Grand Jury Indicts 79
A Hopkins County Grand Jury handed up 79 indictments May 22, 2018. Indictments ranged from murder, sex abuse of child, assault, drugs, and a number of other charges. Those who have been arrested and are indicted include: Aaron Tyler Crum was indicted for murder. At an all-night get together on Pampa Street, an altercation led to the shooting death of Joshua Paul Cowling, 38. Arrested at the scene of the incident was Crum, 26. Crum is...
Concern for Welfare of Saltillo Man Led to His Arrest
When a welfare concern was called in to Sulphur Springs Police, an officer was dispatched to the 600 block of Bill Bradford Road where he found Jesse James Whitson, 28, of Saltillo, slumped over in the front seat of his vehicle. When Whitson was asked to exit his vehicle, the officer found a firearm in the front seat. Whitson, a convicted felon, also admitted to having marijuana in the vehicle. A search of the vehicle found a bag of...
Local Woman Arrested for Burglaries in Lamar, Delta Counties; Stolen Property, Meth Found at Time of Arrest
Lamar and Delta County Sheriff’s offices requested the assistance of Hopkins County Investigators and Deputies in an arrest and recovery of stolen property that solved two separate burglaries in those counties. All of the stolen property was recovered including guns, computers, and located methamphetamine, according to Hopkins County Investigator Dennis Findley. Findley stated that local law enforcement went to a residence on CR 3568...
80 Indictments Handed Up by Hopkins County Grand Jury in January
A Hopkins County Grand Jury handed up 80 indictments Wednesday. Sixty-eight (68) have been arrested. Those arrested and indicted include: Gavin Heath Gilbert was indicted for Murder and on four counts of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. Gilbert, 17, was been charged with one count of Murder and four counts of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. Gilbert is in Hopkins County Jail being held on a $2-million bond for murder...
Hopkins County Grand Jury Indicts 43 on August 1st
August 1, 2017 – A Hopkins County Grand Jury handed down 43 indictments Tuesday, August 1, 2017. Not all arrests have been made but those individuals who have been arrested and indicted include: Cedillo, 18, listed as homeless confessed to vandalizing the glass restroom on the west side of Celebration Plaza Wednesday night.. He stated that he shattered the glass with his ring. Cedillo wearing a ball cap and in the company of a...
Indictments Handed Down Wednesday, June 28, 2017
A Hopkins County Grand Jury handed down 47 indictments during their June session Wednesday, June 28, 2017. A variety of charges were involved including Aggravated Assault, Tamper Fabricate Evidence, Theft of a Firearm, Burglary of a Habitation, and others. Several arrests are pending but the indictments for those previously arrested include: Paige Spencer Whitworth was indicted for Aggravated Assault Date/Family/House with a Weapon....
Dafft Receives 25 Years in Plea Agreement
Thursday morning in Eighth Judicial District Court, Jesse Eugene Dafft, 56, received a sentence of 25 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice when he made a plea regarding his revocation of parole for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon. A drug case was taken into consideration in the plea agreement. When Cumby Police served the felony warrant for unlawful possession on Dafft at his Park Street Residence, they found...
Eight Indicted for Injury to a Child With Intent Bodily Injury; March Grand Jury Indictments
Injury Child/Elderly/Disable With Intent Bodily Injury led the list of indictments handed down by a Hopkins County Grand Jury Tuesday afternoon, March 29, 2017. A total of 39 indictments for various charges were handed down. Eight of the 39 were for Injury to a Child. Not all individuals indicted have been arrested. Those names are not published here. Indicted for Injury to a Child with Intent Bodily Injury were: Laci Marie Reichel,...
Busy Week for Eighth Judicial District Court
During two days of docket calls this week, several plea bargains were reached in Eighth Judicial District Court according to the District Attorney’s office. Chase Alan Harrison was arrested in possession of methamphetamine while on probation for Burglary of a Habitation. He was sentenced to 90 days in county jail as a sanction after which he will be sent to SAFP, a program for drug rehabilitation, for nine (9) months. He will remain...
Homeless Man Fires Weapon Near School
Gunshots fired in the vicinity of Douglas Intermediate School Tuesday resulted in a soft lockdown of the school and Sulphur Springs Police and Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies seeking the individual who fired the weapon. Police responded to a call that identified the individual as a male “…wearing a white T-shirt and black beanie running down Putman Street.” SSPD Sgt. Matt Glenn found the man on Jennings Street. In his possession...
