Grand Jury Indicts 40 in September, 2018
Forty (40) indictments were handed up by a Hopkins County Grand Jury Wednesday, September 26, 2018. Those who have been previously arrested and announced under indictment include: Jessica Elizabeth Bender, 27 Jessica Elizabeth Bender was indicted for Abandon Endanger Child Criminal Negligence. Child Protective Services began an investigation after Jessica Elizabeth Bender, 27 of Sulphur Springs and her year old child tested positive...
Wood County Sheriff’s Report October 11-17, 2017
October 11th Deputies were dispatched to FM 2869 near Hawkins, at approximately 12:04 a.m., in reference to an alarm. Deputies checked the building and it was secure. Deputies conducted a traffic stop on Loop 564 near Mineola; at approximately 2:58 a.m. Derrikk Griffin, 22, of Mineola, was arrested for an outstanding warrant. Deputies were dispatched to FM 2869 near Hawkins, at approximately 4:40 a.m., in reference to an alarm....
Hopkins County Grand Jury Indictments Handed Down June 2
June 6, 2017 – Seventy-one (71) indictments were handed down by a Hopkins County Grand Jury Friday, June 2, 2017 and reported by the District Clerk’s Office Monday afternoon. Possession of Child Pornography, Endanger Child Criminal Negligence, Injury Child/Elderly/Disabled with Intent Bodily Injury, Money Laundering, various drug charges, and aggravated assault charges were among the indictments. Carlos Omar Casillas, 22, was...
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,...
Theft at Dollar General; Man Flees Police a Second Time
Sulphur Springs Police responded to a call in reference to a theft at the Dollar General store on South Broadway Thursday. There they found Christopher Leon Huddleston, 38 of Sulphur Springs in possession of the stolen property. As officers sought to make the arrest, he ran from officers. They quickly caught him. Huddleston is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Evading Arrest Detention with Previous Conviction and his being held for...
Charges and Bonds Set for Slough, Maxwell
February 9, 2017 – In the pickup pulling a trailer with John Samuel Maxwell, 35 of Paris, was Tara Diann Slough, 40 of Mt Vernon, and a juvenile. As the Hopkins County Deputy stopped the vehicle, Maxwell exited and began working with the trailer. The Deputy made him get back in the truck, which he did for a brief time. Maxwell fled on foot and that resulted in an almost 24-hour hunt for him (see previous stories here, here,...
Doddy Pleads Guilty During District Court Docket Call Thursday
In Eighth Judicial District Court Thursday morning, Antonio Eugene Doddy, 36 pled guilty and was sentenced to 12 months in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for Evading Arrest Detention with a previous conviction. Doddy was arrested June 6 of this year. He had prior arrests in Upshur and Camp Counties. A full docket including pretrial, administrative hearings, and various stages of actions before the court regarding those...
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...
Hopkins County Grand Jury Hands Down April Indictments
Sixty-five indictments, 14 sealed, were handed down Monday afternoon by a Hopkins County Grand Jury. A wide range of indictments were included in the afternoon’s work. Many of the arrest reports can be found at ksstradio.com. Just enter their names in the search feature. Jesus Avila was indicted for sexual abuse of a child continuous. Avila, 39, of Saltillo was arrested for Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child under the age of...
Allen Waives Appeal; Ruiz Sentenced
District Attorney for the 8th Judicial DistrictWill Ramsey praised his team of assistants for their hard work and dedication that has recently resulted in the sentencing of three individuals to state jail time. On Tuesday, May 5, 2015, Robert Dwayne Allen appeared before the court and announced his intention to waive appeal in his recent life sentence for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child. In exchange for his waiver of appeal, the...
