Hopkins County Grand Jury Indicts 43 on August 1st
August 1, 2017 – A Hopkins County Grand Jury handed down 43 indictments Tuesday, August 1, 2017. Not all arrests have been made but those individuals who have been arrested and indicted include: Cedillo, 18, listed as homeless confessed to vandalizing the glass restroom on the west side of Celebration Plaza Wednesday night.. He stated that he shattered the glass with his ring. Cedillo wearing a ball cap and in the company of a...
Revolver Found Under Bed at Assault Call
Hopkins County Deputies responded to a call in reference to an assault that occurred on CR1100 July 4th around 9 a.m. Anthony Wayne Worley, 52, admitted to having a revolver in his possession. A records check showed him to be a convicted felon. The weapon was found underneath the bed in the residence. Worley was arrested and booked into Hopkins County jail charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Felon. He is being held on a $10,000...
Indictments Handed Down Wednesday, June 28, 2017
A Hopkins County Grand Jury handed down 47 indictments during their June session Wednesday, June 28, 2017. A variety of charges were involved including Aggravated Assault, Tamper Fabricate Evidence, Theft of a Firearm, Burglary of a Habitation, and others. Several arrests are pending but the indictments for those previously arrested include: Paige Spencer Whitworth was indicted for Aggravated Assault Date/Family/House with a Weapon....
Additional Charges for Mowrer; Bryant Also Charged
Additional charges were added Tuesday for Jeffrey Edward Mowrer, 25, arrested Monday for Tamper Fabricate Physical Evidence with Intent to Impair and Possession of a Controlled Substance less than 28-grams. Mowrer had fled Hopkins County Deputies attempting to serve an arrest warrant for burglaries that occurred in southern Hopkins County where Mowrer was staying with a female on State Highway 154 (see first arrest below). Along with...
Williams Plea Bargain Results in 10 Years Followed by Five Years, Day-for-Day in Prison
Thursday afternoon in a plea bargain agreement in Eighth Judicial District Court, Carae Williams, 22, of Sulphur Springs received 10 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for Burglary of a Habitation revocation and five years for Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 less than 1-gram in a Drug Free Zone. He has to serve the 10 years before the five year sentence begins and the five year sentence must be...
Dafft Receives 25 Years in Plea Agreement
Thursday morning in Eighth Judicial District Court, Jesse Eugene Dafft, 56, received a sentence of 25 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice when he made a plea regarding his revocation of parole for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon. A drug case was taken into consideration in the plea agreement. When Cumby Police served the felony warrant for unlawful possession on Dafft at his Park Street Residence, they found...
Wood County Sheriff’s Report April 26-May 2, 2017
April 26th Deputies were dispatched to CR 2560 in Mineola, at approximately 8:26 a.m., in reference to the reporting party’s vehicle being burned. The reporting party stated he did not know what caused the fire. At 11:25 p.m., on N. Beulah St. in Hawkins, a deputy pulled a driver over for an obscured license plate. Once he made contact with the driver, he smelled the marijuana, which gave him probable cause to search the vehicle....
Cumby Police Serve Warrant; Find Meth
When Cumby Police served a felony warrant Thursday, they found Jesse Eugene Dafft, 56, lying in bed in the back bedroom of his Park Street residence. In plain view was a pipe commonly used to smoke methamphetamine. A probable cause search of the residence revealed a bag containing a crystal like substance located inside a container in the living area and an additional glass pipe. With Dafft, was Jo Lynn Putman, 53, who also lived at...
Four Months of Evading SSPD Ends With Arrest
Sulphur Springs Police will find you if you are wanted for a crime in the city. Carae Martez Williams, 22, of Sulphur Springs has been wanted since December, 2016 for violation of probation for Burglary of a Habitation. Williams was arrested Tuesday at a residence on Randolph Street where he was staying after local police received information of his location. A few months ago, Williams evaded arrest in a foot chase with law...
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,...
