Early Voting Begins Feb. 18 in Party Primary Elections
Early voting begins Tuesday, Feb. 18 in the March 3 Primary Election and continues through Friday, Feb. 28. Voting will be conducted from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 18-22, Feb. 24, Feb. 26 and Feb. 28. Voting will be conducted from noon to 5 p.m. Feb. 23, and from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Feb. 25 and 27. All early voting in Hopkins County will conducted in the Justice of the Peace #2 Courtroom at the Hopkins County Tax Office/Justice of the Peace...
Hopkins County Resident Gets Controlled Substance Case Dismissed
Cindy Lynn Dunn was arrested by Sulphur Springs Police on 4/16/2019. She was charged with attempting to use a fraudulent prescription to obtain Schedule III drugs. See original post on KSSTRadio.com here. KSST published public information about the arrest including a mugshot. Once the case was dismissed, Cindy Dunn asked KSST to publish an new article with her side of the story. She is proud to say her case was officially dismissed...
Hopkins County Jury Sentences Man to Life In Prison For Continuous Sexual Abuse Of A Child
Juan Domingo Ramirez A Hopkins County jury sentenced Juan Domingo Ramirez, 33, to life in prison for continuous sexual abuse of a young child Wednesday, Nov. 6. The jury deliberated for a little over an hour Wednesday morning before finding Ramirez guilty of the charge. The offense carries a range of punishment from 25 years to life in the penitentiary. Later Wednesday, the jury deliberated again for a little over an hour before...
Ewton Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Controlled Substance Possession
Anthony Glenn Ewton, 52, of Sulphur Springs was sentenced Wednesday in the 8th Judicial District Court to 20 years in prison for controlled substance possession. Jury selection was scheduled Sept. 9, with the trial set two weeks later for Ewton on possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance on Jan. 13 and possession of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance with...
Former Hopkins County Jailer Sentenced On Improper Sexual Activity With An Inmate Charge
Former Hopkins County corrections officer Sinead Nicole Hagan, 28, was sentenced Tuesday, Aug. 27, to 60-days in jail, then 10 years deferred adjudication for having improper sexual activity with a person in custody. Sinead Nicole Hagan In early January the sheriff’s office received and followed up on an allegation that Hagan had a sexual encounter with an inmate while a corrections officer at Hopkins County jail. The Texas...
Insurance Agent Accused of Pocketing Premiums Sentenced Wednesday
June 26, 2019 – Kristi Lynn Hooten, the local insurance agent accused of pocketing people’s premiums in 2017, was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison on the theft charge, pay fees to her victims and a fee in a related law suit, according to the district attorney. However, Hooten will likely will serve less than 6 months in prison. Kristi Lynn Hooten “She was sentenced to 10 years in the penitentiary. However,...
Former JP Clerk Sentenced
Lettie Delores Mosquedo-Jasso Former part-time Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace clerk Lettie Delores Mosquedo-Jasso was sentenced Tuesday on five cases of tampering with a government record. The 32-year-old was sentenced to 270 days confinement in a state jail on one case. On the four remaining cases, she was sentenced to 10 years deferred adjudication. She was also assessed a $6,000 fine on one of the probation cases. She will be...
Woman Found Guilty, Sentenced To 8 Years In TDCJ For Aggravated Assault
Maurquia Inez Ford, 32, was convicted Monday, March 25, and sentenced to 8 years in Texas Department of Criminal Justice for aggravated assault. During a trial before the court, Ford and two other individuals were accused of following the victim to his uncle’s residence. Once there, one of the assailants was alleged to have hit the victim in the head with an object, causing severe injuries. The victim was later flown to a Dallas...
New Courtroom Next to Law Enforcement Center Opened Wednesday
The Grand Opening of the new courtroom at the Law Enforcement Center took place Wednesday morning as ceremonies were squeezed in between plea bargains and docket call. At 11 a.m., Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom welcomed the packed courtroom of county officials, community leaders and members of the public present. District Judge Eddie Northcutt told those present that he remembers when County Judge Newsom, who at the time was the...
Crum Found Guilty of Murder; Sentencing Hearing to Begin Monday Morning
Saturday afternoon in Eighth Judicial District Court a Hopkins County Jury found Aaron Tyler Crum guilty of the first-degree murder of Joshua Paul Cowling. Deliberation took approximately one hour to reach the verdict. The jury was picked Monday, November 5, 2018, and began hearing testimony Tuesday morning. The trial continued each day with a 10 a.m. start Friday morning and again, Saturday morning. District Attorney Will Ramsay...
