District Attorney Ramsay Notes Busy 2016
District Attorney Will Ramsey and staff have concluded a busy 2016. Ramsey noted three major cases in Hopkins County and three in Franklin County that resulted in convictions for murder and one for organized crime. In January of 2016, an 8th Judicial District Court a Hopkins County jury set the punishment for Stanton Wayne Yates, 30, at four life sentences in state prison and one 20 year prison sentence with a $10,000 fine. The...
Arrendondo, Bonner, Boykin Sentenced Monday in Eighth Judicial District Court
June 20, 2016 – Matthew Ramon Arrendondo, 40 was sentenced to five years in the Texas Department of Corrections Monday morning June 20th in 8th Judicial Court. Arrendondo pled guilty to possession of a controlled substance over 1-gram but less than 400-grams. He was first arrested on the charge in 2010. He was out of jail on a $100,000 bond but now resides in Hopkins County Jail awaiting transport to TDCJ. Monday...
Brashear Man Sentenced On Continuous Sexual Abuse Of A Child Charge
A 44-year-old Brashear man was sentenced by a Hopkins County jury Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, on a continuous sexual abuse of a child younger than 14 years of age. John Robert Sievers Jr.(HCSO Jan. 7, 2022, jail photo) Jury selection was conducted Monday in the continuous sexual abuse of a young child trial of John Robert Sievers, Jr. The trial proceeded in the 8th Judicial District Court. The case was prosecuted by Assistant District...
Trial Of Cooper Man Accused Of 2021 Shooting At Delta County Gas Station Under Way
The trial of a 48-year-old Cooper man accused of a 2021 shooting at a Delta County gas station is under way in the 8th Judicial District Courtroom in Hopkins County just after 9 a.m. Tuesday morning, Sept. 13, 2022. Robert Clevon Jeffery of Cooper (2021 Delta County Sheriff’s Office photo) A jury panel was selected Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, in Delta County in the case, but the decision was made to move the trial to the Hopkins County...
Troutt Sentenced On Injury To A Child Charge
Rollerson To Continue On Probation, With Additional Conditions Edward Faris Troutt Jr., a man accused of abusing a child and keeping her restrained in a closet, received a prison sentence Tuesday on an injury to a child charge, while Zavier Rollerson will remain on probation on an aggravated robbery charge, the judge ruled Monday in the 8th Judicial District Court. Injury To A Child Sentencing Edward Faris Troutt Jr. (HCSO jail photo)...
Hawkins Receives 40-Year Prison Sentence
King Sentenced To Robert Earl Hawkins Jr. received a 40-year prison sentence Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, for a burglary of a habitation charge. Also sentenced to Nov. 23, was Michail Germann King on a first-degree felony delivery of a controlled substance case, according to court reports. Robert Earl Hawkins Jr.(HCSO jail photo) Hawkins has remained in Hopkins County jail since his arrest Aug. 14 on outstanding charges for bond forfeiture...
Mesquite Man Sentenced On Aggravated Assault Charge
Fort Worth Man Pleads Guilty To Felony DWI An 18-year-old Mesquite man was sentenced on an aggravated assault charge. A 61-year-old Fort Worth man pleded guilty to felony DWI and was sentenced in court this week as well, according to court and jail reports Aggravated Assault Sentence A sentencing hearing was conducted Monday in the 8th Judicial District Court for Justin Quentil Richards, on an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon...
Smith Sentenced To Life In Prison For Continuous Sexual Abuse Of Young Children
Kenneth Charles Smith was sentenced in the 8th Judicial Court in Hopkins County to life in prison for continuous sexual abuse of children under age 14, according to court reports. Kenneth Charles Smith (HCSO jail photo) Smith was initially charged in September 2019 with indecency with a child, after a 15-year-old who does not reside in Sulphur Springs, made an outcry and Sulphur Springs Police were alerted. The teen alleged she was...
Terrell Man Sentenced On Indecency Charge
A 41-year-old Terrell man was sentenced Wednesday afternoon, March 31, in the 8th Judicial District Court on an indecency with a child charge. David Joel Dean (HCSO jail photo) David Joel Dean had previously pled guilty to indecency with a child by contact. He also reportedly pled “true” to having a prior felony controlled substance conviction for which he served time in the penitentiary, which increased the range of punishment on the...
Quinlan Man Receives Maximum Sentence For Tire Theft
A 37-year-old Quinlan man Tuesday afternoon received the maximum sentence for tire theft, according to arrest and court reports. Jeremy Edward Johnson (HCSO jail photo) Jeremy Edward Johnson was accused, while working as a commercial tire salesman, of stealing approximately $63,000 worth of commercial tires from his employer in fall 2019. He was arrested on Dec. 3, 2019 on a warrant alleging theft of property valued at $30,000 or more...
