Hopkins County Grand Jury Indicts 69 in January
January 25, 2019 – A Hopkins County Grand Jury handed up 69 indictments in January, 2019. Those indicted who have been arrested include: Daniel Lee Baxter was indicted for Injury Child/Elderly Disable with Intent Bodily Injury Janie Lynn Perez was indicted for Improper Relationship Between Educator/Student . In a press release from the office of North Hopkins ISD Superintendent Darin Jolly the district announced that a now...
Catch These Local Rising Country Stars at “The Road Ahead” Concert July 28
Hanah Moore and Hailee Nixon are sisters, raised since babyhood by their Winnsboro grandparents Joyce and the late Kenneth Nixon. Now, eighteen years and thousands of miles later, the duo is about to launch a country music career on the always uncertain road ahead. Here is the story of Hanah and Hailee. Very early in life, relates Joyce, natural talents came to the surface in the toddlers, especially in singing and dancing. The...
Hopkins County Grand Jury Hands Up 44 Indictments June 26, 2018
Forty-four indictments were handed up by a Hopkins County Grand Jury Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Those included in the indictments and already arrested are: Justin Dean Cowart indicted for Criminal Solicitation Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child and Attempted Traffic Child Engage Conduct/Sexual. Hopkins County Criminal Investigators and deputies arrested Justin Dean Cowart, 31, of Yantis, for Attempted Human Trafficking and Criminal...
Claudie Alberts
Military Graveside Service for Claudie Alberts, age 90, of La Port Texas will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, February 4, 2018 at North Hopkins Cemetery, Birthright, Texas with Rev. Bruce Stinson officiating. There will be no formal visitation. Surrounded by family, Claudie Edward Alberts passed away at 2:45 PM Thursday, February 1, 2018, in LaPorte Texas, after recently being diagnosed with cancer. Claudie was born January 23,...
Suspicious Vehicle Leads to Arrest of Two Men
Hopkins County Deputies were called to County Road 3502 to check out a suspicious vehicle and a suspicious person. There they found two people who failed to identify themselves correctly on the first try. They also found 42-grams of a suspected quantity of methamphetamine and securities and benefits obtained under false names. Corey James Butler, 28, of Garland was a passenger in the vehicle. He first identified himself as Christopher...
Last Warrant for ATV Thefts Served; Chambers is in Hopkins County Jail
Christopher Lee Chambers, 29, of Maybank (picture not available at this time) is now in Hopkins County Jail held on a $500,000 bond and a Lindale, Texas $200,000 bond for engaging in organized crime. In February, Chambers was the only remaining warrant to be served for the theft of all-terrain vehicles from Nor-Tex Tractor in Sulphur Springs. The thefts dated back to November of 2015. At that time some 20 to 21 individuals were being...
When One Just Can’t Catch a Break
He just can’t catch a break. Christopher Brandon Garcia, 32, has been held since February of this year in Hopkins County Jail on $400,000 bond. Tuesday, April 5th, he sought a bond reduction in the Eighth Judicial Court in Hopkins County. The good news is his bond was reduced to $100,000. The bad news is that last Friday additional bond for charges from Washington County for burglary of a building in the amount of $200.000 were...
“Updated” Round Up Continues in ATV Thefts; Two Arrested Thursday
Two more arrests have been made in connection with the organized crime ring that has been active in ATV thefts in three states. Christopher Brandon Garcia, 32, of Balch Springs, and Dustin Kyle “Dud” Garcia, 33, of Mesquite, (Pictures now available) were arrested Thursday afternoon in room 221 at the Seagoville Inn in Seagoville Texas. Both were transported to Hopkins County Jail where B. J. Teer set bond at $400,000 each. No JP’s...
