Local Man Arrested for Possession of 10-grams of Meth and More
January 5, 2019 – When Brandon Wayne Pehl, 35, of Sulphur Springs, was stopped by a Sulphur Springs Police officer for a traffic offense, his defensive attitude and shaking hand let the officer to ask consent to search the vehicle. The result was 10-grams of methamphetamine in Pehl’s clothing, 18-grams of THC wax, a handgun, and a misdemeanor amount of marijuana. Brandon Wayne Pehl The methamphetamine was located in...
Special Crimes Unit Investigations in Past Six Months Reflect Rise in Meth Use and Sales
Methamphetamine sales and use have increased during the last six months of 2018 according to the Sulphur Springs Special Crime Unit. Mark Estes, SCU officer, said methamphetamine has taken over the community and has become the focus for the unit. He stated that the unit is focused on all the Penalty Group 1 drugs which includes meth, heroin, and cocaine. Sulphur Springs Special Crimes Unit consisting of SSPD officers Estes and Joe...
Wood County Sheriff’s Report December 19-25, 2018
Wood County Sheriff’s Report for December 19, 2018 to December 25, 2018 includes: December 19th Deputies were dispatched to FM 17 near Yantis, at approximately 1:35 a.m., in reference to a noise complaint. Deputies located the activity and everything was OK. Deputies were dispatched to CR 4494 near Winnsboro, at approximately 12:57 p.m., in reference to an overdose. Deputies transported the individual to the hospital. Deputies were...
Man Arrested for Manufacture Delivery in DFZ Following a Controlled Buy of Methamphetamine
Derrick Matthew ‘BIGD’ Garcia Criminal Investigator Wade Sheets received information regarding a controlled buy of an illegal substance. Deputies set up at a location in the 300 block of East Shannon Road to await the arrival of Derrick Matthew Garcia, 31, of Mt Vernon. Garcia was arrested at the location where he claimed to be manager of the establishment. As the officer began a pat down of Garcia, the man told the...
Seventeen Indictments Handed Up By Hopkins County Grand Jury
Seventeen indictments were handed up by a Hopkins County Grand Jury this week. Indictments against those arrested include: Melissa Kathleen Page was indicted for Abandon Endanger Child Criminal Negligence. Special Crimes Unit assisted Child Protective Service Agents with an investigation regarding four children ages one to four years old. All tested positive for methamphetamine. The four children were in the care, custody, and control...
New York Man Held on $50,000 Bond
Ramon Mojica, Jr., 58, of New York, was attempting to purchase property at 151 Industrial Dr. East in Sulphur Springs Tuesday afternoon, December 18, 2018. He was using a false identification card. He also had narcotics in his possession. When Sulphur Springs Police made contact with Mojica, they found him to have a visual bag of green leafy substance suspected to be marijuana in plain sight. The odor of marijuana spurred a...
Local Man Attempts to Flee DPS on County Road
Fleeing a DPS Trooper on County Road 4724 at speeds between 60 and 70 miles per hour, Jose Alejandro Gomez-Murillo, 19, of Sulphur Springs failed to negotiate a 90-degree left turn and struck a fence. The vehicle came to rest in a ravine in a pasture. When taken into custody,Gomez-Murillo was smoking a marijuana cigarette. Later two clear plastic baggies containing suspected marijuana were found in the ravine where the vehicle,...
SCU Arrests Three for Possession; One Wanted in Rains County
December 18, 2018 – Three people were arrested Monday afternoon after Sulphur Springs Special Crimes Unit received information regarding the location of Nathan Josiah Gaby, 33, of Sulphur Springs. Gaby was wanted on a felony warrant. Officers observed a white passenger vehicle matching the description of Gaby’s personal vehicle at a residence in the 800 block of College Street. As the homeowner, Michaelea Dianne Moss, 32, was...
Cumby Officer Arrests South Carolina Residents for Drug Possession
Two South Carolina Residents are in Hopkins County Jail charged with State Jail Felony after they were charged with Possession of Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1, less than 1-gram. The charges came as a result of a traffic stop by Cumby Police on i-30 at the 110 mile marker. Joshua John Rockwood Joshua John Rockwood, 39, and Selina Marie Hope, 41, of Summerville, South Carolina were traveling eastbound at a high rate of speed in...
Texarkana Man Arrested on I-30 for Money Laundering
One bundle of U. S. currency was found in a black sock in the bottom of a suitcase. The second bundle was packaged with rubber bands and wrapped in a t-shirt within the suitcase. A large amount of scented dryer sheets were located in the backseat along with the currency. The find was made during a traffic stop on I-30 at the 125 mile marker Thursday night by a Hopkins County Deputy. The deputy stopped a 2010 Cadillac Deville for...
