2 Hopkins County Jail Inmates Served With Indictments
Two Hopkins County jail inmates were served with indictments Tuesday, according to arrest reports. Jordan Matthew Williams (HCSO jail photo) Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Kevin Lester served Jordan Matthew Williams at 10:15 a.m. Dec. 29, 2020, at the county jail with two third-degree felony indictments for indecency with a child by exposure. The offenses are alleged to have occurred in August of 2019. The 23-year-old...
State Highway 19 Traffic Stop Results In 2 Arrests
A State Highway 19 traffic stop resulted in two arrests early Wednesday morning, according to arrest reports. Chelsie Nicole Birdsong March, 2017 Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Aaron Chaney reported a Toyota Camry first caught his attention when the driver failed to dim the car’s high beam lights when it passed him on SH 19 north at County Road 4760. As it passed, Chaney noticed the car also had a defective tail...
Assault Investigation Results In Controlled Substance Arrest
An assault investigation resulted in the alleged victim going to jail on a controlled substance charge Monday night, according to police reports. Jose Alejandro Gomez-Murillo Sulphur Springs Police officers responded at 8:42 p.m. to a call alleging four males exited a black Chrysler 300 and appeared to have assaulted the driver of a black Chrysler 200. Upon contact with the 21-year-old driver of the Chrysler 200 at a gas station in...
Cooper Man Accused of Mail Theft And A Home Burglary
Deputies arrested a 40-year-old Cooper man, who appeared to be sleeping in his vehicle at the roadside following what is believed to be a crime spree involving mail theft and a home burglary. The arrest marked the third time the man has been booked into Hopkins County jail in the last five months. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Communications Operators advised deputies of a report of a suspicious vehicle near a County Road 1187...
Several Controlled Substance, Alcohol Arrests
Local authorities have reported several controlled substance and alcohol arrests over the last week, including a DWI crash, a man accused of possession of a controlled substance in a correctional facility and at least three others on controlled substance charges and four on DWI charges, according to sheriff’s reports. DWI Crash On College Street A 51-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was arrested on a second driving while...
Cumby Man Allegedly Caught Stealing Cooler
A 23-year-old was allegedly caught stealing a cooler Thursday, according to police reports. Cumby Police Chief Paul Robertson reported spotting the Cumby man around 11 a.m. December 10, 2020 outside a West Main Street residence struggling to remove a cable attaching a cooler to the bed of a pickup. Robertson in arrest reports wrote that he recognized the man as a “known thief and drug user.” The police chief noted the man...
Houston Man Caught With 1 Kilogram Of Cocaine
A 32-year-old Houston man was caught with 1 kilogram of cocaine, police alleged Wednesday night. A 44-year-old Sulphur Springs man was also arrested Wednesday night on an unrelated controlled substance charge. I-30 Traffic Stop Sulphur Springs Police Officer Cleve Williams stopped a Dodge Charger at 8:32 p.m. December 9, 2020 on Interstate 30 at mile marker 130 for a traffic violation. The driver was found to be in possession of 2.2...
3 Jailed On Unrelated Controlled Substance Charges
December 8, 2020 – Three people were jailed on unrelated controlled substance charges over the past 2 days, according to arrest reports. Main Street Traffic Stop Earnest Miller Johnson (HCSO jail photo) Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Tanner Steward reported stopping 48-year-old Earnest Miller Johnson of Sulphur Springs at 10:16 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7, on Main Street at Davis Street for failure to stop. The Dodge 1500 he...
Female Allegedly Choked During CR 4772 Altercation
A female was allegedly choked to the point she couldn’t breath during a CR 4772 altercation Thursday afternoon. A 21-year-old Sulphur Springs man was arrested on a felony assault charge. Dequarian Terran Pitts (HCSO jail photo) A Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office communications operator dispatched deputies at 1:34 p.m. to County Road 4772, where an active disturbance was reported. Dispatchers advised they’d received...
Man Accused Of Consuming Contraband While Being Processed Into Jail
A39-year-old Sulphur Springs man arrested Tuesday night on a controlled substance charge ended up in the emergency room after allegedly consuming contraband while being processed into jail, according to arrest reports. A 27-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was also jailed on a controlled substance charge Nov. 27, 2020. East Beckham Street Traffic Stop Cedric Dwight Mosley (HCSO jail photo) Sulphur Springs Police Office Robble Acosta and...
