Sulphur Springs Man Arrested in Cumby for Online Soliciation
Jeremiah Carnes entering Hopkins County Jail book-in Friday morning. Carnes was arrested in Cumby, TX for Online Solicitation of a Minor. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Criminal Investigators and Deputies arrested a Sulphur Spring man in Cumby Friday morning. The man thought he was meeting a 15-year old female for sex. Instead, Jeremiah Carnes, 42, was arrested for Online Solicitation of a Minor. Investigator Corley Weatherford said the...
Yantis Man Arrested on Criminal Solicitation Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child
Sunday night, Hopkins County Criminal Investigators and deputies arrested Justin Dean Cowart, 31, of Yantis, for Attempted Human Trafficking and Criminal Solicitation Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child. The arrest at a local discount box store came following a law enforcement response to the guardian of a child. The guardian had met Cowart on line and had been communicating with him. Cowart became interested in the child of the...
“Update” Raza Found Guilty of Online Solicitation
Mohammad Shabeeh Raza was found guilty of online solicitation of a minor Monday afternoon following a morning trial before Eighth Judicial District Judge Eddie Northcutt. Northcutt remanded Raza into the custody of the Sheriff until the sentencing phase of the trial begins December 6 at 1:30 p.m. according to Assistant District Attorney Matt Harris. However, a short time later those plans are on hold as the court deals with an issue...
Louisiana Man Arrested For Sexual Assault of Local Minor
Phillip Justin Rhone, 27, of Barksdale, Louisiana was arrested Monday night on charges of Online Solicitation of a Minor and Sexual Assault of a Child. The minor’s parents informed law enforcement officials that their child had not returned home. Officers began investigating and discovered a possible subject in whose presence the minor was at the time. That subject was Rhone. During the investigation officers learned that Rhone...
Second Effort by McKinney Man Resulted in His Arrest For Online Solitication of a Minor
Zain Jahangir, 29, of McKinney lost his way. Jahangir had arranged a meeting with who he thought to be an under 17-year old minor for sex. When he arrived in Sulphur Springs, he could not find the arranged location. A phone call made set a new location for the meeting at a convenience store on Main Street. He was waiting at the new location in the vehicle he had described when local law enforcement officers arrived and arrested him...
George Placed on Probation for Online Soliciation of Minor and Other Thursday Court Action
Following his guilty plea Thursday afternoon in Eighth Judicial District Court, Gary Curtis George received a seven (7) years deferred probation for online solicitation of a minor for sex. George had been indicted June 22nd for the charge. George was a Lakes Regional MHMR case worker who stated in his Linkedin account that he worked with a case load of 50 young people who struggle with ADHD. He noted he had been employed at Lakes...
Mequite Man’s Solicitation Results in Local Arrest
Jeffery Thomas Miller, 45, of Mesquite is in Hopkins County Jail on a $50,000 bond Tuesday morning. Miller, who posted an ad soliciting sex, received a response from one whom he thought to be a minor—a 16-year old female. He began talking to her and arranged to meet for her in Sulphur Springs for the purpose of sexual acts, according to local law enforcement. Miller, a maintenance man by profession arrived at a League Street location...
“Updated” Man Arrested for On-line Solicitation A Lakes Regional MHMR Case Worker
He describes himself on Linkedin as a Lakes Regional MHMR case worker who works with a caseload of 50 young people who struggle with ADHD. He notes he has been employed at Lakes Regional (June 2011 to present). Educated with a Bachelors and Masters Degree from Liberty University, a Christian university founded in 1971 by Rev. Dr. Jerry Falwell whose son is now President of the University, Gary Curtis George of Greenville was arrested...
*Updated* Another Online Solicitation Arrest
Another online solicitation of a minor arrest can be credited to local law enforcement. This time the arrest was made at Coleman Park when 51-year old GARY CURTIS GEORGE of Greenville, TX arrived with a gift for the under aged minor—the gift, a vibrator. He made a full confession to his online activity of solicitation of a minor. Gary Curtis George has made bail, and is no longer in Hopkins County Jail.
Como Man Arrested for Online Solicitation
It’s the same story. Another online solicitation arrest this weekend. This time, a Como man, Bart Co Hoppenreys, aged 27, was arrested for online solicitation. Hoppenreys thought he was meeting a 15-year old minor to engage in sex at a League Street address. Instead, he was introduced to Cory Weatherford, the arresting law enforcement officer. Weatherford told ksstradio.com that both local and regional individuals have been and are...
