A 18-year-old man was accused of trying to sell marijuana on the square allegedly tried to elude officers when contacted Saturday evening.

Sulphur Springs Police Officer Chad Norris was reportedly contacted about 8:20 p.m. July 20 by officer Tony Crouse, who was working on the square. Crouse alleged he was contacted by citizens who claimed a person asking if they wanted to buy marijuana had approached them.

Norris and Crouse contacted the suspect to investigate the claim. Crouse reportedly obtained permission to search the man’s backpack and instructed the man to sit on a bench in the 100 block of Main Street while he did so, according to arrest reports.

Norris assumed when the Sulphur Springs teen kicked off his house shoes that he was getting ready to run. Proving the officer’s suspicion to be correct, the man “jumped up and began running away,” the officer alleged in arrest reports.

“My natural reaction was to grab and detain him due to this suspicious behavior and him being very cooperative to this point. I went after the arrested person and grabbed him by his shirt. Arrested person continued to use his force to try and pull away and break my hold on his shirt. Crouse was able to help get the arrested person to the ground. Arrested person would not comply and give us his hands while on the ground,” Norris alleged in arrest reports.
The officers did eventually got him into handcuffs. A search of the backpack revealed a pint-sized Mason-type jar containing a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana.

Consequently, the 18-year-old Sulphur Springs man was arrested on a Class A misdemeanor charges of possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana in a drug-free zone, due to the location of the arrest within 1,000 feet of The ROC, a drug-free zone, and for resisting arrest, search or transport.

He remained in the county jail Monday morning. His bond was set at $2,000 on both misdemeanor charges, according to jail reports.

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A 21-year-old was arrested Sunday morning for the alleged assault of his stepfather at their Peach Street residence.

Sulphur Springs Police Officer Tyler Francis reported being dispatched at about 9:40 a.m. July 21 to the Peach Street address, where a disturbance had been reported. Francis alleged, in arrest reports, the man’s stepfather had redness, swelling and blood coming out of his right eye.

After further investigation, police determined the 21-year-old stepson to have been the aggressor in the disturbance, resulting in his arrest at 10:08 a.m. Sunday on the Class A misdemeanor family violence assault charge, according to arrest reports.

The 21-year-old Sulphur Springs man remained in Hopkins County jail Monday morning, July 21. Bond was set at $2,000 on the charge, according to jail reports.

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A physical altercation between brothers reportedly ended with an 18-year-old in custody Sunday night for assault.

A Woodbridge Drive resident complained about 6:45 p.m. July 21 of sons fighting again, according to reports. Upon arrival, Sulphur Springs policemen reported finding the 18-year-old resident had assaulted another family member, reportedly a younger brother, by striking the individual multiple times in the face with a closed fist, causing pain, Sulphur Springs Police Officer Brandon Murphy alleged police reports.

The family member allegedly assaulted had observable multiple red marks and abrasions on the face and chest, consistent with an assault. Officers discerned the teen to have been the aggressor in the physical altercation and consequently took him into custody on a Class A misdemeanor family violence assault causing bodily injury charge, according to arrest reports.

The 18-year-old remained in the county jail Monday morning. Bond on the misdemeanor assault charge was set at $2,000, according to jail reports.

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Three Sulphur Springs residents were taken into custody Tuesday by local officers on warrants, including two women arrested by police at the municipal court on misdemeanor warrants and a man held in another county’s jail on a felony Hopkins County warrant.

Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Steve Shing traveled to San Patricio County Jail and took Dylan Lee Reed, 22, of Sulphur Springs into custody at 3:36 p.m. Tuesday, July 23. Shing transported Reed to Hopkins County, where he was booked early Wednesday morning, on a warrant for violation of probation, which he was on for possession of a controlled substance, according to arrest reports. Reed was also noted in jail reports to be wanted in Wood County for driving while intoxicated. He was held in Hopkins County jail on the local charge Wednesday morning, July 24; bond on the Wood County charge was set at $10,000, according to jail reports.

Sulphur Springs Police Lt. Pat Leber took a 31-year-old Sulphur Springs woman into custody at 3:28 p.m. July 23 at the Municipal Court on an outstanding speeding warrant. She was released from jail later July 23 on the charge, according to jail reports.

Leber also took a 34-year-old Sulphur Springs woman into custody at 2:52 p.m. July 23 at the Municipal Court on two theft warrants, according to arrest reports. She remained in the county jail Wednesday morning, July 24, according to jail reports.

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Two Cedar Hill woman were arrested Wednesday night after officers found nearly 9 pounds of methamphetamine, a small quantity of marijuana and THC in their vehicle during an interstate traffic stop.

Sulphur Springs Police Cpl. Chris Rosamond conducted a traffic stop on a Volvo XC90 about 9:30 p.m. July 24 on Interstate 30 at mile mark 124. The driver was identified as 35-year-old Ashli Lanae Allen and the passenger as 31-year-old Brittney Jacher Hall. While contacting then, Rosamond reported smelling a marijuana odor. The driver allegedly admitted to having THC cartridges in the vehicle.

A probable cause search allegedly yielded a small amount of suspected marijuana and THC pens within reach of both occupants, and 8.9 pounds of suspected methamphetamine were found in a bag in the rear of the vehicle. Both denied ownership of the bag and were arrested for possession of more than 400 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance, Rosamond alleged in arrest reports.

Both women remained in the county jail Thursday afternoon; bond was set at $75,000 each on the felony controlled substance charge, according to jail reports.

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Sulphur Springs Police Office Sean Hoffman was made aware of two warrants for Joseph Daryl Passmore Jr.’s arrest. Hoffman went to the 30-year-old man’s Sulphur Springs residence at 2:45 p.m., served the warrants and took him into custody, according to arrest reports.

Passmore was booked into jail on a first-degree felony charge of continuous sexual abuse of a young child or children and a second degree felony indecency with a child charge, according to arrest reports.

He remained in the county jail Thursday afternoon, July 25; bond was set at $100,000 on the sexual abuse charge and $50,000 on the indecency charge, according to jail reports.

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A 27-year-old Garland man wanted for a parole violation reportedly lead police on a brief vehicle pursuit, which turned into a foot chase when the man crashed the car he was driving into a parked vehicle at an apartment complex. Suspected cocaine was also found in the vehicle he was driving.

Sulphur Springs Police Officer Brandon Murphy initiated a traffic stop on a Grand Marquis on North Jackson Street; the car pulled into a nursing home parking lot. The officer, in arrest reports, alleged the car sped away as he approached the driver’s side.

Murphy reported initiating a pursuit. The car reportedly continued through a field into an apartment complex parking lot, where it crashed into a parked vehicle.

Bystanders reportedly told Murphy that the driver had run south, back toward the nursing home. The man relayed the direction of travel and suspect description via radio to other officers.

Special Crimes Unit officers allegedly found the man attempting hide in vegetation behind the nursing home. Lt. Mark Estes escorted the man, identified in arrest reports as Jaspen Quayshawn Debase, to Murphy’s patrol vehicle to be transported to jail for evading arrest or detention with a motor vehicle, Murphy and Estes alleged in arrest reports.

A records check showed Debase to be wanted for violation of parole as well as unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, resulting in that being added to his charges, according to arrest reports.

While inventorying the car, police allegedly found a white substance believed to be cocaine in a plastic baggy in a Ritz cracker box. The baggy weighed 1.4 grams, resulting in an additional possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge, according to jail reports.

Debase remained in Hopkins County jail Friday morning, July 26. Bond was set at $20,000 each on the evading arrest and controlled substance charges. He was held on the warrants, according to jail reports.

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A 24-year-old Sulphur Springs man was arrested at 11:40 p.m. Thursday, at his West Industrial Drive residence, where he was accused of holding a 17-year-old against her will and choking her multiple times.

Sulphur Springs Police were dispatched at 11 p.m. July 25 to the 1500 block of West Industrial Drive, where an assault involving strangulation was alleged to have occurred. After learning the victim had fled to another location for help, they contacted her there.

Valle was accused of choking his girlfriend multiple times and of holding her in a bedroom at the residence against her will during an argument about a doctor’s appointment. The 17-year-old reportedly crawled out a bedroom window to get away from Valle to help, Sulphur Springs Police Cpl. Chris Rosamond noted in arrest reports.

The teen had “injuries consistent with strangulation,” and had “defensive contact injuries around her hands and fingers,” Rosamond alleged in reports. The young woman, who was reported to be pregnant, was transported to the hospital, according to arrest and offense reports.

Valle was contacted at his residence. He reportedly told officers the teen had a mental health disorder and had hit him in the face. He had a small scratch on his face, according to police reports.

A records check revealed warrants for his arrest for open container, no driver’s license and expired registration or license plates. Valle was taken into custody on all three warrants. He was also charged with family violence assault that impeded breathing.

Valle remained in custody Friday afternoon. His bond on the third-degree felony assault charge was set at $25,000, according to jail reports.

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An Arkansas man’s failure to signal his exit from Interstate 30 Friday afternoon caught the attention of Cumby police, who stopped him and ended up taking him to jail for third or more driving while intoxicated offense.

The Cumby officer stopped the maroon Chevrolet vehicle just off I-30 at exit 110. Upon contact with the driver, identified as James Derrick
Spires, the officer reported seeing a cup of alcohol in the center console and smelling alcohol coming from inside the vehicle. The 35-year-old Lonoke, Arkansas man allegedly admitted to having two beers. A search of the vehicle yielded three empty 25-ounce beer cans.

The Cumby officer conducted standard field sobriety tests, on which he alleged Spires showed a number of clues indicating intoxication. The vehicle was impounded and Spires was taken to jail, where a Sulphur Springs police officer administered an intoxilyzer test. Spires allegedly tested 0.116 and 0.118, both over the legal 0.08 limit, police alleged in arrest reports.

Spires was charged with third or more DWI offense. He remained in the county jail Saturday morning; bond on the third-degree felony charge was set at $20,000, according to jail reports.

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If his speeding wasn’t enough to garner the attention of police, nearly running into the back of the officer’s patrol vehicle will surely do so, a Pittsubrg man learned early Saturday morning.

Sulphur Springs police reportedly stopped the Chevrolet 2500 for driving 82 miles per hour in a 75 mph speed zone on Interstate 30 at mile marker 132 east at 12:05 a.m. July 27. The vehicle nearly struck the back of the patrol vehicle, causing the officer to take evasive action, Sulphur Springs Police Lt. Eddie Moon and Officer Buddy Williams alleged in arrest reports.

On contact, police alleged a strong alcohol odor was emitted from 23-year-old Pittsburg man’s breath and he also exhibited signs and indicators of being intoxicated on alcohol. He was taken into custody after failing all field sobriety tests administered. He blew 0.175 and 0.190 on breath tests, more than twice the legal 0.08 limit as well as over 0.15, which enhanced the charge DWI charge to a Class A misdemeanor offense, according to arrest reports.

He remained in the county jail late Saturday morning. His bond was set at $2,000 on the charge, according to jail reports.

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Sulphur Springs police were dispatched to check on a man reported to be “acting very unusual.” The 50-year-old Sulphur Springs man was alleged to be crawling on the ground in a parking lot in the 600 block of Bellview Street, running up and down the street.

Upon arrival, police found the a man who they reported was unsteady on his feet, had injuries to his elbows, slurred speech and resting nystagmus. The man claimed to have blood pressure and blood sugar issues, so EMS was called to check the man’s health status, police noted in arrest reports.

The man reportedly continued to be unsteady on his feet when walking to the ambulance, and was reported by EMS personnel to have a fast heartbeat, to be dehydrated and in the medical services person’s professional opinion appeared to be under the influence of something, officers alleged in arrest reports.

The arresting office also indicated he believed the man to be under the influence of some type of narcotic based on his behavior and status, and thus, a danger to himself and others in his condition. When he refused to go with EMS to the hospital, police placed him into custody and took him to jail for public intoxication, according to arrest reports.

Friday’s arrest marks the second time this month the man has been arrested by local authorities for public intoxication. He was also arrested July 12 on the Class C misdemeanor charge. Both times, he spent the night in jail and was released the next day, according to jail reports.

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A 36-year-old Durant, Oklahoma man’s decision to enter a closed pool in the pre-dawn hours Saturday reportedly earned him a police escort to the county jail.

Sulphur Springs police were dispatched at 3:34 a.m. to the 300 block of Helm Lane, where people were reported to be in the apartment pool after hours. An officer reportedly saw a man through the locked pool gate, where where he was alleged to be drinking and appeared to the officer to be intoxicated. The man was told to jump back over the fence, but declined to do so; the man was also instructed to stop cursing, but refused to do so, police alleged in arrest reports.

An apartment manager arrived to unlock the pool gate. Police alleged an alcohol odor could be smelled on the man’s breath, his eyes were bloodshot, his speech was slurred and he was unsteady on his feet. Believing the man to be a danger to himself, the man was taken into custody for public intoxication and disorderly conduct, according to arrest reports.

Police, in arrest reports, noted the man was too intoxicated to answer questions and was placed into a V-cell per jail staff due to his agitation.

The 36-year-old Oklahoma man was also was found to be wanted on an outstanding driving without being secured by safety belt. The fee owed on the charge was $338, according to arrest reports. He remained in the county jail Saturday afternoon, according to jail reports.

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A routine traffic stop on South Hillcrest Drive in Sulphur Springs early Saturday morning reportedly resulted in one misdemeanor traffic arrest and detention of three Mexico citizens, who allegedly entered the country illegally, according to police reports.

Sulphur Springs Police Lt. Eddie Moon and Sgt. Joshua Shufeldt reportedly conducted a traffic stop on a Dodge Challenger at 4:32 a.m. July 27, in the 1200 block of South Hillcrest Drive, after the driver failed to signal a turn, according to arrest reports.

Three passengers, whose places of residence were listed as “unknown” in arrest reports were reported to be citizens of Mexico; the men were reported to all be in their mid-20s, according to police reports. Upon investigation, the officers alleged in arrest reports, the three Mexico citizens were determined to have entered the United States illegally, and were being transported to Georgia for $700.

The SSPD officers reportedly contacted the ICE agent for this area; the agent responded. The three Mexican citizens were released to the ICE agent July 27, according to police reports.

An Auburn, Georgia man also in the car was reportedly not wearing a seat belt, resulting in him being taken into custody and jail on the misdemeanor traffic charge, according to the police reports.

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A 24-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was arrested Saturday night for drunk driving after allegedly driving through two yards before crashing the Chrysler 300 she was driving into a tree on College Street.

Sulphur Springs police were dispatched at 11:08 p.m. July 27 to what was reported as a vehicle crash in the 1200 block of College Street. Officers located the woman, who had reportedly been driving her car east on College Street, where it went through two yards then struck a tree.

Officers alleged alcohol could be smelled on her breath and she exhibited signs and indicators of intoxication, including having slurred speech, being very unsteady oh her feet, stumbling and having bloodshot eyes.

Police reported finding an open Gentleman Jack Whiskey bottle in the car, with about 3/4 of the liquid in the container missing. She allegedly admitted to consuming over half of its contents, then failed all field sobriety tests given. At the jail, she agreed to a blood draw for testing. She was alleged to be uncooperative upon arrival at the jail, resulting in her being placed into a V-cell.

She was released from jail Sunday on $1,000 bond on the Class B misdemeanor driving while intoxicated with open container charge, according to jail reports.

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Two Hopkins County women were arrested Saturday evening at Walmart for theft, including one whose charge was enhanced to a felony offense due to prior convictions. A Cumby pair was also arrested at the store Sunday for theft, according to police reports.

Police were dispatched to the store to a report of people causing a disturbance. Upon arrival, asset protection staff alleged the pair selected items, concealed them and passed all points of sale without paying for them. Total value of the recovered items was less than $100, Sulphur Springs Police Lt. Eddie Moon and Sgt. Joshua Shufeldt alleged in arrest reports.

Alberta Lene Duffey, 60, of Sulphur Springs was arrested at 8:30 p.m. July 27 on a felony theft charge due to two previous convictions, making the charge a stated jail felony offense; she remained in the county jail Monday morning in lieu of $5,000 bond on the state jail felony charge, according to jail and arrest reports.

The 54-year-old Como woman with her was charged with misdemeanor theft; she remained in jail early Monday morning in lieu of $1,000 bond on the misdemeanor charge, according to arrest and jail reports.

At about 8:40 p.m. Sunday, police were again dispatched to Walmart, where a theft had been reported.

Upon arrival, asset protection staff at the store alleged two people walked to the self-checkout. They allegedly paid less than $2 for two of the nearly $500 worth of items they attempted to leave the store with, according to police reports.

Consequently, the 28-year-old Cumby man and 50-year-old Cumby woman were arrested on the Class B charge of theft of items valued at more than $100 but less than $750, according to arrest reports. Both Cumby residents remained in the county jail Monday morning in lieu of $1,000 bond on the charge, according to jail reports.

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The block of South Broadway Street shut down Tuesday from Drexel Drive to McCann Street in the area of Sonic and Alliance Bank was once again open to traffic by about 5 p.m. Tuesday, according to Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jason Ricketson.

“We hit the gas service while doing a small sewer project. We had called for locates and they failed to locate a gas service,” according to Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell.

Officials urged motorists traveling in the area to use an alternate route when traveling in the area to allow crews to safely work to correct the problem.

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George Edward Stribling’s arrest by police on a parole warrant Tuesday afternoon marked the second time the 55-year-old Sulphur Springs man has been booked into Hopkins County jail this week.

Stribling was first arrested on July 26 for possession of drug paraphernalia. He spent the night in the county jail and was released Saturday on the charge, according to jail reports.

Sulphur Springs Police Officer Sean Hoffman was reportedly contacted Tuesday to help serve Stribling with the warrant. Hoffman located Stribling at his Moore Street residence and took him into custody at 3:19 p.m. July 30, on the violation of parole warrant, according to arrest reports. Stribling remained in the county jail Wednesday, July 31, on the charge, according to jail reports.

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A suspicious person complaint Wednesday morning lead police to a Sulphur Springs man who allegedly had methamphetamine and pills in his pockets, marking the second time the man has been arrested on a controlled substance charge in less than a week, according to arrest and jail reports.

Sulphur Springs Police Officer Adrian Pruitt reported finding what appeared to be a man sleeping in a red Audi upon arrival at 7:10 a.m. in the 1200 block of South Hillcrest Drive, where a suspicious person had been reported. Pruitt woke the man up and, while talking to him, patted him down; a crystal-like substance the officer believed to be methamphetamine was found in a piece of a Latex glove and several pills were found in a plastic bag in his pockets, Pruitt alleged in arrest reports.

Consequently, 32-year-old Sean Lee Cain was arrested for possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance and taken to jail; the car was impounded and towed from the location. Cain remained in the county jail Thursday morning on the charge, according to jail reports.

Wednesday marks the second time Cain has been booked into the county jail in the last week. He was first arrested on Friday, July 26, for unlawful carrying of a weapon and possession of less than 28 grams of a Penalty Group 3 controlled substance. He was released from jail on $2,000 each for both charges on July 27, according to jail reports.

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A 36-year-old Mount Pleasant man was arrested Thursday for driving while intoxicated, marking at least his third drunk driving offense; he and the 36-year-old passenger were also charged with possession of less than 28 grams of a Penalty Group 3 controlled substance after police found three different types of pills were found in the pair’s vehicle.

The pair was reported for reckless driving a Chevrolet Silverado in the 1300 block of South Hillcrest Drive at noon Aug. 1. Sulphur Springs Police Officer Jameison Hawkins reportedly spoke with a witness to the alleged reckless driving and the driver, identified in arrest reports as 36-year-old Ashley Rex Hightower of Mount Pleasant.

Hightower was alleged to be very unsteady on his feet, to have glassy eyes and slurred speech. When Hightower failed standard field sobriety tests, the officer placed him into custody, Hawkins and SSPD Officer Adrian Pruitt alleged in arrest reports.

The passenger, identified in arrest reports as 36-year-old Benjamen Bower Walker of Mount Pleasant, reportedly gave the officers permission to search two restaurant bags that were removed from the vehicle. Officers alleged a bag containing several pills as well as a medication bottle with a faded prescription label was found in the food bags. The pills were identified as Alprazolam and oxycodone, according to arrest reports. Both Hightower and Walker were taken into custody for possession of less than 28 grams of a Penalty Group 3 controlled substance. Several hydrocodone pills were also alleged to have been found in an Aleve bottle during an inventory of the truck, the officers noted in arrest reports.

Upon arrival at the county jail, Hightower allegedly refused to submit to a blood test, so the officers sought and obtained a blood search warrant, requiring the test. Hightower was taken to CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs, where a blood sample was drawn at 1:35 p.m. Aug. 1. Hightower was then transported back to jail, where he was also booked for third or more DWI offense, Hawkins and Pruitt alleged in arrest reports.

Both remained in the county jail Friday morning, Aug. 2. Hightower’s bond was set at $10,000 on the DWI charge. Bond on the controlled substance charge was set at $2,000, according to jail reports.

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A 20-year-old Brashear man was jailed Thursday morning for allegedly stealing two checks and forging them for a total of more than $600 on his former employers’ accounts, according to arrest reports.

Two men told police they suspected Trent David Floyd Wolfe was responsible for passing and cashing two checks, which were forge to their accounts. At least one of the alleged victims told police he confronted Wolfe, who they claim later admitted he had taken the checks, written them and passed them, Sulphur Springs Police Lt Rusty Stillwagoner alleged in arrest reports.

A check of video surveillance at the bank where the checks were passed showed Wolfe at the bank passing the checks on the victims’ accounts without their permission, Stillwagoner alleged in reports.

Wolfe was interviewed by Stillwagoner. Wolfe allegedly confessed to the police investigators that he stole, wrote and passed the checks. Wolfe was arrested at 8:04 a.m. Aug. 1 on two forgery charges; the offenses are alleged to have occurred in June, according to arrest reports.

Wolfe remained in the county jail Friday morning, Aug. 2. Bond was set at $5,000 each on the two forgery charges, according to jail reports.

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