Mock Fatality Accident “Shattered Dreams” Presented at Cumby ISD
By Justice of the Peace Brad Cummings On 04/04/2018 the Shattered Dreams program was presented at Cumby Independent School District. The program is an awareness program that allows the students to observe a mock fatality accident. The program was coordinated by the Hopkins County Justice of the Peace offices and Hopkins County EMS, with collaboration with Hopkins County Fire Department, Cumby Police Department, Hopkins County...
Manager of Business Arrested for Theft
When the owner of a business in the 200 block of Hillcrest discovered a $19,000 shortage for 2017, the owner began taking note of the daily activities of the business and found about $20,000 missing since the first of the year. The manager of the business was making deposits but no cash was deposited during the normal scheduled deposits. Checks and credit card deposits had been made. Hopkins County Sheriff’s investigators were...
Two in Custody for Local Mini Mart Robbery
The suspects are in custody in Oklahoma following a series of events that began with a robbery at Jon’s Mini Mart Friday afternoon. The suspects, identified as Tracy Sexton and Amanda Looper, left the Mini Mart and sought access to the interstate. However, they entered the Woodbridge Crossing area, which has no access to the interstate and returned to Hillcrest and then to the interstate and traveled west. Less than $1,000 was taken...
Posse Members Presented with Anniversary Year Certificates of Service
At the monthly Posse meeting held in the Sheriff’s Courtroom, Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum presented his father Sam Tatum with a certificate for 30 years of service in the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Posse organization. Sam Tatum, Roger “Tex” Maynard, Earl Martin and Billy Wayne Orr are the remaining charter members who were present at the Posse’s inauguration in October 1987 and all continue active as...
Friend Provides Entry Code; Local Man Arrested on Bond Forfeiture
March 14, 2018 – His friend gave Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputy consent to search the residence at 708 Pampa and provided the code to enter the residence as the deputy sought Jason Ray Bailey, 46 on a warrant for Bond Forfeiture Theft with 2 previous convictions. After knocking on the door at the residence and making no contact, Law Enforcement entered the residence using the code. A search of the residence was made and Bailey...
18 lbs of Suspected Meth Found in Traffic Stop
Multiple signs of nervousness shown by a driver during a traffic stop Monday at the 138 mile marker on I-30 led the Hopkins County deputy to seek consent to search the vehicle. The result of the search was 18 pounds of suspected methamphetamine, according to Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum. The subject, whose name is not being released by the Sheriff’s office at this time, was arrested and charged with Possession of a Controlled...
Minick Charged With Felony 1 Murder, Bond Set at $1-Million
Thursday morning, Cassandra Joyce Minick, 30 was charged with Felony 1 Murder and is in Hopkins County Jail held on a $1-million bond. She is charged with the murder of her husband with a rifle. According to Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum, Cassandra Joyce Minick, 30, called the Sheriff’s Department around 12:06 a.m. Wednesday morning stating she had found her husband shot in their residence after she heard a gunshot. Deputies...
Timothy Ray Wright
Funeral services for Timothy Ray Wright, Sr., age 66, of Sulphur Springs will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 1, 2018 at West Oaks Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Robert Newsom officiating. Interment will follow at Nelta Cemetery with Bill Allan, Jace Anglin, Ronny Doss, Koby Hume, Charles Humphries, Alvin Jordan, David Ra, and Sheriff Lewis Tatum, serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be the Hopkins County...
Kelty Named Citizen of the Year at 92nd Annual Chamber of Commerce Banquet
Tim Kelty was named Citizen of the Year and Carolyn McKinney was named Woman of the Year during the 92nd Annual Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Membership Banquet. The 470 who filled the Exhibit Room at the Hopkins County Civic Center celebrated the accomplishments of several county residents and of the local chamber during the two hour event. With the dd1920’s theme, “Extra! Extra! Read All About It!”, a video highlighting...
Cigarette Thrown From Window of Vehicle Leads to Arrest of Local Man for Drug Possession
When the passenger of the 2002 Ford Expedition threw a lighted cigarette out of the window, a Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputy initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle in the eastbound lane of I-30. Corey Michael Cole, 27, of Sulphur Springs was the offending passenger in the back seat. During the stop, the driver of the vehicle granted the deputy consent to search the vehicle. A K-9 made a free air walk around the vehicle and alerted...
