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....
Grand Jury Indictments For April 2019: Part 1
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. The charges range from improper sexual activity with a person in custody, aggravated assault and child endangerment to firearms, theft, fraudulent...
A Text to 911 Results in Arrest for Family Violence
The new “text to 911” service available in Hopkins County proved to be beneficial to descalate a situation over the weekend. Hopkins County deputies responded to information about a man that was trying to harm himself at a residence on Hwy 69S. Upon arriving at the scene and talking with the man’s girlfriend, officers noticed visible marks on the woman’s neck from the boyfriend attempting to grabbing her and...
Hopkins County District Court Indictments for 7/19/2018
1826713 THE STATE OF TEXAS v.s. BELCHER, JOSHUA LEON 07/19/2018 POSS CS PG 1 <1G 1826714 THE STATE OF TEXAS v.s. BELLO, EDITH 07/19/2018 EVADING ARREST DET W/VEH 1826715 THE STATE OF TEXAS v.s. COLEMAN, BRENT THOMAS 07/19/2018 POSS CS PG 1 >=1G<4G 1826716 THE STATE OF TEXAS v.s. COSSETTE, EVAN LOUIS 07/19/2018 POSS CS PG 1 >=1G<4G 1826717 THE STATE OF TEXAS v.s. DOUGLAS, TYLER ANTHONY 07/19/2018 EVADING ARREST DET...
Miller Sentenced to Four Years in TDCJ
July 3, 2018 – Tuesday afternoon in Eighth Judicial District Court, Matthew Miller, 21, of Greenville, was sentenced to four years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. Tuesday morning Judge Eddie Northcutt heard testimony regarding Miller’s attack on a man who was having an affair with Miller’s wife. Miller confessed to cutting the victim’s throat during the...
Eighth Judicial District Court Has Busy Week
Two men were among those sentenced in Eighth Judicial District Court this past week. In a probation revocation hearing, Bradley Ray Skidmore, 63, was sentenced to nine (9) months in county jail for Credit Card or Debit Card Abuse, a State Jail Felony. The conviction dated back to February, 2017. Skidmore was located by Hopkins County Deputies at a Charles Street residence in the city. He was wanted on a warrant for Credit Card or...
Hopkins County Grand Jury Hands Up 83 Indictments
A Hopkins County Grand Jury handed up 83 indictments late last week. A majority of the indictments were for Possession of a Controlled Substance. However, there were a number of other charges resulting in the indictments. Those arrested prior to indictment include: Ricky Lynn Hunt was indicted for two counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child. Alejandro Castro Rodriguez was indicted for Smuggling of Persons. A grey Honda van with...
Hopkins County Grand Jury: 63 Indictments
November 10, 2017 – Sixty-three indictments were the result of a meeting of the Hopkins County Grand Jury Thursday. Not all of the indictments are named below awaiting arrests. However, those who have been arrested and indicted include: Casey Gween Miles, 22, was indicted on seven counts of Sexual Assault Child. Miles was arrested in September of this year for Sexual Assault of a Child, a Felony 2. Advised of his rights when he...
SSPD Major Offenses Reported for First Six Months of 2017
In the first six months of 2017, Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders said the trend for major offenses continues a downward slope. He said that due to better coverage of the city, major crimes have decreased over the past few years. In the first six months no homicide has occurred. However, that number will change with death of the woman who jumped from the League Street Bridge Monday, July 24, 2017. That number will be reflected...
Massachusetts Man Captured in Hopkins County Has Been Indicted for Murder in Home State
July 6, 2017 – A Haverhill, Massachusetts man accused of fleeing to Texas after killing a woman and shooting another man outside a Lawrence, Massachusetts nightclub Easter Sunday has been indicted by the Essex County grand jury, according to an article in the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune. Luis Rodriguez, 24, was captured in Sulphur Springs, Texas by Hopkins County Deputies in April of this year. He was arrested just days after...
