Update: Two Women Stopped In Cumby In Stolen Vehicle
Brittany Rennea White Misha Michelle Price Two women were arrested Tuesday afternoon at the rest stop just off Interstate 30 in Cumby for unauthorized use of the vehicle they were traveling, a Mazda that’d been reported to Oklahoma City authorities as stolen. One of the woman also was found to be wanted in Montgomery County for theft as well. The 6-month-old in the car with them, determined to be the child of one of the women,...
3 Women Taken Into Custody By Local Officers On Warrants Thursday
Local officers on Thursday took at least three people into custody on outstanding warrants, including two arrested elsewhere and held in other jails on local charges, according to arrest reports. Chrystal Brooke Vargas Sulphur Springs Police Officer Adrian Pruitt served Chrystal Brooke Vargas with a third-degree felony warrant at her Putman Street residence. He took the 37-year-old woman into custody at 11:10 a.m. and transported her...
Burglar Receives 15 Year Sentence
Alejandro Mejia-Luna was sentenced to 15 years in the Texas Departmentof Corrections after he plead guilty to seven counts of burglary of a habitation. Mejia-Luna plead guilty before 8th Judicial District Judge Eddie Northcutt. Mejia-Luna was arrested March 22 of this year when Deputy Richard Brantley apprehended him after observing Luna coming out of a Church Street residence. Officers uncovered a number of items stolen not only...
“Updated” More Charges Filed, More to Come?
The rap sheet of Alejandro Mejia-Luna just keeps getting longer thanks to Deputy Richard Brantley. Deputy Brantley apprehended Mejia-Luna Friday night as he observed him coming out of a Church St residence. That led investigators to Mejia-Luna’s home and the uncovering of numerous items from multiple burglaries. So far, eleven charges have been filed against Mejia-Luna, including Burglary of a Habitation, Theft of a Firearm...
Treasure Trove of Stolen Goods Recovered
A large amount of items identified as stolen have been recovered by Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies after the arrest of a 30-year old Sulphur Springs man Friday night. Deputy Richard Brantley was heading home on north Church Street just before 10 p.m. Friday when he saw a suspicious vehicle coming from a residence. The man acted nervous and was in possession of some antique clocks and other items. A check of the residence...
Sulphur Springs Man Accused Of Threatening Father With Deadly Weapon
Woman Accused of Child Abandonment or Endangerment A 23-year-old Sulphur Springs man was accused of threatening his father with a deadly weapon. A 28-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was also jailed on two felony charges after reportedly leaving her children in a unlocked car on the side of I-30 after her car ran out of gas Wednesday morning according to arrest reports Goodman Street Assault Sulphur Springs Police Office Cameron...
7 Booked Into Hopkins County Jail On Felony Warrants
At lease seven people were booked into Hopkins County jail on felony warrants over the last week, Nov. 10-17, 2022, according to sheriff’s office and arrest reports. I-30 East Arrest Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Richard Brantley stopped a GMC Box just before noon Nov. 16, 2022, on Interstate 30 east at mile marker 138 for a traffic violation. A records check using the driver’s Texas ID card revealed a Dallas...
10 Jailed On Felony Warrants Sept. 20-29, 2022
At least 10 people have been jailed on felony warrants from Sept. 20-29, 2022, including a man booked in for the second time this week, and a man wanted in the Dallas area on robbery and stolen vehicle charges, according to arrest reports. Dakota Shane Weir Dakota Shane Weir was arrested in the lobby of Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office at 2:55 p.m. Sept. 28, 2022. He was taken into custody by corrections officer Courtney Steward....
Local Men Jailed On Insurance Fraud Charge
September 19, 2022 – Two local men were jailed on an insurance fraud charge each over the weekend. Each is are accused of involvement in a scheme in which a $115,000 pickup was reported stolen and burned; a third man has also been implicated in connection with the July case, according to sheriff’s investigators. Jerry Wayne Hill Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Dennis Findley said the case has been...
Sulphur Springs Man Jailed On Sex Charge
A 21-year-old Sulphur Springs man was jailed Monday on a sex charge, according to arrest reports. Marco Antonio Sandoval 2022(HCSO jail photo) According to the court docket, Marco Antonio Sandoval was slated to be at the courthouse at 8 a.m. June 6 for jury selection on a June 26, 2021 burglary of a habitation charge. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Richard Brantley took Sandoval into custody at 8:10 a.m. June 6, 2022, at...
