Distraught Driver Finally Stopped Following Hit and Run
On State Highway 19 South near a local sports training center, DPS, Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies and the Hopkins County Fire Marshall made a traffic stop and felony take down. The vehicle had been involved in hit and run accident. The vehicle and driver had been involved in an accident with a Tabor Sanitation Truck. According to local law enforcement, the driver of the vehicle was distraught and continued to drive even...
Drugs, Weapon, and Driving Lead to Arrest
Sulphur Springs Police and Hopkins County Sheriff’s Officers responded to a call of an unknown person pointing a handgun at individuals on the downtown square in Sulphur Springs. Law enforcement officers were advised with a description of the vehicle and that the driver was possibly traveling to Winnsboro. A County Deputy located the vehicle and made a traffic stop. A strong odor of marijuana was coming from the inside of the vehicle....
Registered Sex Offender, Felon, Found with Firearms
A traffic stop on FM 1567 in Hopkins County led to the arrest of Cyprien Joseph Lacombe, 38. During the traffic stop by a Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy, the driver was found to be nervous. Two firearms were found in the vehicle. It was also found that Lacombe is a registered sex offender and a felon. He was also wanted on a Class C misdemeanor warrant. Lacombe is in Hopkins County Jail charged with Unlawful Possession of a Firearm...
Noise Disturbance Leads to Felony Charge for Evading Arrest
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a call noise disturbance at the sandpits on CR2302 Sunday. There they found three (3) vehicles that fled the scene. The officer gave chase on one vehicle that fled east on CR 2302 and then south on FM 2560. The chase went for three (3) miles. The vehicle chased finally stopped at the corner of CR 2322 and FM2560. The driver stated that the two (2) passengers in the car encouraged him to...
Man Arrested In the Act of Burglary of a Habitation
An Alabama man’s attempt to commit theft was thwarted by a call to the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office by an observant RV Park manager. Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call in reference to a disturbance at Shady Lake RV Park on Highway 19 Thursday. There, the manager of the park told deputies that a person inside a trailer did not belong there. Deputies interviewed Michael Arlie Freeman, 38, who said he was working for...
Local Law Enforcement and Community Responds to Ambush of Dallas Officers
As news of Dallas Police Officers killed and wounded in an ambush style shooting that occurred during Thursday night’s protest march in the city, local law enforcement, clergy, and citizens responded to the incident. Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jay Sanders stated the incident is “…tragic…[and that he is praying for all the families.” SSPD Detective David Gilmore posted to social media, “… my heart is broken for my fellow officers in...
Failure to Place Children in Seatbealts and Marijuana in Auto Lead to Arrest of Arlington Man
A 28-year old Arlington man is in Hopkins County Jail following a traffic stop for a non-functioning license plate light Tuesday night. When the Hopkins County Sheriff’s deputy approached the auto, a strong smell of marijuana came from the interior of the vehicle. In the vehicle were four children under the age of 8 not wearing seatbelts and an adult female passenger. Two smoked marijuana cigarettes were in the front portion of the...
Ownership of Malnourished Horses Relinquished
An elderly person unable to care for the five horses the individual owned relinquished her rights to the horses to the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Saturday morning. The five horses were extremely malnourished but not beyond recovering good health, according to Kobe Hume, Animal Cruelty Investigator for the Hopkins County Sheriff’s office. Hume received a call regarding the horses in the Cumby area late Friday afternoon. On...
Chapa Sentenced to Five Years in TDCJ
Thursday morning in Eighth Judicial District Court, Juan Octavio Chapa’s probation was revoked and he was sentenced to five (5) years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. He was set for sentencing last week but his name on his passport and ID cards was Francisco Renteria, which created a delay. Using a different name, Juan Octavio Chapa, 45, was found in Davidson County Jail in Nashville, Tennessee under the name Francisco...
Thirty-two Auto Burglaries Solved With Arrest
Thirty-two car burglaries have been solved and Sulphur Springs Police investigators are somewhat confident that an arrest made Wednesday afternoon at 4:50 p.m. may in fact solve all the late night unlocked-auto burglaries that have occurred in recent days. The method of operation by the burglar has been the same in all the burglaries that have occurred in the city. The Special Crimes Unit of the SSPD served a warrant in the 400 block...
