Sulphur Springs Resident Accused Of Aggravated Sexual Assault
A 42-year-old Sulphur Springs man was taken into custody at his residence early Tuesday morning on a warrant for aggravated sexual assault, according to arrest reports. Charles Edward Horne Jr. Hopkins County sheriff’s office became involved Monday when an outcry was made by a female connected to his family alleging aggravated sexual assault, according to sheriff’s reports. The alleged victim reportedly spoke with...
Judge Rules Kyri Ivery To Continue On Probation on Assault Charges
After a short trial, 8th Judicial District Judge Eddie Northcutt opted to sentence Kyri Shakur Ivery to continue on probation on the Sept. 21, 2016 aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge and assault of a peace officer charge. Assistant District Attorney Matt Harris asked the judge to revoke Ivery’s probation and assess her time in prison. He contended she’d been given leniency with deferred probation offered for...
Local Man Arrested for Assault on Hopkins County Deputy
November 30, 2018 – A Hopkins County man placed a Hopkins County Deputy in a choke hold when the man became uncooperative in an investigation regarding a possible stolen utility vehicle. Mark Anthony Friddle When Hopkins County Deputies responded to a possible stolen side-by-side, a utility vehicle, out of Wood County, the caller said he was following the suspect vehicle on FM 2081. Deputies located the vehicle on FM 1567 West...
Pickton Man Arrested for Assault on Public Servant
A Hopkins County Deputy conducted a courtesy transport of a woman to her home after her husband had left her at a party in Franklin County. When they arrived at the residence, located State Highway 11E, they found the residence locked. Both the deputy and woman knocked on the doors, exterior walls, and windows but there was no response. The woman found an unsecured window with house keys near it. As the deputy held the window open for...
Aggravated Assault With a Deadly Weapon; High Intoxication Delays Magistrate’s Hearing
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a disturbance at a residence on county road 3310 in Hopkins County at 8:35 pm on Friday. Before arriving on the scene, dispatch advised that Michael Anthony Baker, 30, had retrieved a knife from the residence and made his way outside the home. The arresting officer made contact with Baker while he was sitting in a vehicle near the residence. Baker was highly intoxicated and had...
County Man Arrested for Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon
Hopkins County Deputies responded to a call to a residence on County Road 4591 and found a male lying in the ditch. He had been stabbed. When officers arrived at the residence, a female stated that the suspect in the stabbing was inside the house. The back door on the house had been broken. Gary Dale Hawkins, 54, stated that he and his stepson had gotten into an argument, began fighting and he stabbed his stepson. The stepson was...
Bar Fight Leads to Aggravated Assault With a Deadly Weapon
A 44-year old Burleson man was arrested in a Sulphur Springs lounge Tuesday night after a disturbance. The man is accused of hitting the bartender and owner in the face with a pool cue. Police officers responded to a report of a fight in progress at the lounge located in the 300 block of East Industrial Drive shortly after 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. Three men were said to be involved. A second person, a 32-year old Burleson man, was arrested...
February 2021 Grand Jury Indictments
A Hopkins County Grand Jury during the February session signed approximately 90 indictments naming at least 70 people. Offenses ranged from aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, abandoning or endangerin ga child, assault of a pregnant person, assault on a security officer, and sexual assault of a child to stalking, theft, evading arrest, stolen vehicle, firearm, burglary, controlled substance and felony DWI charges. In some cases...
HCSO: DeSoto Man Caught With PCP During Traffic Stop
A 37-year-old Desoto man allegedly caught with suspected PCP and a marijuana cigarette during an Interstate 30 traffic stop was also found to have four outstanding warrants, according to sheriff’s reports. Jonathan Jones Carlock Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Thomas Patterson reported stopping a Nissan Altima at 10:13 p.m. June 15 on Interstate 30 east at mile marker. Upon contact with occupants of the car, Patterson...
Grand Jury Indictments For April 2019: Part 1
The Hopkins County Grand Jury signed 102 indictments during the April session, pushing those cases forward for prosecution. More than 70 individuals were named in the charges, including some individuals named in more than one indictment, according to the indictment list released recently. The charges range from improper sexual activity with a person in custody, aggravated assault and child endangerment to firearms, theft, fraudulent...