Grand Jury Signs 51 Indictments During September Session
September 9, 2019 – The Hopkins County Grand Jury signed at least 51 indictments during the Sept. 5 court session. At least 30 people were named in the charges, including 10 people accused of more than one offense. Charges ranged from criminal negligence, sexual assault of a child, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, assault of a public servant and attempting to take a weapon from an officer to fraud, forgery, money...
Police Arrest 3 Sulphur Springs Residents On Controlled Substance Charge
Cody Lee HuddlestonBilly Lenard BaxleyShelby Jo Williamson Two Sulphur Springs men and a woman were arrested Monday night after a narcotics detection canine alerted on their vehicle. Sulphur Springs Police Officer Zach Brown stopped a white Dodge pickup at 9:12 p.m. Monday, Sept. 2, on College Street at Como Street for an equipment violation. The driver was identified as 40-year-old Cody Lee Huddleston of Sulphur Springs. Passengers...
Reckless Driving Complaint Results In Dallas Woman’s Arrest On Controlled Substance Charge
A reckless driving complaint resulted in location of suspected methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia and a Dallas woman’s arrest on a controlled substance charge. Ashley Michelle Sizemore Hopkins County Sheriff’s Cpl. Todd Evans and Deputy Aaron Chaney responded at around 1:30 a.m. Sept. 2 to a complaint of a white Ford Focus being driven recklessly. They stopped a vehicle matching that description on Industrial Drive at...
Cumby Police Arrest Mount Pleasant Man On Controlled Substance Charge
Harry Cleatis Coleman Cumby police arrested a 40-year-old Mount Pleasant man early Thursday morning after finding a bag of suspected methamphetamine in his vehicle during a routine traffic stop. Cumby Police Sgt. Ray Embro reported a westbound Dodge 1500 pickup caught his attention around 4 a.m. Aug. 15 as it passed him on FM 499 at County Road 4722 because passenger’s side headlight on the truck was defective, as were the...
Sulphur Springs Woman Runs From Police, Found With Meth, Marijuana
Cathy Sue Pichardo A brief vehicle pursuit in Sulphur Springs Thursday night ended with the vehicle’s tires being spiked. The 48-year-old Sulphur Springs woman driving was jailed after marijuana and methamphetamine were found in her pickup. Sulphur Springs Police officers attempted to stop a Chevrolet Silverado at 9:12 p.m. Aug. 15, after noticing the driver failed to signal a turn on Brinker Street at Peach Street, SSPD Officer...
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...
4 Taken Into Custody on Felony Hopkins County Warrants
Three men and a woman were taken into custody by sheriff’s officers on felony warrants Friday, including one man located at the courthouse, two held in jail in other counties and one found at a residence, according to arrest reports. Rodrick Baker Hopkins County Sheriff’s Transport Deputy Jason Poteet traveled to Bowie County Detention Center, where Rodrick Baker was being held on a Hopkins County warrant for violation of...
Wanted Garland Man Crashes Into Parked Car During Pursuit
Aspen Quayshawn Debase A 27-year-old Garland man wanted for a parole violation reportedly lead police on a brief vehicle pursuit, which turned into a foot chase when the man crashed the car he was driving into a parked vehicle at an apartment complex. Suspected cocaine was also found in the vehicle he was driving. Sulphur Springs Police Officer Brandon Murphy initiated a traffic stop on a Grand Marquis on North Jackson Street; the car...
SSPD: Bogata Man Found With 3.3 Grams Of Meth During Traffic stop
Wesley Mills A 58-year-old Bogata man was arrested after allegedly being found in possession of suspected methamphetamine possession a during a traffic stop Friday morning. Sulphur Springs Police Officer Adrian Pruitt reported the driver of a white Chevrolet pickup he’d stopped at 9:11 a.m. Friday in the 400 block of South Moore Street to be extremely nervous. While talking to the driver, Pruitt noted in arrest reports, he...
2 Sulphur Springs Men Picked Up From Other Counties On Warrants
Two Sulphur Springs residents were transported Friday from other jails to Hopkins County jail, where each was held on at least one felony warrant. Shawn March Hopkins County Sheriff’s Transport Deputy Jason Poteet traveled to Weatherford, where 27-year-old Shawn Andrew March of Sulphur Springs was being held at Parker County Sheriff’s Office. He took March into custody at 12:30 p.m. Friday on Hopkins County warrants for...
