Suspect Arrested in Recent Shooting
A 17-year old Sulphur Springs man, named in a warrant for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with a shooting in Sulphur Springs Wednesday night, turned himself in at the Hopkins County Jail early Saturday morning. Dakota Hunter Parker arrived at the jail at 3:20 a.m. Saturday. Bond for Parker was set at $200,000. Bond for a parole violation charge was denied. A man was shot Wednesday night at a residence in the 100...
Green Sentenced to 12 Years for Injury to a Child
On the day a jury was to be selected to try an Injury to a Child case, Dewayne Green, 28 of Sulphur Springs plead guilty and following the sentencing phase of the trial was, just prior to noon, sentenced to 12 years in prison. Assistant District Attorney Matt Harris called CPS workers and others to testify in the morning sentencing hearing. One CPS investigator told the court that this was not the first time CPS had been called to...
Grand Jury Returns 53 Indictments in September
Fifty-three indictments were handed down by a Hopkins County Grand Jury on September 19, 2016. Indictments include Injury Child/Elderly/Disable with Intent Bodily Injury, Arson, Evading Arrest, and a number of drug charges. Not all names of those indicted were release. Those who have been arrested on their individual charges were released to the public. Holly Ann Allen was indicted on two counts of Injury Child/Elderly/Disable with...
Sulphur Springs Man Arrested for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child
Hopkins County Deputies found him standing in the doorway of his apartment on Jackson Street. There they served an indictment warrant for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child on William Lonnie Wallis, 57, of Sulphur Springs. The offense occurred in February of this year according to Sulphur Springs Detective Sgt. David Gilmore. Wallis is charged with having committed the aggravated sexual assault of a 3 year old child. Gilmore...
Tilley Given a Second, Second Chance by 8th Judicial Criminal Court
He has been to prison more than once and sitting in Eighth Judicial District Court Tuesday afternoon with his wife, who is pregnant with his fourth child, and three children sitting in the rows behind him, he now faced the possibility of 25 years to life for his fourth DWI. However, Eric Wydell Tilley was given a second, second chance when Judge Eddie Northcutt pronounced what he called the toughest decision he has had to make in the...
Physical Bruising, Scarring and Tearing Leads to Arrest of Man for Two Counts of Injury to a Child
Keidrick Dewayne Green, 28 of Sulphur Springs was arrested by Hopkins County Deputy Scott Davis on Sulphur Springs Police Department warrants for injury to a child, a felony 3. Deputy Davis located Green at a residence on County Road 3562 about 12:45 a.m. Thursday morning. Detective Sgt. David Gilmore told KSST News that Child Protective Services contacted him last week regarding the injuries sustained by a 6-year old and 3-year old....
Hopkins County Grand Jury Hands Down 51 Indictments Monday Afternoon
Monday afternoon, October 26, 2015, a Hopkins County Grand Jury handed down 51 indictments. Not all indicted have been arrested but those indictments that can be released include: Michael Allen Coker for theft of property over $20,000 but under $100,000. On September 18th of this year, 47-year old Michael Allen Coker was transported from the Dallas County Jail to the Hopkins County Jail to face a theft charge in Sulphur Springs. The...
Local Police Issue Scam Warning
Watch out for scam artists. One even tried to scam Sulphur Springs Police Detective Sgt. David Gilmore and a friend of his with different telephone cons. Sgt. Gilmore said a cellphone call last Thursday advised him that he had won $6.5 million in the lottery but that he had to pay $350 in IRS taxes to receive the money. The caller had a middle eastern accent according to Gilmore. Gilmore reminds the public that when you purchase a...
Law Enforcement Praise Two Boys for Reporting Attempted Sexual Assualt
Sulphur Springs Police Detective Sgt. David Gilmore arrested 51-year old Darrell Lynn Payne of Sulphur Springs last Thursday for two counts of attempted sexual assault. The case involved boys ages 14 and 15. The two boys told their parents of the incident and the parents reported to police that a neighbor who lived down the road had proposed committing a sex act on the boys September 4th. He confessed to doing what the victims...
Two Attempted Sexual Assault Charges Filed Against Sulphur Springs Man
A 51-year old Sulphur Springs man being questioned by Sulphur Springs Police Detective Sgt. David Gilmore admitted being involved in two counts of attempted sexual assault. The cases involved two boys. JP Brad Cummings charged Darrell Lynn Payne with two counts of attempted sexual assault and set bond at $30,000 on each count. As a stipulation of bond, Payne must wear a GPS device so he can be tracked by lawmen.
