Tip About Wanted Man At Truck Stop Results In Warrant, Controlled Substance Arrest
A tip to sheriff’s deputies about a wanted person being spotted at a Hillcrest Drive truck stop resulted not only in a warrant arrest, but in a controlled substance charge as well. At least three others were arrested on marijuana and controlled substance related charges on Monday as well. A sheriff’s deputy just before 3 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10, reported seeing Robert Harold George’s Chevrolet 1500 in a parking spot at...
SCU Investigation Of Alleged Marijuana Possession By Student Results In 2 Arrests
An investigation of alleged marijuana possession by a middle school students resulted in two adults being arrested Thursday on controlled substance and marijuana charges, according to police. The investigation by Sulphur Springs Police Department Special Crimes Unit investigators “originated at the Sulphur Springs Middle School involving marijuana possession with a student,” according to arrest reports. Sulphur Springs...
Sulphur Springs Man Sentenced On Controlled Substance Charge
Randy Lynn Webb A 35-year-old Sulphur Springs man was sentenced Wednesday to serve 10 months in a state jail for possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance, according to arrest and jail reports. Randy Lynn Webb was scheduled to appear at 9 a.m. Jan. 15 in the district court for a sentencing hearing on the controlled substance charge. Webb was taken into custody at 10:09 a.m. at the courthouse after being...
Sulphur Springs Police Arrest 4 On Marijuana Possession Charges
Sulphur Springs Police arrested four people, two each at two different locations Monday on marijuana possession charges. Special Crimes Unit investigators at 1:45 p.m. Aug. 19 stopped a Toyota Camry in the 100 block of South Moore Street for a traffic violation. On contact with the vehicle, the SCU officers alleged they could smell a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. Both the driver and passenger were asked to step out...
Sulphur Springs Man Arrested After He And His 1-Year-Old Test Positive For Methamphetamine
Herman Lee “Bo” Morris Jr. An investigation by Child Protective Services and Special Crimes Unit Investigators lead to the arrest of a 29-year-old Sulphur Springs man, after he and his 1-year-old tested positive for methamphetamine, police officers alleged in arrest reports. SCU Lt. Mark Estes and Sulphur Springs Police Officer Sean Hoffman took Herman Lee Morris Jr. into custody at 9 a.m. at the local CPS office on an...
Grand Jury Signs 40 Indictments During August Court Session
The Hopkins County Grand Jury during the August session signed at least 40 indictments naming at least 32 different individuals in the charges, including four individuals accused of more than one offense and in other instances more than one person implicated in the same offense. The majority of the indictments were for alleged controlled substance charges. The rest range from abandoning or endangering a child and assault of a family...
SCU, CPS Investigation Results In Warrant Arrest
Patrick Mondrell Hood A 45-year-old Sulphur Springs man was arrested at 1:16 p.m. Tuesday on an abandoning or endangering a child charge following an investigation by Special Crimes Unit investigators and Child Protective Services officials, according to police reports. Sulphur Springs Police Officer Adrian Pruitt along with SCU investigators were aware of the warrant for Patrick Mondrell Hood’s arrest. Pruitt contacted him by...
Alert Clerks Determine Package Suspicious
Clerks at The Shipping Zone thought the package suspicious. The package was received at the Shipping Zone on Gilmer Street around 2:30 p.m. Thursday and was bound for a Florida address. The clerks contacted Sulphur Springs Police. The Special Crimes Unit investigators responded to the call and clerks opening the package found inside 1.2-grams of suspected methamphetamine and 2.6-grams of Hydrocodone pills in a prescription bottle with...
Eight Indicted for Injury to a Child With Intent Bodily Injury; March Grand Jury Indictments
Injury Child/Elderly/Disable With Intent Bodily Injury led the list of indictments handed down by a Hopkins County Grand Jury Tuesday afternoon, March 29, 2017. A total of 39 indictments for various charges were handed down. Eight of the 39 were for Injury to a Child. Not all individuals indicted have been arrested. Those names are not published here. Indicted for Injury to a Child with Intent Bodily Injury were: Laci Marie Reichel,...
8-Month Old Child’s Meth Level Higher Than Mother’s
Special Crimes Unit investigators assisted CPS agents with an investigation involving Courney Leigh Plunkett, 24 of Sulphur Springs and her 8-month old child that tested positive for methamphetamine. The child’s meth levels tested higher than Plunkett’s. Plunkett was arrested at 5:21 p.m. Monday at her residence on CR 2316. She is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Injury to a Child with Intent. She is being held on a $50,000...
