whichever comes first. Teac and water will be offered, or bring a drink of choice. Hot dogs and a bounce house will be offered for kids as well.
The cost to eat at Brinker VFD Crawfish Boil is strictly on a donation basis to benefit Brinker VFD.
“This benefit is for our community as we are constantly striving to provide the best trained and equipped emergency response service in the county. We have applied for grants that have been awarded to us from the Texas Forestry Service and we have to cover 10% of the cost of the new equipment. This fundraiser will help offset the cost of that,” said Brinker Volunteer Fire Chief Wade McDaniel. “Y’all come out for great fellowship and good food.”
For questions, or to make a donation, contact Chief Wade McDaniel at 903-243-4828 or Assistant Chief Conner Nix at 903-951-7366.
COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Offered March 29; Registration Required
For those who still want to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, but were unable to register for the two-dose Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Thursday at the hospital or during shot administrations, the state will be hosting another COVID-19 vaccine clinic from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. this coming Monday, March 29, in Sulphur Springs at the Hopkins County Civic Center. The vaccine will be the Pfizer, also a two-dose vaccine which requires a second dose in approximatley 3-6 weeks. There are 200 doses available on March 29.
To register for the COVID-19 vaccine event, either follow the link below and complete the registration process or call the Local Health Authority at 903-440-5902. Those applying will be asked if they are in the 1A, 1B and eligible school and child care worker vaccine groups.
Click here to register: http://bit.ly/HopkinsCountyVax0329
60-Year-Old Man Allegedly Hid Methamphetamine In A Soda Can
Marijuana Found In Truck Where Man Was Sleeping In Como
Deputies arrested a 60-year-old who allegedly hid methamphetamine in a soda can and a a 25-year-old sleeping in his truck at a Como business Wednesday, March 24, on Main Street on possession charges, according to sheriff’s and arrest reports. An Alba woman turned herself in Tuesday night at the county jail on a controlled substance related charge, according to arrest reports.
Methamphetamine In A Soda Can
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Tanner Steward reported stopping a Mitsubishi Galant at 6:44 p.m. March 24, 2021, on Main Street at Davis Street after noticing the car had a defective high center mounted stop lights and registration that expired in December of 2019.
During the traffic investigation, Steward noted 60-year-old Daryl Christopher Simmons of Sulphur Springs to be sweating profusely. A search of the white passenger vehicle allegedly revealed a baggy containing a crystal-like substance in a root beer can in the cup holder. The substance found in the soda can field-tested positive for methamphetamine and weighed 0.4 gram, including packaging, Steward alleged in arrest reports.
Consequently, Simmons was arrested just before 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, March 24, 2021, by Steward and Investigators Shea Shaw and Corley Weatherford on a possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge in a drug-free zone, the latter enhancement was added as the stop occurred approximately 433 feet from a drug-free zone, the sheriff’s officers alleged in arrest reports.
Simmons remained in Hopkins County jail Thursday morning, March 26, 2021, on the felony charge, according to jail reports.
Simmons has an extensive criminal history dating back to 1997, including being arrested and booked into Hopkins County jail on 19 prior occasions, including 75-day state jail commitments on two 2012 driving while intoxicated convictions, two 18-month commitments on 2013 evading arrest and theft convictions, a 10-month commitment on 2017 burglary of building conviction, and a 12-month commitment on a 2019 possession of controlled substance conviction, according to jail records.
Asleep In A Truck In Como
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a call of a suspected intoxicated person causing a disturbance on Tiegiser Lane around 9:30 p.m. March 24, 2021. The man was alleged to have driven away in a silver Chevrolet truck with an orange go-cart in the back of the truck. Then, they were told the man was headed in the direction of his place of employment in Como to sleep for the night.
Deputies located a silver Chevrolet Silverado around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 800 block of West Main Street in Como, inside of which a 25-year-old Sulphur Springs man slept in the driver’s seat. An open container visible to deputies in the pickup. Deputies woke the man and had him step out of the truck to talk to them. He allegedly admitted there was marijuana in the vehicle. A search did indeed yield a green, leafy substance that appeared to be marijuana.
Consequently, the 25-year-old Sulphur Springs man was taken into custody just after 10:40 p.m. March 25 jailed on a possession of drug paraphernalia charge. He remained in Hopkins County jail on the charge Thursday, March 25, according to arrest reports.
March 24 was not the first time the man has been boked into Hopkins County jail for possession of drug paraphernalia; he was booked on the charge on April 23, 2013 and March 7, 2016. He also has been jailed in Hopkins County Nov. 10, 2013 for possession of a controlled substance in a drug-free zone, March 11, 2014 on an engaging in organized criminal activity charge, from March 11-May 14, 2014 as part of an 18-month state jail commitment on a controlled substance charge, May 18-24, 2016 on a burglary of a building charge; Jan. 3-Feb. 15, 2017 after being sentenced to a commitment in an intermediate sanctioned facility on the burglary charge; and April 17-15, 2019 for violating probation on the burglary charge, according to jail records.
Warrant Arrest At Sheriff’s Office
A 58-year-old Alba woman turned herself in just after 8:20 p.m. Tuesday, March 23, 2021, on a warrant. Deputy Justin Wilkerson walked Tamela Perkins Owen around to the county jail and released her to corrections officers.
Owen – who jail reports shows is also known by Tamela Louise Owen, Tamela Louise Krante, Tamela Perkins Krantz, Tamila Louise Owen and Tamela Louise Perkins – was booked for bond forfeiture on an Aug. 25, 2020 possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge, according to jail and arrest reports.
The Alba woman Thursday morning, March 25, 2021, remained in Hopkins County jail, where he new bond was set at $20,000 on the charge – twice the original bond set for the controlled substance offense.
Owen has been booked in Hopkins County jail on four other occasion, on May 18, 2006, for violation of probation on a Camp County DWI charge; Dec. 19-20, 2014 for possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia; and July 11-Aug. 17, 2016 for violation of probation on the possession of a controlled substance 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.
Inmate Allegedly Threatened Retaliation Against Father
A Hopkins County jail inmate allegedly threatened retaliation against his father for reporting him to police, an investigator noted in arrest reports.
Brandon Darel Roach has been in Hopkins County jail since his arrest Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, following a disturbance in which the 39-year-old allegedly threatened to burn down a residence with his nephew inside if the nephew and his family did not vacate the residence. The man also allegedly threatened to kill his father before leaving a County Road 4744 residence. He was located on County Road 4738 and arrested at 6 p.m. Jan. 16, on two Class A misdemeanor terroristic threat of a family or household member charges after admitting to making threats against his nephew and father, Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Bobby Osornio and Steve Shing alleged in the arrest report. His has remained in jail in lieu of a $5,000 per charge.
HCSO Investigator Dennis Findley at 2:55 p.m. Wednesday, March 24, charged Roach with obstruction or retaliation. While listening to jail calls Roach made to his mother, Findley heard Roach during a Jan. 18 call tell his mother he was going to kill his father for calling the police on him, the investigator alleged in arrest reports. Thus, the inmate was charged with retaliation.
He remained in Hopkins County jail Thursday morning, March 26, 2021, on the two original terroristic threat charges as well as the new charge for allegedly threatening retaliation charge, according to Hopkins County 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.
