Traffic Stop Finds Marijuana, Cocaine, and Open Container
Two Paris men were arrested in a traffic stop that occurred on Church Street just south of Loop 301. The traffic stop resulted in a positive field test for DWI and an open container was found in the vehicle. Along with the open container was promethazine, a marijuana cigar, and a torn baggy used for packaging narcotics. During the process of the arrest, a white rock-like substance that field tested to be cocaine as also found. Calise...
Bag of Marijuana Under Pickup Hood Leads to Arrest
Rodney Jerome Clayton, 45, of Sulphur Springs is in Hopkins County Jail on a $10,000 bond following a traffic stop Tuesday. Clayton was nervous when speaking with the officer. Given consent to search the Chevrolet pickup, the officer found a clear plastic bag of green leafy substance believed to be marijuana under the hood of the vehicle. The stop was made within 1000 feet of the Early Childhood Learning Center, a Drug Free Zone....
96 Baggies of Marijuana in the Auto Leads to Delivery Charge
Daniel Scott Stewart, 28, of Brashear was arrested Wednesday following a traffic violation that caused law enforcement to note his nervous actions while being interviewed. The officer asked Stewart to exit the vehicle. When he did, marijuana residue was noted on the driver’s seat. Stewart said a large amount of marijuana was in the center console. Deputies located two glass jars containing 96 individual baggies with marijuana. Stewart...
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...
SCU Marijuana Bust Leads To More Problems For Sulphur Springs Man
Kelvin Dionn Harrison, 47, of Sulphur Springs was arrested Wednesday morning by Special Crimes Unit Detective Sergeant Tony Crouse on three charges. A caller, who asked to remain anonymous, informed Sgt. Crouse of suspicious activity taking place at an East Beckham Street residence. During an investigation of the property, Sgt. Crouse noticed from the street that marijuana plants were being grown outside the residence in plain...
Up In Smoke; Wildlife Management Area Marijuana Farm Near Cooper Destroyed
AUSTIN – Public hunters pursuing feral hogs at Cooper Wildlife Management Area in northeast Texas over the weekend stumbled upon a sophisticated marijuana growing encampment having more than 6,500 mature plants with a street value estimated at more than $6 million. Alerted by the public hunters, Texas game wardens led a multi-agency investigation of the well-established site tucked away in a remote swampy area of the 14,480-acre WMA...
Inmates Assist in Marijuana Harvest
Some hunters in the Cooper Lake Wildlife Management Area in Delta County discovered a large marijuana farm Saturday. They alerted game wardens. The farm contained an estimated 6,000 marijuana plants with a street value estimated at between $5,000,000 and $6,000,000. It is believed that four suspects may have been tending the farm. They remain at large at last report. Lee Glenn, a Hopkins County Jail employee who oversees inmate labor,...
Medical Marijuana Bill Considered by Texas Lawmakers
by Eva Hershaw, The Texas Tribune – April 28, 2015 A bill that that would allow epilepsy patients in Texas to use medicinal oils containing a therapeutic component found in marijuana was considered by state lawmakers in an emotional hearing on Tuesday. House Bill 892 would legalize oils containing CBD, a non-euphoric component of marijuana known to treat epilepsy and other chronic medical conditions. By 2018, the measure would...
Methamphetamine, Marijuana Found
A 35-year old Sulphur Springs man was arrested on two counts of possession of a controlled substance Sunday night. Lawmen, who responded to a disturbance in the 600 block of Church Street, found 13.1 grams of methamphetamine, quite a few pills and some marijuana. JP Yvonne King set bond for Donald Joseph Ballowe at $20,000 total. By Don Julian, KSST News and Sports Director
$294-thousand, Marijuana Found During Routine Traffic Stop
Cumby Reserve Police officer Paul Thompson stopped an eastbound vehicle on Interstate 30 for speeding Sunday. The odor of marijuana in the vehicle prompted a conversation. As he interviewed the two passengers from Missouri headed for Dallas, their stories didn’t match. Thompson called for Cumby police SGT. Paul Robertson to assist. The female passenger of the auto told Robertson that she and the male driver had marijuana in the car....
