3 Women Taken Into Custody By Local Officers On Warrants Thursday
Jul19

3 Women Taken Into Custody By Local Officers On Warrants Thursday

Local officers on Thursday took at least three people into custody on outstanding warrants, including two arrested elsewhere and held in other jails on local charges, according to arrest reports. Chrystal Brooke Vargas Sulphur Springs Police Officer Adrian Pruitt served Chrystal Brooke Vargas with a third-degree felony warrant at her Putman Street residence. He took the 37-year-old woman into custody at 11:10 a.m. and transported her...

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Methamphetamine Allegedly Concealed In Man’s Mouth, Inside Woman’s Body
Jul08

Methamphetamine Allegedly Concealed In Man’s Mouth, Inside Woman’s Body

Charles Adam Dunaway; Photo unavailable Monday morning for Kristal Nacole Byrne A pair from Florence, Texas was arrested at 11:50 p.m. Sunday after being found with methamphetamine during a traffic stop, and of trying to conceal bags of contraband in the woman’s body and mans’ mouth. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Lance Burdick reported first becoming aware of the pair after noticing the license plate light on a...

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58 Indictments Signed By Hopkins County Grand Jury
Jul01

58 Indictments Signed By Hopkins County Grand Jury

July 1, 2019 – The Hopkins County Grand Jury during the June 28 session signed 58 indictments. At least 40 people were named in the charges. Offenses ranged from aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, assault of a family or household member that impeded breathing or circulation an d hindering apprehension or prosecution of a known felon to driving while intoxicated with a child under 15 years of age in the vehicle, engaging in...

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Investigation of Suspicious Activity Results In 2 Arrests
Jun15

Investigation of Suspicious Activity Results In 2 Arrests

Billy Clay KirbyWesley Robert Rose Two men stopped by Cumby police for suspicious activity after 3 a.m. Saturday were jailed after Cumby police found suspected methamphetamine and a marijuana cigarette in their vehicle. Cumby Police Sgt. Ray Embro was conducting building security checks in the area of the north Interstate 30 service road and Odom Street, an area where burglary attempts had been made at neighboring businesses, when he...

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3 Arrested In Other Counties On Hopkins County Charges
Jun13

3 Arrested In Other Counties On Hopkins County Charges

Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Joe Hooten had a busy day Wednesday, picking up inmates held in jails in three different counties on Hopkins County charges. Zachary Michael Boyett Wednesday morning, Hooten transported Zachary Michael Boyett, 25, of Dallas from Dallas County jail to Hopkins County Law Enforcement Center, where he was booked on a warrant for failure to comply with sex offender duty to register annually for life,...

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3 Taken Into Custody At Adult Probation Office Tuesday
Jun12

3 Taken Into Custody At Adult Probation Office Tuesday

Two Sulphur Springs men were taken into custody at the adult probation office Tuesday on warrants. A woman was also allegedly found intoxicated at the adult probation office. Jonathan Wayne Smith Jonathan Wayne Smith, 22, of Sulphur Springs was arrested at 3:56 p.m. Tuesday at the adult probation office on three warrants for controlled substance offenses and one for violating probation, according to arrest reports. The Special Crimes...

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Grand Jury Signs More Than 50 Indictments in June
Jun11

Grand Jury Signs More Than 50 Indictments in June

The Hopkins County Grand Jury during the June court session signed more than 50 indictments, pushing those cases forward for prosecution. Half of the charges were for drug and alcohol offenses. The rest ranged from continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 years to engaging in organized criminal activity and stolen vehicle or evading arrest in a vehicle charges. However, half of the cases were for drug and alcohol related offenses....

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Deputies Recover Stolen Chainsaw, Arrest 2 Men
May27

Deputies Recover Stolen Chainsaw, Arrest 2 Men

Timothy Alan GossCraig David Lawler A report regarding the possible location of a stolen chainsaw resulted in the arrest of two men Sunday morning. Deputies responded on County Road 1100 just after 10 a.m. May 26 regarding the chain saw. They located Timothy Alan Goss, 48, of Sulphur Springs in a Ford F-150 pickup and found Craig David Lawler, 49, of Mineola cutting a tree with a saw, that was reportedly stolen, Hopkins County...

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5 Arrested After Suspected Methamphetamine, Pills, Marijuana Found During Traffic Stop
May21

5 Arrested After Suspected Methamphetamine, Pills, Marijuana Found During Traffic Stop

Benjamin James Cowling CROSBY, KANDARIS ANTOINE MARTIN, APRIL CERANA Five people were arrested Monday after suspected methamphetamine, Ecstasy pills, marijuana and drug paraphernalia were found during a State Highway 11 traffic stop, according to arrest reports.Hopkins County Sheriff’s Sgt. Scott Davis reportedly stopped a Ford Taurus at 2:39 p.m. on State Highway 11 west at County Road 4716 for a traffic violation. Thea Colynn...

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Grand Jury Indictments For April 2019: Part 2
Apr19

Grand Jury Indictments For April 2019: Part 2

The Hopkins County Grand Jury signed 102 indictments during the April session, pushing those cases forward for prosecution. More than 70 individuals were named in the charges, including some individuals named in more than one indictment, according to the indictment list released recently. At least 65 of the indictments were for controlled substance, alcohol, marijuana and other related charges; those indictments include: John Michael...

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