Sulphur Springs Man Jailed Following Shoplifting Incident
A 60-year-old Sulphur Springs man was jailed Friday following a shoplifting incident at Walmart, according to police and jail reports.
Fred “Wild Boy” Lindley Jr. allegedly walked past the last point of sale at Walmart with merchandise that had not been paid for and was detained for shoplifting around 4:15 p.m. Friday, store personnel reportedly told Sulphur Springs Police Officer Silas Whaley.
After viewed store video from the alleged shoplifting incident, Whaley determined a theft was committed and arrested the 60-year-old Sulphur Springs man just after 4:30 p.m. Nov. 13 on a theft charge, the officer noted in arrest reports.
While theft of property valued at less than $2,500 is typically a misdemeanor offense, the charge was enhanced to a state jail felony offense because Lindley has at least two prior theft convictions, according to arrest reports.
Hopkins County jail records show Lindley has been booked into Hopkins County jail:
- Dec. 26, 1998 to serve a 180-day commitment on a theft charge;
- Dec. 8, 2000 on a warrant for theft of property valued at $1,500 or more but less than $20,000;
- May 25, 2002 to serve a 2-year sentence for violation of probation on a theft charge;
- Nov. 7, 2010 on a theft of property by check warrant;
- Dec. 29, 2010 to serve a w-year sentence in Texas Department of Criminal Justice on a theft charge;
- July 29, 2015 on a warrant for theft of property valued at $50 or more but less than $500;
- Aug. 10, 2015 for surety off bond on the July theft charge; and
- April 6, 2016 to serve a 3-year prison sentence for theft of property.
Nov. 13 was the third time Lindley has been jailed in Hopkins County in 2020. He was also arrested on driving while license invalid charges on April 4 and April 19 of this year. He was also charged Friday on Class A misdemeanor warrants for bail jumping and failure to appear on those charges, jail records reflect.
Lindley remained in Hopkins County jail Saturday, Nov. 14. Bond was set at $5,000 each on the theft charge and both warrants, according to jail reports.
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Greenville Takes A Football Playoff Spot Away From The Wildcats With 47-27 Win
The Greenville Lions won the battle with the Wildcats for a playoff spot Friday night, Nov. 13, taking a 47-27 zone win at Cotton Ford Stadium in Greenville.
The Wildcats trailed by only 6 points at the half but the Lions scored 20 straight points in the second half to put the game away.
In a competitive first half, the Wildcats hung with the Lions. The Wildcats scored on their opening drive of the game, crisply going 58 yards for a touchdown. Senior Caden Davis scored the touchdown from 3 yards out and the Wildcats led 7-0 with 9:22 left in the first quarter. Greenville also scored on their opening drive, traveling 75 yards. Junior back Ottagus Johnson had most of the yardage running 55 yards for a score. The game was tied 7-7 with 8:24 left in quarter number one.
The Wildcats scored again on their second drive moving 61 yards to pay dirt. Davis scored from 8 yards out and the Wildcats were up, 14-7, with 4:27 left in the first period. After an exchange of punts, Greenville scored on a 72 yards drive. Speedy senior back Miles Denson scored on an incredible 11 yard TD run. He started out running to the left, found his road blocked and reversed to the right side running through the Wildcats all the way to the end zone. The Greenville extra point kick was blocked by the Wildcats and Sulphur Springs was up, 14-13 with just 1:24 left in the first quarter.
After several punts, Greenville scored to take the lead. The Lions went 70 yards. The touchdown covered 43 yards as senior quarterback Brandon Stephens tossed a touchdown pass to senior receiver Shawn Brown. Greenville was ahead 20-14 with 6:27 left in the second quarter.
The Wildcats struck right back going 70 yards for a score. Davis scored his third TD of the night from one yard out and the Wildcats were back on top, 21-20 with 3:32 left before halftime. That was enough time for one more Greenville score. They went 76 yards with Ottagus Johnson scoring his second TD, this one on a 24 yards run. Greenville went ahead 27-21 with 2:09 left in the second period. It was Greenville 27, Sulphur Springs 21 at the half.
The Lions took command of the game during a tough third quarter for the Wildcats. The Lions scored on their opening drive of the quarter, covering 59 yards. Stephens scored on a 5 yard run. A second Greenville extra point kick was blocked, but the Lions led 33-21 with 9:25 left in the third quarter.
The Wildcats’ next drive bogged down; they refused to punt and they turned the ball over on downs. Greenville drove for another score. Back Johnson scored his third TD, this one from 25 yards out. Greenville led 40-21 with 3:46 left in quarter number three.
The Wildcats again refused to punt and again turned the ball over on downs. In the fourth quarter, Greenville’s Denson scored again on a 20 yard run. Greenville had now stretched their lead to 47-21 with 8:47 left in the game.
One Lions’ drive was stifled by the Wildcats first interception of the season. Senior defensive back Robbie Hanks picked off a long Greenville pass. The Wildcats drove for a late score. Junior back Douglas Deloney scored on a short run and the Wildcats trimmed the lead to 47-27 with just 1:32 left in the game. That’s the way the game ended.
Caden Davis had another fine game running for an unofficial 140 yards on 32 carries to go along with his three rushing touchdowns.
The Lions’ victory gave them the zone’s #2 seed assuring them of a playoff berth. They will face Royse City next week to determine the district’s #3 and #4 seeds for the playoffs. Titans Ennis and North Forney meet to decide the district’s #1 and #2 seed in the playoffs.
In a battle of #3 zone seeds next Friday, the Wildcats, now with no playoff chance, will play at Crandall at 7:30 p.m. Meanwhile, Forney and Corsicana will face off as #4 zone seeds.
The Wildcats finished zone play at 1-2. They are now 1-4 for the season.
After a bye on Nov. 27, the Wildcats will wrap up the season against Forney on the road on Dec. 4.
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Lady Cats Volleyball Rallies Past Longview At Home To Win District Championship
The Lady Cats Volleyball Team, playing a match they had to win to claim sole possession of the district championship, dropped the first set to Longview before coming back to win three straight sets in a 3-1 win in the Main Gym at Sulphur Springs High School Friday, Nov. 13.
The Lady Lobos took the first set, 25-19. Then, the Lady Cats took the last three sets in the match, 25-16, 25-20 and 25-18.
The Lady Cats finished up district play at 10-2. They are 13-7 for the season.
The Lady Cats got another monster game from Dallas Baptist commit Sadie Washburn. Washburn had team highs in digs with 13 and kills with 24. Lady Cats Coach Bailey Dorner said Washburn now has more than 1,000 career kills. Washburn also had a block and 3 service aces.
Setter Peyton Hammack led the team with 39 assists while adding 8 digs, a kill, 4 blocks an 3 aces. Brooklyn Burnside had a team high 7 blocks to go along with 2 digs, 10 kills and 2 aces. Libero Parris Pickett had 7 digs, an assist and 2 aces. Addisyn Wall had 3 digs and 5 kills. Kaslyn Hurley had a dig, a kill and 2 blocks. Caroline Hurley had 3 kills. Nylah Lindley had a dig and a kill. Bre’Asia Ivery had 10 digs and 4 service aces. Laney Hurst had 4 digs and an ace.
The Lady Cats now face Tyler in a bi-district playoff match. The teams will play next Friday at Grand Saline at a time to be determined.
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Nov. 13 COVID-19 Update: 1 Additional Death, 4 New Cases
Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials received notification Friday that four additional Hopkins County residents had tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Nov. 13 COVID-19 update. The state also reported another COVID-19 death for Hopkins County on Friday, Nov. 13.
HC/SSEM Nov. 13 COVID-19 Update
The four new cases reported Friday make 129 Hopkins County residents who have received lab-confirmed positive molecular COVID-19 results and still currently have the virus, HC/SSEM officials reported in the Nov. 13 COVID-19 update.
Overall, that’s 67 Hopkins County residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 so far this month. Cumulatively, 751 Hopkins County residents have received lab-confirmed positive molecular COVID-19 results since March, including 622 who have recovered from the virus, according to the Nov. 13 COVID-19 update.
These totals do not include residents who received only positive antigen test results, as positive antigen results are considered by the state to be “probable” not “confirmed” COVID-19 cases like molecular positives.
Texas Department of State Health Services began reporting these results to counties on Monday. From June 23-Nov. 9, Hopkins County has had 556 cumulative probable cases, including 126 that were still “active” probable cases, according to the Nov. 13 COVID-19 updates.
The COVID unit at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs had 15 patients on Friday, the same as Nov. 12 and Nov. 6.
At the COVID-19 testing site on Jefferson Street, 119 tests were performed on Thursday, Nov. 12. That’s 515 tests performed at the site over the last week, 900 so far this month and 3,293 since tests were first offered at 218-A Jefferson Street in Sulphur Springs on Sept. 25.
The Jefferson Street COVID testing site is scheduled to remain open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays-Fridays and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays during November, HC/SSEM officials reported in the Nov. 13 COVID-19 update.
To book a test, go online to GoGetTested.com, select “Red Cross/old Fidelity Express — Texas Emergency Management building at 128-A Jefferson St. in Sulphur Springs” or other desired location, then, click “Book Now,” and follow the prompts. Walk-ins are also accepted.
DSHS Fatality Reports
Texas Department of State Health Services’ Texas Case Counts COVID-19 dashboard shows 48 confirmed COVID-19 fatalities for Hopkins County, that’s one more Hopkins County resident who has died from COVID-19.
The latest death was reported to have occurred on Oct. 19, making two Hopkins County residents who died from COVID-19 on Oct. 19. according to the DSHS Nov. 13 “Fatalities over Time by County.” That makes 28 Hopkins County COVID-19 deaths in October.
So far only one Hopkins County COVID-19 death has been confirmed to have occurred in November. The resident died on Nov. 5, according to DSHS reports.
Overall, 48 COVID-19 deaths among the 751 residents reported to have tested positive for the virus since March gives Hopkins County a 6.39 percent fatality rate among positive cases.
In the surrounding area, only 2 other counties have had more COVID-19 fatalities than Hopkins County. Both have larger populations and have had more cases as well. Thus, the deaths account for much lower fatality percentages among positive cases than those in Hopkins County.
Cumulatively, 50 of the 2,358 Hunt County residents who tested positive (2.21 percent) have died from COVID-19. In Lamar County, which includes Paris, 56 of the 2,259 positive COVID-19 cases (2.48 percent) have resulted in death, according to DSHS reports.
Hopkins County has even even exceeded Wood County, which not only has a larger population but has had only a few more positive cases, in COVID-19 deaths. In Wood County, 45 of the 761 positive cases (5.91 percent) have resulted in death, according to DSHS COVID-19 reports on Nov. 13.
Only Red River County has had a higher fatality percentage among positive cases than Hopkins County. In Red River County, which includes Clarksville, 212 of the 12,023 residents have tested positive for COVID-19. Of the 212 cumulative positive cases, 18 residents (8.49 percent) have died.
DSHS in the case count dashboard defines COVID-19 fatalities as “deaths for which COVID-19 is listed as a direct cause of death on the death certificate. A medical certifier, usually a doctor, determines the cause(s) of death. DSHS does not include deaths of people who had COVID-19 but died of an unrelated cause. Fatalities are reported by where the person lived as listed on the death certificate.” DSHS began reporting COVID-19 fatality data based on death certificates on July 27.
HHS Nursing, Assisted Living Reports
Only two of the four nursing facilities in Sulphur Springs reported any changes in the number of COVID-19 cases from Oct. 29 to Oct. 30, the most recent data available from Texas Health and Human Services on nursing homes.
Carriage House Manor reported there were no active COVID-19 cases at the facility on Oct. 30. The employee who had COVID-19 on Oct. 29 had recovered on Oct. 30.
Sunny Springs Nursing & Rehab reported two of the eight employees who had the virus on Oct. 29 had recovered the next day. The facility had no active COVID-19 cases on Oct. 30, according the HHS Nov. 13 nursing facility report.
Sulphur Springs Health and Rehabilitation continued to have 10 active employee COVID-19 cases and 21 active novel coronavirus 2019 resident cases on Oct. 30.
Rock Creek Health and Rehabilitation reported only 1 active resident COVID-19 case on Oct. 30.
Wesley House continued to have one active resident COVID-19 case on Oct. 30; the resident was first reported Oct. 27 to have tested positive for the virus, according to the HHS assisted living facility reports.
Hopkins Place has reported no COVID-19 cases since March.
Hopkins County Records – Nov. 13, 2020
Applications for Marriage Licenses
Couples applying at Hopkins County Clerk’s Office from Nov. 6 to Nov. 12, 2020, for applications for marriage licenses included:
- Caleb Ryan Smith and Jenny Lynn Walls
- Matthew Lee Cochran and Arianna Dale Patterson
- Charles Thomas Edwards and Jaimie Marie Hale
- Francisco Javier J. Castro and Layci Renee Trieb
Wood County Sheriff’s Report November 4-10, 2020
Wood County Sheriff’s Office provided the following activity report for Nov. 4-10, 2020:
- Abandoned Vehicle: 2
- Alarm: 6
- Animal Complaint: 11
- Arrest/Warrant Service: 7
- Assault: 3
- Burglary: 1
- Criminal Mischief: 2
- Criminal Trespass: 1
- Disturbances/Disputes: 10
- Fraud: 2
- Funeral Escort: 2
- Harassment: 0
- Inquest: 4
- Livestock at Large: 6
- Missing Person: 1
- Motorist Assist: 1
- Noise Complaint: 3
- Public Assist: 0
- Reckless Driver: 5
- Shots Fired: 0
- Structure Fire: 5
- Suspicious Activity: 20
- Theft: 7
- Traffic Hazard: 2
- Traffic Stop Closed by Arrest: 0
- Unauthorized Use of Vehicle: 0
- Welfare Check: 12
Update: Man Killed In Stolen Vehicle Crash Identified
Authorities have identified the man killed early Friday morning, Nov. 13, when the stolen vehicle he was driving crashed into the I-30 overpass at U.S. Business 67 near the 120 mile marker, as a Sulphur Springs resident.
The deceased was 36-year-old Michael Foster of Sulphur Springs, according to a press release from Sgt. Gregg Williams, Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol, Media Communications/Safety Education, Texarkana/ Mt. Pleasant.
“He was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle,” the DPS press release stated.
The crashed Toyota was reported by local authorities to be one of 3 vehicles reportedly stolen from locations in Sulphur Springs, then crashed Friday morning. The stolen vehicle and crashes are also believed to be linked to vehicle burglaries reported overnight Thursday as well, officials reported.
Sulphur Springs Police were first alerted round 1:02 a.m. Friday to the presence of a suspicious vehicle, possibly vehicle burglaries in progress, in the area of Sulphur Springs Public Library, according to law enforcement reports.
Upon arrival, officers spotted a truck in the area. While police were turning around to contact the occupants, the truck was reportedly drive at a high rate of speed in what was police believed to be an attempt to elude authorities. The truck reportedly continued to Main Street, where it crashed into a light pole behind the police department, according to Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jason Ricketson.
When officers arrived at the truck, the occupants had fled on foot. Attempts to locate them were unsuccessful at that time. The vehicle was, however, determined to have been stolen, according to the police chief.
A short while later, Ricketson reported, officers responded to a report of a possible vehicle burglary in progress on Houston Street. While checking that report, additional suspected vehicle burglaries were reported in the area of North Locust Street and Main Street. Officers reported seeing a Honda Accord being driven with no lights on. SSPD Cpl. Chris Rosamond attempted to stop the car. The driver allegedly continued a “significant distance” in until the car crashed, reportedly into a concrete divider or road control device, on Houston Street at North Hillcrest Drive around 2:50 a.m. Friday, Nov. 13, Rosamond and SSPD Officer Silas Whaley alleged in arrest reports.
Officers removed the sole occupant, identified in police reports as 19-year-old Sunny J Lea Sweatman of Dallas, from the car at gunpoint and took her into custody for evading arrest or detention with the vehicle. Officers later discovered the Honda Accord had been stolen from a residence on Main Street, resulting in the Dallas woman also being charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle, Rosamond and Whaley alleged in arrest reports.
Sunny Sweatman remained in Hopkins County jail later Friday afternoon; bond was set at $10,000 bond on the evading arrest or detention with a vehicle charge and $5,000 on the stolen vehicle charge, according to jail reports.
According to Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office reports, a Toyota 4-Runner reportedly went off the north Interstate-30 service road, at the US Business 67 bridge near the 120 mile marker at 3:50 a.m. Nov. 13. Texas Department of Public Safety was alerted at 4:12 a.m. to respond for a one vehicle crash investigation.
“Preliminary investigation indicates a 2015 Toyota 4 Runner was traveling westbound on the service road at a high rate of speed. For an as yet undermined reason, the Toyota left the roadway, became airborne and struck part of a highway overpass before stopping,” according to the release from DPS Sgt. Gregg Williams.
According to sheriff’s reports, the vehicle landed upside down between the north service road and Interstate 30 west, according to sheriff’s reports.
The driver of the Toyota, 36-year-old Michael Foster of Sulphur Springs, was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene.
“This crash remains under investigation and no additional information is currently available,” according to Sgt. Williams.
Local officials reported the Toyota 4Runner was determined to have been stolen from a Lee Street address in Sulphur Springs sometime early Friday morning.
“We think the stolen vehicle cases and motor vehicle burglaries are related. The investigation is ongoing by law enforcement,” Ricketson said late Friday morning.
Sulphur Springs 10 and Under Soccer Champs Sponsored by Paris Junior College
CHAMPIONS
Pictured are members and coaches of the U10 boy’s Sulphur Springs Soccer Association Fall 2020 champions sponsored by Paris Junior College. Team members from left are:Rene Gutierrez, Mason Duerksen, Mason Calvillo, Nate Russell, Daniel Cardona, Gideon Stanley, Josiah Stanley, Fox Martin, Kaleb Booth, and Jakob Cotten. Not pictured is Elijah Melton. Back row are coaches, from left, Rebekah, Aaron, Rob and Samuel Stanley.
Paris Junior College — located in Paris, Texas, about 100 miles northeast of Dallas — has been a part of the Lamar County community since 1924.
Paris Junior College offers Associate in Arts, Associate in Science and Associate in Applied Science degrees, as well as Certificates of Proficiency in technical/workforce fields. The college has expanded its academic curriculum through the years to encourage associate degree and university transfer candidates. Since establishing its first vocational program — jewelry and watchmaking in 1942 — the college has been aggressive in adding technical/workforce programs that will benefit students entering the workforce.
The campus of 54 tree-shaded acres includes 20 major buildings and residence halls and provides students a unique and pleasant environment for learning.
Paris Junior College also operates centers in Sulphur Springs, Texas, and in Greenville, Texas.
Vision
To be the educational provider of choice for the region.
Mission
Paris Junior College is a comprehensive community college serving the region’s educational and training needs while strengthening the economic, social and cultural life of our diverse community.
16 Indicted On 21 Charges During October Grand Jury Session
The Hopkins County Grand Jury signed at least 21 indictments naming 16 people during the October session, according to court records. Charges alleged in the indictments pushed forward from the October Grand Jury session included child pornography, aggravated assault, controlled substance, evading arrest, drunk driving, sexual assault and indecency with a child offenses, according to information released by the District Clerk’s Office.
Justin Andrew Crump was indicted during the October Grand Jury session on a possession with intent to promote child phonography charge.
As part of officials’ response to a rise in cases involving internet crimes against children during the first half of the year, three search warrants were obtained for three Hopkins County addresses. The warrants were executed June 25, Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office investigators reported in July. During the searches, officials seized a number of electronic items. Forensic investigations were conducted on everything seized. Based on the evidence recovered a warrant was obtained for Justin Andrew Crump’s arrest, sheriff’s investigators reported.
On July 7, Crump was located at his place of work and arrested on a child pornography warrant. The 30-year-old Como man was interviewed at the sheriff’s office and allegedly confessed, according to sheriff’s and arrest reports.
Crump has remained in Hopkins County jail in lieu of $40,000 bond on the charge. He also was served with a warrant for violation of probation on a March 2019 DWI charge, according to jail reports.
Indicted for aggravated sexual assault of a child was Marcos Mejia.
The 40-year-old Sulphur Springs man has remained in Hopkins County jail since his arrest July 17 on a warrant for the charge, according to jail reports.
An arrest warrant was issued for Marcos Mejia’s arrest after a juvenile female made an outcry and attended an interview at a Child Advocacy Center. Mejia was located at his residence and taken into custody on the warrant, sheriff’s deputies alleged in July 2020 arrest reports.
Bond on the aggravated sexual assault of a child charge was set at $100,000, according to jail reports.
Lamont Lankeen Mitchell was indicted on two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The 25-year-old Pittsburg, Texas man has remained in Hopkins County jail since his arrest July 15 on warrants for both charges, which stem from an incident in which two teens were shot on Fuller Street on June 14.
A group of youth alleged a man jumped out of the bushes and “opened fire” on the group as they were walking on Fuller Street around 1 a.m. June 14. An 18-year-old male and 15-year-old female allegedly sustained non life-threatening gunshot wounds and were expected July 21 to make a full recovery police reported. Mitchell was later identified as the suspect, and the two warrants were issued for his arrest, Sulphur Springs Police Sgt. Jason Reneau reported following Mitchell’s arrest on July 15. Mitchell’s bond was set at $100,000 per charge, according to jail reports.
Fernando Santana-Vazquez was indicted on four sexual assault of a child charges.
Santana-Vazquez was arrested Aug. 4 for impeding traffic, by stopping in the middle of the eastbound lane of traffic in a new construction zone on State Highway 11 west. He was later served with one aggravated sexual assault of a child and three sexual assault of a child warrants, according to August 2020 arrest and jail reports. He has remained in jail since his arrest. His bonds total $725,000, according to jail reports.
Jordan Matthew Williams was indicted during the October session for indecency with a child by exposure.
The 23-year-old Sulphur Springs man is accused of exposing his genitals to a juvenile victim. The offense was alleged to have occurred in 2019 in Hopkins County, sheriff’s investigators reported following Williams’ arrest on Aug. 6 on a warrant for the charge. Williams remained in Hopkins County jail in lieu of $75,000 bond Nov. 12, according to jail reports.
Carla Amanda-Renee Moore was indicted for driving while intoxicated with a child under 15 years of age in the vehicle.
Another woman texted 911 dispatchers that she was in the vehicle with Moore, who was alleged to be “extremely intoxicated, swerving, driving all over the line” on July 9. A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper spotted the woman for speeding on Highway 11 east in front of a school and stopped her. Officials were told Moore decided to travel from the lake to town to purchase swimming toys for her 4-year-old and 4-year-old children, who were in the back seat. The other woman reportedly got in the SUV out of concern for the kid and alerted authorities to their location.
The trooper alleged Moore showed signs of intoxication and could smell alcohol on Moore, who claimed to have had a shot an hour before, but wasn’t sure what time it was during the stop. Moore allegedly showed six of six clues on horizontal gaze nystagmus tests, was unsuccessful on standard field sobriety tests and arrested around 9:30 p.m. July 9, 2020, on a DWI with child passenger charge-year-old Dallas woman was released from Hopkins County jail July 10 on a $5,000 bond on the charge, according to jail reports.
Christopher Daniel Houpt was indicted during the October Grand Jury session for evading arrest or detention with a vehicle.
Houpt reportedly drove off from a Church Street disturbance after police contacted him Aug. 8 and discovered he was wanted in Hunt County for failure to appear on an evading arrest charge and bail jumping/failure to appear. Police pursued the 30-year-old Dickinson, Texas man from town into the county. Deputies spiked three of the four tires on the truck he was driving on FM 1567 at County Road 1443. He allegedly drove for 5 miles before crashing into a grove of trees, then fled into the woods. A multiple agency manhunt was launched in the area. He as reportedly found in the wood line around 5 p.m. that day and was jailed after being treated by EMS, according to arrest reports.
He has remained in Hopkins County jail since his arrest Aug. 8, 2020; his bond on the evading arrest or detention with a vehicle charge was set at $100,000, according to jail reports.
Indicted on two possession of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charges were Ronald Khristopher Gulley and Monica Shanee Hamilton.
The charges against Ronald Khristopher Gulley stem from an an early morning Interstate 30 traffic stop on Aug. 4. Deputies, in arrest reports, alleged finding 24.6 grams of suspected cocaine and 49.9 grams of methamphetamine in a brief case-type bag in the vehicle. Gulley claimed the bag and was arrested for possession of both substance, according to arrest reports.
The 39-year-old Dallas man has remained in Hopkins County jail since his arrest on Aug. 4. His bond was set at $75,000 per charge, according to jail reports.
Monica Shanee Hamilton was arrested Dec. 18, 2019, following a routine traffic stop on Interstate 30. State troopers reported seeing a bag of suspected marijuana in a cupholder in her vehicle. While being interviewed, the 39-year-old DeSoto woman allegedly admitted to having half of a pound of marijuana in the vehicle. The trooper, in arrest reports, alleged finding a vacuum-sealed bag with 8.8 ounces of marijuana and baggies containing 26 aggregate grams of Ecstasy in a shopping bag on the rear seat.
Hamilton remained in Hopkins County jail Dec. 18-19, 2019; bonds associated with controlled substance and marijuana charges totaled $45,000, according to jail reports.
Indicted in October for possession of 4 grams or more but less than 400 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance with intent to deliver were 38-year-old Shaunta Daniel Bell and 43-year-old Lana Michelle Goodwin.
Bell and Goodin have remained in Hopkins County jail since their arrests on Aug. 5; bond was set at $75,000 each on the controlled substance charge, according to jail reports.
Indicted for possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance were: Oscar Garcia Deleon, Braxton Wayne Fielden, Cody Jerome Tucker, Madeline Lee Walker and Christopher Alexander Graves.
Deleon, 24, has remained in Hopkins County jail since his arrest on the charge on Aug. 4; bond was set at $10,000. Fielden, 19, and Walker, 22, were arrested Aug. 6. Fielden remains in jail, but Walker was released Aug. 9 on a $10,000 bond, according to jail reports. Tucker has remained in jail since his arrest on July 29 on that charge as well as a Hunt County motion to revoke bond or probation on a controlled substance charge; bond was set at $10,000 on the Hopkins County charge, according to jail reports.
Wildcats Football, Lady Cats Volleyball Are On Game Day Friday, Nov. 13
There are important football and volleyball contests on this game day Friday, Nov. 13.
Football
A playoff spot is on the line as the Wildcats’ football team travels to Greenville to face the Lions.
It’s the third and last zone game for both teams. Both come in with 1-1 records in zone play with a victory over Corsicana and a loss to North Forney. The winner will be the zone’s #2 seed and will be in the playoffs. The team on the short end of the scoreboard will be the zone’s #3 team and will be out of the playoff picture.
The Wildcats come into tonight’s game with a 1-3 season record. Greenville is 3-2.
The Wildcats coach is Greg Owens in his 15th year at Sulphur Springs. The Greenville Coach is Darren Duke, in his fifth year. Coach Duke has coached at Greenville in the past on several occasions as the Defensive Coordinator for his mentor, Marvin Sedberry Senior. Duke replaced Sedberry, when he retired, in 2016.
In the district’s other zone, Crandall and Royse City meet to determine their zone’s #2 and #3 seeds. Ennis and North Forney seem destined to meet next week as number #1 seeds in their respective zones. That leaves Forney and Corsicana to get together next week as #4 seeds.
Kickoff in Greenville tonight at Cotton Ford Stadium is at 7:30 p.m. KSST Radio will have the game for you. The station is going to do its’ best to provide live video streaming for the game. The game will be recorded and will be available on YouTube. It will also be replayed at a later date on Channel 18 on Suddenlink Cable.
Volleyball
The Lady Cats Volleyball Team also has a big district contest against Longview on this game day Friday. The match begins at 4:30 p.m. in the Main Gym at Sulphur Springs High School.
The Lady Cats can win the district championship with a win. They currently have a one game lead in district over Texas High. The Lady Tigers are at Marshall today.
The Lady Cats are 9-2 in district play and 12-7 for the season. Their nine-match winning streak in district was snapped Tuesday at Hallsville.
Basketball
One more note: the Wildcats Basketball Team will open the regular season Saturday at 4 p.m. at home against Tyler Legacy.
KSST Radio will also have that game tomorrow with live stream video and a tape delay airing on Channel 18 on Suddenlink Cable.
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