Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Solves Multiple Burglaries; Three Arrested
January 24, 2018 – Following a month long investigation, Hopkins County Sheriff’s Investigator Dennis Findley and deputies have arrested three individuals for burglary of a building in Miller Grove, theft at LaPooch Pet Resort, burglary of a habitation, and thefts in Rains County and Bowie County. A warrant for the arrest of Ashlee Swilling, 29, of Cumby, Nathan Allen Martin, 30, of Conway, Arkansas, and Robert Stephens, 39, led...
Local Man Admits Theft of Cattle; Additional Charge Added
Monday afternoon, Hopkins County Sheriff’s Investigators met Lane Wesley Keller, 21, of Sulphur Springs at his attorney’s office where he confessed to his involvement in an ongoing investigation into the theft of cattle in Hopkins County. Keller took investigators to the location where the cattle had been loaded into a trailer for transport to Oklahoma to be sold. He was also served an outstanding warrant for Unauthorized Use of a...
Two Local Men Arrested for Cattle Theft
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Investigator Dennis Findley and Texas State Cattle Raisers’ Special Ranger Toney Hurley arrested two local men for the theft of 12 head of cattle and selling them in Oklahoma. Landon Dee Harness, 22, of Sulphur Springs and Lane Wesley Keller, 21 were arrested for Theft of Cattle, less than $150,000. The pair had secretly fed the cattle for a period of time and were able to load them into trailers using the...
Indictments Handed Down Wednesday, June 28, 2017
A Hopkins County Grand Jury handed down 47 indictments during their June session Wednesday, June 28, 2017. A variety of charges were involved including Aggravated Assault, Tamper Fabricate Evidence, Theft of a Firearm, Burglary of a Habitation, and others. Several arrests are pending but the indictments for those previously arrested include: Paige Spencer Whitworth was indicted for Aggravated Assault Date/Family/House with a Weapon....
Como Man Plans Surprise. Or Did He?
A 32-year old Como man is charged with Theft of Property over $2500 to $30,000 after he was found in possession of a Mule ATV reported stolen Monday. Cpl Todd Evans and Investigator Dennis Findley found the property on County Road 560, Winnsboro behind the house in which the man, Issac Tyrell Dotson, was living. Dotson admitted taking the property and that he did not have permission to do so. He said he was planning to surprise the...
Roach Found Guilty, Sentenced to 25 Years Without Parole
Wednesday afternoon in Eighth Judicial District Court, Donald Michael Roach was found guilty of Sex Abuse of a Child Continuous: Victim Under 14-Female and was sentenced to 25 years without parole in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Roach will be 69 years old when released from prison. Regarding the case, Assistant District Attorney Harrison said, “On October 11th and 12th, Donald Michael Roach of Yantis was tried for...
Roach on Trial for Continuous Sexual Abuse of Child Under 14
Tuesday morning Donald Michael Roach went on trial in a trial before the court in Hopkins County Eighth Judicial Court. Roach is being tried for Sex Abuse of a Child Continuous: Victim Under 14-Female. Among the witnesses are investigators for the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office, CPS, and the victim. In the victim’s testimony Tuesday morning, she drew circles around the private areas of both females and males and went on to describe...
“Updated” Arrest Made in Ag Power Burglary
Additional charges have been filed against Andrea Dwaynd Johnson, 35, of Texarkana. Hopkins County has added an additional burglary of a building and two burglary of a building charges in Louisiana, one from Quitchita Parish and the other from Franklin Parish, were also added. His bond is currently at $200,000 with two of the charges awaiting a magistrates hearing. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Investigator Dennis Findley traveled to...
Rifle, Jewelry Recovered; Hinson Confesses; Two Additional Suspects Sought
A trip to Emory Wednesday paid dividends as Hopkins County Criminal Investigator Dennis Findley recovered a Browning high powered rifle and scope, located additional rings, necklaces, charm pendants and heard the confession Kenneth Hinson to burglarizing a residence. He also garnered the names of two additional suspects in the case. Items already recovered from the burglary in the Arbala area prior to yesterday included three items, a...
Former Rains County Officer Suspect in Vehicle Theft
A truck taken from Fix ‘n Feed on June 1st has been recovered by Hopkins County Sheriff’s Investigators thanks to information provided through the Hunt County Sheriff’s office. In recovering the vehicle, a suspect has also been located. The suspect is a former Rains County Sheriff’s officer that currently resided in the Rains County Jail. The suspect in this case is also being charged with a number of vehicle thefts in Hunt County. In...
