Mother & Son Hauled In For Hauling Off Four Wheeler
Amanda Rachelle Jones October 6, 2023 – Hopkins County Sheriff deputies were notified in the wee hours of the morning of Friday October 6th of the location of a trailer and four-wheeler reported to be stolen. Deputies from the local agency arrived at the address reported as the location of the stolen items and spotted those items behind the residence. As the items had been removed from their previous location “without...
Cumby Man Arrested for Invasive Visual Recording
September 28, 2023 – Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies traveled to a Commerce TX address this week to arrest a Cumby man wanted for Invasive Visual Recording. The Invasive Visual Recording crime in the state of Texas gives police the right to arrest you if they believe you take, or help spread, any kind of photograph or video of (1) someone’s “intimate areas” or (2) someone in a bathroom or changing room. Xavier James...
Dockray Back in Jail; Charged With Assault
September 25, 2023 – Tobye Deleo Dockray, age 48, was arrested over the weekend and charged with: 1 22.01(B)(2)(B) ASSAULT FAM/HOUSE MEM IMPEDE BREATH/CIRCULAT Tobye aka “Toby” Deleo Rockray in 2023 Dockray was arrested after a disturbance call was received by the Hopkins County Sheriff. Deputies responded to a Precinct 2 address and found Dockray, the victim and a witness. Dockray is accused of choking a women and...
Truss Indicted After August Child Porn Investigation, Arrest
September 20, 2023 – Billy Joe Truss aka Big Bill Truss on social media platform Tiktok has been indicted for production and transportation of child pornography after being arrested in August. See that story here. Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum and Chief Investigator Corley Weatherford played key roles in the investigation and arrest. Other victims are urged to come forward and contact local Law Enforcement. Report Abuse to...
Sulphur Springs Man Accused of Stealing $35k
September 18, 2023 -A Sulphur Springs resident was recently arrested in Hopkins County on a Smith County Warrant. The man, JAMES MICHAEL MORRIS JR, is accused of MISAPPLICATION OF FIDUCIARY PROPERTY. James Michael Morris, Jr aka Bubba 2023 Morris is alleged to have entered into an agreement with a man with the intent to build a boat dock. An initial payment of $53,000 was given to Morris in 2021. The project was never started and...
Deputies Find Car With Stolen Tag
August 19, 2023 – Hopkins County Sheriff Deputies located a car on I-30 this week that was displaying a stolen licence plate. The tag was registered to a Honda and was being displayed on a Chevrolet. The tag was reported stolen a few days prior out of Dallas. The accused, 26 year-old BRIANNA CLARISSE BANKS, admitted she frequented the Dallas area. BRIANNA CLARISSE BANKS, 2023 Due to the discrepancy between the tag and the...
Emory Resident Arrested for 3rd DWI
August 28, 2023 – Emory resident CARLTON DEWAYNE CAGLE, age 61, was arrested this weekend and charged with at least his third DWI. Carlton Dewayne Cagle, 2023 A report of a reckless driver was received by dispatch late Sunday night. The driver could not maintain his lane. A Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy traveled to 154 South and was able to locate the northbound vehicle. A traffic stop was performed and the white Malibu...
Adams Turns Himself In, Faces 4 Counts of Homicide
August 24, 2023 – Gerald Lee Adams turned himself into the Hopkins County Sheriff this week. He was escorted to the jail and booked. Gerald Lee Adams in 2020. Photo courtesy of public social media website. Adams, a 61 year-old resident of Paris, TX, was involved in multi-vehicle accident on SH 19, near CR 4764, just south of Birthright. Four were killed and seven were injured. The traffic collision occurred in December of 2022....
Impatient Driver Arrested on Main Street
August 22, 2023 – Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies noticed a black Dodge pickup truck traveling on Main Street this week. The driver, 49 year-old THERESA GALE GARCIA, was known to have a Failure to Appear warrant issued for her arrest. GARCIA, THERESA GALE, June 2023 As deputies observed Garcia, she continued to travel on Main street eventually coming to a red light. Deputies observed Garcia pull around and pass a vehicle...
Houston Truck Driver Arrested After 10 Mile Chase
August 12, 2023 – Sixty year-old BENIGNUS CHUKWUDILUM UZOMAH was arrested this week and charged with evading arrest with a vehicle. BENIGNUS CHUKWUDILUM UZOMAH, 2023 Hopkins County Sheriff Deputies received a report of a reckless west bound driver on Interstate 30 around 11 AM. A point of observation was set up at mile marker 131. The reported semi was located and a deputy began following it. He observed the driver acting in a...
