Three Commercial Chicken Houses Destroyed; Straight-Line Wind Blamed
Hopkins County–Three commercial chicken houses were destroyed and a number of chickens killed between 4 and 4:30 a.m. Wednesday morning in what is believed to be a straight line wind event limited to a small area on 20-30 acres in eastern Hopkins County. Three other commercial chicken houses were not damaged. The National Weather Service has been asked to review the damage on site and to review weather conditions as recorded at...
Bus Passengers Arrested for Money Laundering
When the Greyhound bus stopped at Pilot on State Highway 19 and I-30, plain clothes deputies with the Hopkins County Sheriff’s office boarded the bus. They made contact with Cesar Alejandro Amaya, 25, of Dallas and Albert Amaya, Jr., 29, of Red Oak. One was wanted on a drug warrant and the other was arrested with a large sum of money. Both were charged with Money Laundering. Hopkins County Dispatch notified the deputies that Cesar...
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,...
Sosa-Pintor Sentenced to Three Concurrent Terms of 240 Months in Federal Prision
Fernando Sosa-Pintor, 52, of Sulphur Springs was sentenced to three terms of 240 months each to run concurrently in Federal Prison Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Sosa-Pintor was found guilty of one count of possession of child pornography and two counts of distribution of child pornography on September 9, 2016. He had remained in the custody of U S Marshall’s until he was sentenced. Under federal statutes, Sosa-Pintor faced up to 20 years...
Laborer Arrested for Fake ID, Methamphetamine
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Investigators received information of methamphetamine located at a local motel in Sulphur Springs. A search warrant was obtained and a search of room 204 at the location led to methamphetamine, a glass pipe, and fake social security cards along with fake permanent resident cards located with the social security number and other identifying information for Juan Carlos Gomez-Rodriguez, 26. Gomez-Rodriguez was...
Local Man Arrested for Illegal Dumping into Waterway
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Officer Paul Fenimore was traveling Highway 11W when he noted a 1996 Chevrolet CK1500 and trailer backed up to a local waterway. There he watched as Gregory Alvarez Duran, 44, a resident of the City of Sulphur Springs off-loaded construction materials into the waterway. Fenimore stopped to speak with Duran and found that he had been dumping in excess of 1,000-pounds of rubble, debris and construction...
Chamber Connection March 16, 2017
We loved the Spring Fever Bike Rally!!! Saturday, March 11th was the Hopkins County Spring Fever Bike Rally. We had a wonderful day in some very chilly temperatures, but we had cyclists come from all over to see our beautiful Hopkins County scenery! Thank you to our very appreciated sponsors: The Bookworm Box, Lowe’s, Oncor, Alliance Bank, Grocery Supply, CBJ, City of Sulphur Springs, Farmers Electric Cooperative, City National...
Lindsey Sentenced to 5 Years for Burglary of a Habitation (Assault)
In Eighth Judicial District Court Monday, Nakia Dean Lindsey pleaded guilty to Burglary of a Habitation (Assault) and was sentenced to 5 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. He is also scheduled to plead guilty to a misdemeanor assault family violence case in County Court later this week. The plea to Burglary of a Habitation (assault) was made rather than a plea to the original charge of Burglary of a Habitation (intent...
Former Jailer Arrested For Official Oppression
A former Hopkins County jailer, wanted on a Misdemeanor A warrant, turned himself in to Sheriff’s Deputies Tuesday morning. The man was fired two weeks ago by Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum when the jailer’s supervisor caught him in the act of official oppression of a female inmate. Inappropriate comments made by the man to the inmate were noted, investigated, and found to be sufficient to terminate employment immediately and to...
Homeless Man Fires Weapon Near School
Gunshots fired in the vicinity of Douglas Intermediate School Tuesday resulted in a soft lockdown of the school and Sulphur Springs Police and Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies seeking the individual who fired the weapon. Police responded to a call that identified the individual as a male “…wearing a white T-shirt and black beanie running down Putman Street.” SSPD Sgt. Matt Glenn found the man on Jennings Street. In his possession...
