Two Sulphur Springs residents, each wanted on a misdemeanor charge, were accused of trying to leave Walmart Friday night with more than $100 worth of items they failed to pay for when ringing up items in the self-check area, according to arrest reports.

Sulphur Springs police were dispatched at 9:05 p.m. to Walmart, where a man and woman were reportedly detained by store personnel for theft. The officer was told the 29-year-old Sulphur Springs man and 37-year-old Sulphur Springs woman scanned and paid for some items they had selected in the store at the self checkout line, but had several more items that were not scanned and paid for in their possession when they passed all points of sale to leave the business, police wrote in arrest reports. The items not paid for were reportedly valued at more than $100, resulting in both being arrested on the misdemeanor charge, the officer alleged in arrest reports.

The woman was also found during a records check to be wanted on a warrant for parent contributing to truancy, while the man was found to wanted on a failure to maintain financial responsibility charge, according to arrest reports.

Both remained in the county jail Saturday. Bond on the theft charge was set at $1,000 each, according to jail reports.

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Two men were booked into Hopkins County jail Saturday on unrelated felony warrants, according to jail reports.

Cumby Police Officer Zack Steward arrested 35-year-old Daniel Garza of Grand Prairie man at 4:12 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, on a Tarrant County possession of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance warrant, according to arrest reports.

Garza was in a Chevrolet 1500 pickup Steward stopped on Interstate 30 east at mile marker 114 for a traffic violation. A records check showed the outstanding warrant for Garza’s arrest, resulting in the Cumby officer taking the Grand Prairie man into custody and jail on the charge, the officer alleged in arrest reports.

Garza remained in Hopkins County jail Monday morning. Bond on the Tarrant County controlled substance charge was set at $30,0000, according to jail reports.

Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Terry Bevill traveled to Collin County, where 37-year-old Richard Otto Hall Jr. of Pickton was being held on a Hopkins County warrant.

Bevill took Hall into custody at 1:55 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, at Collin County Sheriff’s Office and transported him to Hopkins County Law Enforcement Center. Hall was booked into the county jail on a warrant for violation of probation, which he was on for possession of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance in a drug-free zone, according to arrest and jail reports. The offense was alleged in arrest reports to have occurred on Feb. 28.

Hall remained in the county jail Monday morning on the charge, according to jail reports.

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A 23-year-old woman allegedly consumed alcohol on the premises of a local truck stop and displayed aggressive behavior toward officers who located her at another. She was arrested Saturday night, according to police reports.

Sulphur Springs police were told the woman purchased alcohol and a stick of beef jerky, then began drinking the alcohol inside Pilot Travel Center. When told by store staff not consume the alcohol in the store, she allegedly told them she didn’t care if she went to jail. She reportedly continued to drink the beverage while trying to exit the store, falling into the door before getting it open and leaving, police alleged in arrest reports.

Police attempted to locate the woman, who they were told was last seen walking toward the truck parking area. They were unable to locate her.

A short time later, the woman was reported to have reentered the South Hillcrest Drive business. When police arrived, however, they were told the woman yet again had left, reportedly walking across the highway to Love’s Travel Stop, officers alleged in arrest reports.

The woman was reportedly inside Love’s when police arrived. Police spotted a woman matching the description given for the suspect in a beer cooler. As an officer approached her, the woman allegedly threatened to punch him in the face and became verbally aggressive toward him.

The officers alleged an alcohol odor could be smelled on her breath as she spoke with slurred speech. When asked about the alcohol consumption, she allegedly admitted to eating a stick of beef, which the officer believed confirmed she was the woman from Pilot, who had purchased beef jerky.

Once officers got her outside, they alleged the woman continued to shout and curse, after being warned multiple times to cease doing so. The officer, in arrest reports, claims when he asked her if he could perform horizontal gaze nystamus tests, the woman told him he could, but continued shouting and arguing with the policeman, preventing him twice from administering the HGN test to her.

The woman then allegedly stepped close to the officer, accidentally spitting on him. The officer alleged, in arrest reports, that when he asked her to step back and not spit again she placed her fingers to her mouth and made a hand gesture of spitting, causing more spit to strike the officer in the face.

The woman was placed into handcuffs and taken into custody for public intoxication about 11:45 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3. Upon arrival at the jail, the policeman requested an inmate clean out the back of his patrol vehicle, where he alleged the woman had spit in multiple locations, he noted in arrest reports.

The 23-year-old allegedly refused to provide any more information than her name and date of birth, and had no ID on her, preventing officials from completing the portion of the arrest report containing her address and other personal information.

The 23-year-old was released from jail on the public intoxication charge Sunday.

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A 39-year-old Sulphur Springs woman’s inauspicious parking job at a bank ATM at 2:18 Sunday morning, Aug. 4, caught a police patrol officer’s attention and ended with her arrest.

When the Sulphur Springs police officer went to check out the suspiciously parked Ford Explorer, he reported finding a woman on the phone, holding a credit/debit card. She allegedly said she was having issues with the ATM. The officer noticed thick-tongued, slurred speech and her glossy eyes. The officer, in arrest reports, further claimed the woman emitted an alcohol odor.

The patrolman reportedly asked the 39-year-old woman to step out of the SUV. He then performed horizontal gaze nystagmus tests; she showed 6 out of 6 clues of intoxication. She was already swaying and having trouble standing up straight while he conducted the HGN tests, so the officer, out of concern for the woman’s safety, opted not to perform walk-and-turn and one-legged stand tests, police alleged in arrest reports.

The woman reportedly allowed the officer to properly park and secure her vehicle at the bank just off South Broadway Street, then took her to jail. She was booked for public intoxication.

She was released from the county jail later Sunday, Aug. 4, according to jail reports.

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The Hopkins County Grand Jury during the August session signed at least 40 indictments naming at least 32 different individuals in the charges, including four individuals accused of more than one offense and in other instances more than one person implicated in the same offense.

The majority of the indictments were for alleged controlled substance charges. The rest range from abandoning or endangering a child and assault of a family or household member that impedes breathing to unauthorized use of a vehicle, sex offender failure in duty to register, tampering with evidence and theft offenses.

Indicted for unauthorized use of a vehicle was Michael Allen Coker, 51, of Sulphur Springs. Coker was arrested on May 28 by a state trooper, who alleged he had stopped Coker for speeding on Interstate 30 and a records check showed the car Coker was driving had been reported to Paris police as stolen. Paris police were contacted. A Paris Police Department detective said the owner of the car reportedly left it running while he went inside a Paris store; the car was missing when he walked back outside, the trooper alleged in the May arrest reports. Coker remained in the county jail Monday, Aug. 5; his bond on the stolen vehicle charge was set at $5,000, according to jail reports.

Vincent Raymond Davis, 52, of Sulphur Springs was indicted during the Aug. 1 grand jury session for failure to comply with sex offender duty to register. Davis was taken into custody and held in Tarrant County jail on the charge until a Hopkins County deputy transported him to Hopkins County jail on July 8. The offense was alleged to have occurred on June 11, according to arrest reports. He remained in Hopkins County jail Aug. 5, in lieu of $100,000 bond on the charge, according to jail reports

Indicted for abandoning or endangering a child was Patrick Mondrell Hood, 45, of Sulphur Springs. Hood was arrested July 9 on a warrant alleging the charge. The warrant was obtained following an investigation by Sulphur Springs-Hopkins County Special Crimes Unit investigators and Child Protective Services personnel. Hood remained in the county jail Monday, Aug. 5. Bond on the charge was set at $15,000, according to jail reports.

Thea Colynn Patterson, 18, of Sulphur Springs was indicted for tampering with or fabricating physical evidence. She was one of five individuals arrested after deputies found suspected methamphetamine, Ecstasy pills, marijuana and drug paraphernalia during a May 20 traffic stop on State Highway 11. In the grass next to the vehicle, the deputy reported finding a clear glass pipe of the kind commonly used for smoking meth in the grass next to the vehicle; Patterson later claimed the pipe, resulting in the tampering charge, police alleged in arrest reports. She was released from jail on $10,000 bond on the tampering charge on May 27, according to jail reports.

Indicted for theft of property valued at $2,500 or more but less than $30,000 was Heriberto Reyes. The 33-year-old Jonesboro, Arkansas man was arrested May 16 and released from jail later that day on $5,000 bond on the charge, according to arrest and jail reports.

He was reportedly hauling a cargo trailer; a records check using its identification number showed it had been reported to Benton, Arkansas authorities in 2017 as stolen, a police detective said following Reyes’ arrest. Reyes allegedly told police he bought the trailer about a month before from an individual in Memphis. He reportedly had in his possession a “certificate of origin” for the trailer, but it was not registered to him, according to police reports.

Nathaniel Dion Smith Jr. was indicted for possession of 4 ounces or more but less than 5 pounds of marijuana. Special Crimes Unit and the local SWAT Team assisted Texas Department of Public Safety Narcotics Team in serving a search warrant at a Drexel Drive residence on Nov. 8, 2018. During the search, a pistol, approximately $10,000 in US currency and marijuana were allegedly found at the location. The search came as a result of a Texas DPS investigation concerning marijuana being shipped from Fresno, California to be sold in Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County. Smith, 29 at the time, was arrested at the location on a marijuana possession charge, according to reports following the 2018 arrest. The Sulphur Springs man was released from jail on $10,000 bond on the charge on Nov. 9, 2018, according to jail reports.

Indicted for failure to comply with sex offender’s duty to register was Vernon Vincent Vaughan III. A sheriff’s investigator alleged the 42-year-old Sulphur Springs man, a convicted sex offender, did not report his address change with his primary registration authority, the sheriff’s office, 7 days prior to a new change of address, as required by Chapter 62 of the Code of Criminal Procedures. The investigator located Vaughan on July 8 on West Industrial Drive, allegedly his new address, and arrested him. He remained in Hopkins County jail Aug. 5; bond on the charge was set at $10,000, according to jail reports.

Amanda Lanell Shanks was indicted on six separate charges: two for manufacture or delivery of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance; and one each for manufacture or delivery of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance, tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, possession of 4 grams of more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance and prohibited substance or item in a correctional, civic or community facility. The 31-year-old woman has remained in the county jail since her arrest May 12 on the charges.

She was reportedly the front seat passenger in a vehicle stopped by police around 2:45 a.m. May 12 on East Industrial Drive. Shanks was allegedly seen reaching into the floorboard and looking around, as if concealing something, as the car stopped, officers alleged in arrest reports. A female jailer was requested to conducted a search of Shanks; a bulge in her pants turned out to be a small black handbag containing a substance packaged in a form suspected to be a controlled substance. Shanks admitted the suspected substance was to be delivered to another person, police alleged in arrest reports. The substance tested negative for controlled substances; Shanks was arrested for having a simulated controlled substance, police alleged in reports. The manufacture or delivery warrants were added, along with the other charges she was indicted on in August.

Kayla Marie Sessums and Raymond Antonio Sheard were indicted for possession of more than 400 grams of a Penalty Group 2 controlled substance. The pair was accused of having about 1.5 pound of THC product, marijuana packaged for sale and firearms when stopped Nov. 21, 2018, for a traffic violation on Interstate 30, according to arrest reports. Sessums was released from jail later that day; her bond was set at $30,000. Sheard was released from jail on $45,000 bond on Nov. 24, 2018, according to jail reports.

Also indicted was Gerardo Rubio Martinez on an assault of a family or household member that impeded breathing or circulation charge. He was accused of placing his hands around the neck of his 32-year-old girlfriend and applying continuous force for approximately 15 seconds, preventing her from breathing, police alleged in arrest reports. He was arrested June 22 and released from jail June 24 on $30,000 bond, according to jail reports.

The remained of the indictments were for controlled substance charges, including:

• Samantha Deann Lee and Eddie Malone — possession of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance.
• David Glen Self — possession of 4 grams of more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance and for possession of 4 grams or more but less than 400 grams of a Penalty Group 2 controlled substance.
• Timothy Alan Goss — possession of 4 grams ore more but less than 400 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance.
• Cameron Bain — possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance and for possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance.
• Natalia Malia Kincaid — possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of Penalty Group 1 controlled substance.
• Cathy Sue Pichardo, Curtis Leroy Marler and Steffany Lynne Taylor — possession of 1 gram ore more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance in a drug-free zone.
• Martin Lee Contreras and John David McGee Jr. — possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance in a drug-free zone.
• Rebecca L. Maiello — two possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charges.
• Kalen Reigh Halbert, Amanda Kay Burleson-Knutson, Marquise Alfredo Hernandez, Tracy Odell Marshall, Melissa Mask Roberson, Leobardo Sanchez, Daryl Christopher White, Mario Tremaine Small and Randy Lynn Webb — possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance.

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Sulphur Springs City Council Tuesday night agreed to change the way the city’s vehicle fleet is attained and managed in the future, a measure estimated to be a significant cost savings to the city.

The City Council approved Resolution No. 1173, which gives City Manager Marc Maxwell authority to handle details to switch from purchasing and maintaining city vehicles to a lease agreement in which Enterprise Fleet Management would finance and manage the city’s fleet.

The matter was first discussed during the July council meeting.

Rami Saad with Enterprise Fleet Management in July asked the city to consider using the company to handle those services for the city.

Saad said Enterprise Fleet Management currently has more than 1,000 government clients and manages over 73,000 vehicles for them. In Texas, the company has more than 90 clients, with more than 7,500 vehicles they oversee.

The benefit to clients, Saad told the council at the July meeting, is to utilize Enterprise’s network infrastructure to reduce costs and streamline the fleet management and replacement process. He explained a schedule for replacing city vehicles over three years and potential savings for doing so. Reducing the age of the vehicles in the fleet, Saad said, will helped reduce costs in maintenance and expenses while improving safety of the vehicles in the fleet.

City Finance Director Lesa Smith told the council at the July meeting that the city department heads, after looking into the matter, were in agreement in recommending the program. Based on the estimates provided, an agreement with Enterprise would save the city money in costs of maintaining older vehicles.

After discussion, the city council at the July meeting opted to table the matter, requesting further study be conducted and additional information and options provided by city staff.

Maxwell said at the July meeting Moore had many questions regarding the program, but the primary one was whether Enterprise could purchase the vehicles at a price lower than what the city could independently.

To address than, city officials asked Enterprise to provide figures on how much the company paid for five specific vehicles, the models most recently purchased by the city. A comparison showed a “significant saving on a couple of the vehicles, the savings approaching 25 percent,” the city manager told the council Tuesday evening.

“I showed the table to Councilman Moore, He’s satisfied it will in fact save us money. If he were here, the discussion would be a little bit different than it was last time,” Maxwell told the council Tuesday night, noting Moore’s absence from Tuesday’s meeting.

“Last time, I had it tabled because it seemed like it was going to have a back and forth between Doug and Enterprise. That also gave me time to talk to Doug — Mr. Moore. Doing so, I consulted with my son and the company that my company leases vehicles from. It’s hands down, it’s not even a question whether we should do this,” City Councilman Jimmy Lucas said Tuesday.

Lucas said he had lengthy discussions with his son and discussion with Moore regarding the matter.

“I wanted to make sure were were making the right decision, because once we start going this direction, I want to stay going that direction,” Lucas said.

Councilman John Sellers, who was unable to attend the July meeting, asked if other leasing agencies had been contacted.

“I had understood from my leasing company, that my company leases from, what we were doing, they were the best. That came from my leasing company,” Lucas noted.

“Enterprise Fleet Management has a contract for a purchasing cooperative, that’s why. They’re the lowest,” Smith said.

“I just didn’t know about the local dealers, have we talked to any that have leasing situations?” Sellers replied.

The resolution authorizing Maxwell to “executive master agreement Enterprise Fleet Management to finance and manage the replacement of the City’s” vehicle fleet was approved on a 5-0 vote; Councilmen Doug Moore and Freddie Taylor were not in attendance at the meeting.

“Next year’s budget just got better by about $200,000,” Maxwell quipped after the motion passed.

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A complaint about a major crash on Gilmer Street Wednesday afternoon resulted in a 37-year-old Sulphur Springs woman’s arrest.

Upon arrival in the 1000 block of Gilmer Street about 1:45 p.m. Aug. 7, Sulphur Springs police reported finding the woman, who was unable to get out of a Chevrolet Equinox. The woman was responsive, but did not seem to be aware of her surroundings, police alleged in arrest reports.

The officer, in reports, said he tried to get the woman to unlock the door of the vehicle, but she wouldn’t open it. Sulphur Springs firefighters were able to get the vehicle unlocked to start treating the woman. That, police alleged, allowed officers to see several oval-shaped pills in the driver’s side floorboard inside the sport utility vehicle. A baggy with more pills was located in the driver’s side door pocket and other pills were found in the console, police alleged in arrest reports.

One type of pill allegedly had 176 imprinted on one side, which officers found identified it as acetaminophen and hydrocodone, a controlled substance; and the other pills had L484 imprinted on one side of them, identifying them as acetaminophen, which is not a controlled substance. The woman did not have a prescription for the narcotic, according to police reports.

She refused to go with EMS and was, thus, transported to the county jail, where she was booked on the Class A misdemeanor charge possession of less than 28 grams of a Penalty Group 3 controlled substance, according to arrest reports.

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A vehicle reportedly involved in a pursuit that started in Rockwall, TX was located by Sulphur Springs police at 7 Star Truck Stop late Thursday night. Authorities had already called off the pursuit when the vehicle was located. The blue Kia Forte was impounded and at least two people were arrested on one misdemeanor charge each, according to arrest reports.

Sulphur Springs police responded to a complaint of suspected intoxicated people at the West Shannon Road truck stop at 10:48 p.m. Their car matched the description of the wanted vehicle. There were at least two women traveling together with the vehicle.

One officer contacted a 40-year-old woman, identified as the driver of the car. She was alleged to be unstable on her feet, displayed heavy eyes and slurred speech. However, the officer reported smelling no alcohol as she spoke. She did display all six clues of intoxication on horizontal gaze nystagmus tests, leading the officer to believe she was under the influence of narcotics and, thus, represented a danger to herself and others, the officer alleged in arrest reports.

The second patrol officer contacted a female passenger in the car. He claimed in arrest reports that he noticed a red plastic bag that contained a crystal-like residue between her door and the seat she was sitting in. Thus, a probable cause search was conducted. The officer alleged a glass pipe of the kind commonly used to smoke crack cocaine and another red plastic bag with a brown residue were found. The passenger, a 36-year-old Dallas woman, was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia.

The driver allegedly admitted to using heroine earlier in the day, one officer alleged in arrest reports. Police alleged the 40-year-old’s physical state continued to deteriorate while he was in contact with her, so EMS was called to evaluate her. She was administered Narcan, a medication that can help reverse an opioid overdose, and was transported to the local emergency room due to her level of narcotics intoxication, according to arrest reports.

Once released from the hospital, the 40-year-old was transferred to jail, where she was booked for public intoxication.

The car, which was reportedly blocking the fuel pumps, was impounded.

Both remained in the county jail Friday morning, according to jail reports.

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A 31-year-old Oklahoma woman, one of a pair arrested for possessing drug paraphernalia, ended up with a felony charge after a corrections officer found a bag of suspected methamphetamine in her pocket while being booked into the county jail, according to arrest reports.

Sulphur Springs Police Officer Adrian Pruitt reportedly conducted a Ford F150 at 1:33 p.m. Aug. 9 in the 400 block of Texas Street. He contacted the driver, a 35-year-old man who refused to tell the officer his address. Pruitt alleged the driver to appear “extremely nervous” and admitted to having a marijuana cigarette in the truck.

A probable cause search of the pickup allegedly yielded a marijuana cigarette and a glass pipe used as a marijuana bong. Both the driver and the passenger were taken into custody and transported to jail on the misdemeanor charge of possession of drug paraphernalia, Pruitt alleged in arrest reports.

A jail corrections officer alleged finding a bag containing a white, crystal-like substance believed to be methamphetamine in the 31-year-old Guthrie, Oklahoma woman’s pocket. Consequently, Mary Elizabeth McDonald was also charged with possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance in a drug-free zone, according to arrest reports.

The driver was released from jail later Friday. McDonald remained in the county jail Saturday morning, Aug. 10. Her bond on the controlled substance charge was set at $10,000, according to jail reports.

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An 18-year-old Arlington man was arrested early Saturday morning, after an alert by a police canine revealed a container with bags of marijuana and pills inside of it in the car he was driving, according to arrest reports.

A Cumby police officer, identified in reports only as Officer Geer, reported stopping a four-door Kia at 2 a.m. in Cumby for speeding. While talking to the driver and lone occupant, the officer claimed the 18-year-old Arlington man displayed indicators that lead him to believe the teen “may be in the commission of a crime,” Geer wrote in arrest reports.

Consequently, the Cumby officer asked permission to search the vehicle. When the teen refused, Geer reportedly called for a police canine. Sulphur Springs Police Officer Cleve Williams arrived with his canine partner. Williams deployed Ice; the dog gave a positive alert on the car, Geer alleged in arrest reports.

When Williams asked for the car keys, Geer claimed he attempted to get them from the teen’s pocket. The teen, Geer alleged, pulled away and so he “took control” of his arm and placed the teen against the hood of his vehicle. The teen resisted, pulling away from the officer, when to to give him his hands, Geer noted in arrest reports.

The Arlington man was placed into handcuffs. The car was searched. Williams allegedly found a container with two clear plastic bags inside of it. One bag contained a leafy green substance the police officer believed to be marijuana and the other contained yellow pills, Geer alleged in reports. The pills had R039, which identifies them as 2 mg Alprazolam, a medication in the benzodiazepine group that’s typically used in the treatment of anxiety, panic disorder and depression.

Consequently, the Arlington teen was jailed on the misdemeanor charges of possession of less than 28 grams of a Penalty Group 3 controlled substance, possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana and resisting arrest, search or transport, according to arrest reports.

He remained in the county jail mid-morning Saturday, Aug. 10. Bond was set at $2,000 each on the controlled substance and resisting arrest charges and $1,000 on the marijuana charge, according to jail reports.

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A 60-year-old Emory man was arrested during the noon hour Saturday at Starbucks after alarming patrons at two businesses by making “alarming” statements regarding the recent shooting at the El Paso Walmart, according to police reports.

Sulphur Springs officers’ first contact with Allen Ray Stuart Saturday was at Walmart, where store management told police a person had been reported for “making comments to patrons regarding the recent incident that occurred at the El Paso Wal-Mart,” according to Sulphur Springs Police Chief Jason Ricketson.

“These comments were alarming to patrons and Wal-Mart management was alerted,” Ricketson said.

Officers were unable at that time to speak with any of the patrons Stuart allegedly directed the comments to, however, according to the police chief.

At the request of store management, Stuart was issued a criminal trespass warning prohibiting him from returning to Walmart, Ricketson stated.

At 12:24 p.m. Saturday, officers were dispatched a few blocks up the road to Starbucks, where a man had reportedly approached a patron and made comments in reference to Walmart. Upon arrival, officers contacted the complainant, who reportedly “feared for his safety as well as the safety of others due to the comments and actions made by” the man, identified in reports Stuart, according to Ricketson.

Stuart was alleged to have asked about El Paso and said mentioned something potentially happening at a Walmart store in another city, according to police reports.

Officers contacted Stuart again. He allegedly began using vulgar language and failed to stop when asked to cease such behavior and, thus, was taken into custody for his disorderly conduct, according to police. The vehicle he arrived in, a Ford F250 pickup was towed from the location at the request of store management, according to police reports.

Later, Stuart was also charged with terroristic threat, a third a degree felony, based on his statements, according to arrest and police reports. He remained in Hopkins County jail Monday. Bond on the terroristic threat charge was set at $150,000, according to jail reports.

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Arrests

Calum Foldenauer, age 22, of Pittsburg, was arrested on 08/08/2019 on a Hopkins County Warrant.

Johnny Harless, age 54, of Winnsboro, was arrested on 08/08/2019 for Possession of Controlled Substance PG1>=4G<200G.

Milton Figueroa Campos, age 33, of Pickton, was arrested on 08/09/2019 for Driving While Intoxicated with child under 15 years of age.

Accidents

The Winnsboro Police Department responded to a 1 vehicle accident on 8/9/2019 in the 1000 Block of South Walnut.
Unit 1 was traveling south bound and drove off the roadway and hit a driveway ditch. Unit 1 went airborne and struck a telephone pole causing it to break in half, and a metal fence. The Driver was bleeding and injured on his left side of his face. The Driver was transported to Christus Mother Francis in Tyler.

The Winnsboro Police Department responded to a 1 vehicle accident on 08/10/2019 in the 500 Block of Park Rd. No injuries reported.
Unit 1 was found on its top in the ditch in the 500 block of Park St. unattended. Wyatt’s wrecker took possession of the vehicle and it was released.

Calls for Service

The Winnsboro Police Department responded to a total of 155 calls for service during this reporting period.

Citations

The Winnsboro Police Department issued 29 citations and 47 warnings during this reporting period.

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A 23-year-old Winnsboro man was accused Tuesday evening of wrestling another man to the ground, then swinging a pocket knife at him. The disturbance started when Cody Gene Pyron became upset a woman chose the other man as her boyfriend instead of him, according to arrest reports.

Sulphur Springs police officers were dispatched around 6:30 p.m. to Quail Ridge Apartments, where they were told an active disturbance involving a knife was in progress. While en route, dispatchers were reportedly told Pyron also had a four-way tire iron, which he was using to strike a vehicle at the Helm Lane apartments. However, prior to arrival, they were advised Pyron had gotten into his vehicle, a black Ford Ranger, which he reportedly drove toward College Street, Sulphur Springs Police Officer Nick Floyd alleged in arrest reports.

Police reportedly asked for county deputies to be on the look out for the vehicle, and gave the description. Shortly after officers arrived, witnesses relayed a license plate relayed number for the suspect’s pickup, which he relayed to authorities as well, according to arrest reports.

SSPD officers began speaking with witnesses and the alleged victim, an 18-year-old Rockwall man who claimed he’d just learned that his 18-year-old girlfriend, who lives at the location, had been “talking” with both him and Pyron, according to police reports.

The Rockwall man alleged Pyron became upset when he learned the woman chose the other man as her boyfriend, and struck the other ma with his fist, then put him into a “chokehold,” according to police reports. Pyron allegedly continued to strike the other man and they fell to the ground.

As Pyron got up off the ground, he allegedly picked up a pocket knife, opened it and swing it in the other man’s direction. Then, Pyron was accused, in arrest reports, of throwing the knife toward the other man’s vehicle.

Pyron reportedly retrieved a four-way tire iron from his vehicle, then struck the driver’s side of the other man’s car. The 23-year-old Winnsboro man allegedly hit the side mirror of the other man’s vehicle hard enough to knock it off and break it. Pyron then reportedly got into his vehicle and left the scene, Floyd alleged in arrest reports.

Floyd alleged multiple injuries were visible on the 18-year-old Rockwall man, including bleeding from knew scrapes and his nose, and marks on one arm. The 18-year-old refused medical attention, according to police reports.

The information regarding the vehicle Pyron was driving and that police were looking for Pyron in connection with the alleged assault was relayed to deputies, who stopped him on State Highway 11 east near County Road 2389. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies Lance Burdick, Aaron Chaney and Sgt. Scott Davis reportedly assisted. The Pyron was taken into custody at 7:05 p.m., according to sheriff’s reports.

Multiple people alleged the same events as reported by the victim. Pyron was reportedly read his rights by deputies, then admitted to the altercation and damaging the other man’s vehicle. Thus Pyron was taken into custody and the vehicle he was driving was impounded, according to arrest reports.

Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Lance Burdick transported Pyron to the county jail, where they were met by Floyd who booked Pyron into jail at 8:40 p.m. Aug. 13 for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to arrest reports.

Pyron will be charged at large for misdemeanor criminal mischief for the damage he was alleged to have caused to the other man’s vehicle, Floyd noted in arrest reports. A criminal mischief offense report was made for the damage to the vehicle, according to police reports.

Pyron remained in Hopkins County jail Wednesday morning. His bond on the aggravated assault with deadly weapon charge was set at $50,000, according to jail reports.

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Staff, trustees and members of the law enforcement community gathered Tuesday morning in North Hopkins Independent School District cafeteria to officially welcome Kelly Wiser as the new police chief for the school district.

“This is a very special occasion, the official inauguration of North Hopkins police department,” said NHISD Superintendent Darin Jolly.

Dr. Jolly said while school district staff members do everything they can to make the school safe and secure for students, having a trained law enforcement officer on the campus has been an added deterrent and comfort.

The superintendent thanked Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum for seeing a need for county school district to have officers and putting in place a plan to allow off-duty deputies to provide security at county school district the last 2 years.

Tatum said he was glad to see Wiser at the school full time, and said if he calls for assistance, his deputies and officers from Sulphur Springs as well as Department of Public Safety officers would respond.

“We are here to help in any way you need. We’re there for you,” Tatum vowed.

He said after events at other schools, he saw a need for more law enforcement presence at county schools.

Because of how far from Sulphur Springs they are, the response time for an officer to arrive, unless patrolling nearby would be a lot longer that desired if a situation occurred. Allowing off-duty deputies to serve as security officers at the school was one way to help address that, to put a trained officer on campus.

A few different deputies have taken turns sharing those duties at NHISD as they were available during the school year. One of those officers regularly providing security at the school has been Deputy Kelly Wiser, who like others has a personal interest in the community and school. Some officers have children or grandchildren who attend, or family who are employed at the school.

“It’s so fantastic getting to know so many officers. Our relationship has been fantastic with peace officers, ” Jolly said.

He said having the officers on campus daily, interacting with students has encouraged students to “up their game,” and to strive to be and do better.

Seeing the benefit of having one full-time police officer on campus, NHISD Board of Trustees took steps in the spring to begin the process of having their own school police department. They selected Wiser to head up their department as chief.

Wiser is a peace officer for about 10 years, six of which have been as the DARE officer. He also has served as a canine handler.

Wiser offered thanks to Tatum for giving him the opportunity and encouraging his officers to attempt to better themselves. He thanked the officers and others present at the Aug. 13 event and those in the community for believing in him and supporting him.

Secondary Principal Brian Lowe, who Jolly noted had prior experience as a peace officer and has taken on quite a bit of the responsibility to improve safety and security at the school, is excited to have Wiser on board full time as police chief to “lead us in what is facing us safety and security at the campus level.”

Elementary Principal Kodi Wright said Wiser had already proved himself last year, and this summer hit the ground running in his new post as police chief. He assured her that while she may put in hours long after the school day has ended, she won’t be the last to leave. he -She said will continue to work with Wiser as the district takes steps to continue beefing up security at the elementary campus she will continue to work. She said she’s excited to be able to take any concerns she may have to Wiser.

Assistant Principal Tim Henderson also expressed excitement in having Wiser on campus full-time. He said they have already been working together on some things, and Wiser will also lighten some of his duties. Overseeing fire drills and lock-down drills, and having him available to take care of any difficult situation that might arise, including things like parents who interrupt sporing events to argue with coaches, umpires or referees should a parent become difficult.

Jolly thanked the NHISD Board of Trustees for having their back, not only by agreeing to Wiser and a campus police, but other safety and security measures as well.

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A brief vehicle pursuit in Sulphur Springs Thursday night ended with the vehicle’s tires being spiked. The 48-year-old Sulphur Springs woman driving was jailed after marijuana and methamphetamine were found in her pickup.

Sulphur Springs Police officers attempted to stop a Chevrolet Silverado at 9:12 p.m. Aug. 15, after noticing the driver failed to signal a turn on Brinker Street at Peach Street, SSPD Officer Justin Findley alleged in arrest reports. However, instead of stopping when the officer initiated the lights on his patrol vehicle, he alleged the pickup “immediately began to flee from officers.”

The truck continued to the 100 block of Jefferson Street before stopping after Hopkins County Sheriff’s Cpl. Corley Weatherford deployed spike strips, according to arrest reports.

The woman was placed into custody for evading arrest or detention with a vehicle. SSPD Lt. Eddie Moon allegedly found a bag with suspected marijuana and more than one baggy with a crystal-like substance he believed to be methamphetamine in, resulting in an additional charge for possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance, according to arrest reports.

Pichardo’s bond was set at $15,000 each on both charges, according to jail reports.

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The 20-year-old man who allegedly fled from Cumby police to Royse City, where he was arrested inside of a Walmart, has been indentified as Jordan Isaiah Cockrm.

Cockrm was transported Thursday evening to Hopkins County jail, where he remained Friday morning in lieu of $2,000 bond on a resisting arrest charge, $35,000 bond on an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge and $15,000 bond on an evading arrest or detention with a motor vehicle charge, according to jail reports.

According to Cumby Police Officer Zack Steward, he first noticed the blue Chrysler 200 traveling at a high rate of speed as it passed him on Interstate 30 west at FM 499, where he was sitting stationary a.m. Thursday, Aug. 15. Steward alleged the vehicle showed on his radar to be traveling westward at 100 miles per hour. He advised dispatchers at 9:52 a.m. that he was trying to catch up to it to stop it.

The vehicle stopped at the 107 mile marker on I-30 west. Steward reported he approached the car from the passenger’s side and received identifying information for the driver, identified in arrest reports as Jordan Cockrm.

Steward reported asking Cockrm to step out of the car and to stand behind it. He reported receiving permission from Cockrm to search the car. Steward alleged finding a black and white fanny pack with money and a silver snub-nosed revolver pistol inside of it in the car.

The Cumby policeman alleged Cockrm began to resist when he attempted to place handcuffs on him to detain him as a safety precaution. Cockrum allegedly gained access to the fanny pack, swinging it at and striking Steward on the right side of his face.

Steward alleged a Taser was deployed and the driver re-entered his car and fled in it. The Cumby officer reportedly advised dispatchers he was pursuing the car.

At 10:11 p.m., Steward told dispatchers money was being thrown out of the vehicle he was pursuing at the 104 mile marker on I-30 east, and people were picking it up. Officers responded to aid in collecting the tossed items as evidence, according to sheriff’s reports.

Other officers along Interstate 30 were reportedly alerted and became involved in the pursuit. The vehicle crashed in Royse City, in the area of I-30 and Erby Campbell Boulevard, and Cockrm ran into the Royse City Walmart, according to Cumby and Royse City police reports.

Royse City police, Rockwall County sheriff deputies and Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers set up a perimeter around the area. Walmart employees and citizens were evacuated from the store.

With assistance of a police canine, officials searched the store and found the suspect hiding inside. Cockrm was arrested and taken to the near by jail, then later transported to Hopkins County jail, where he was booked for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, resisting arrest and evading arrest or detention with a motor vehicle, according to arrest and police reports.

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An investigation by Child Protective Services and Special Crimes Unit Investigators lead to the arrest of a 29-year-old Sulphur Springs man, after he and his 1-year-old tested positive for methamphetamine, police officers alleged in arrest reports.

SCU Lt. Mark Estes and Sulphur Springs Police Officer Sean Hoffman took Herman Lee Morris Jr. into custody at 9 a.m. at the local CPS office on an endangering a child warrant, according to jail reports.

Estes reported being contacted by a CPS agent on Aug. 14 regarding a 1-year-old child who tested positive for methamphetamine. The agent alleged, during her investigation, Herman was found to be the person entrusted with the care, custody and control of his 1-year-old child, who tested positive for meth. The child’s mother, who was reportedly pregnant at the time of the investigation, was also tested, but the result was negative for meth, according to reports. The offense is alleged, in arrest reports, to have occurred on June 30.

The child was removed from the home and placed in the are of CPS. A felony warrant was sought by Estes and granted by Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace BJ Teer on Aug. 15. Estes and Hoffman served Morris with the warrant at the CPS office on Friday, Aug. 16, according the police reports.

Morris remained in the county jail Saturday morning, Aug. 17, on the felony charge of endangering a child, according to arrest reports.

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A 20-year-old Sulphur Springs woman ended up with not only a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge but also a felony tampering with evidence charge. She allegedly tossed a bag of marijuana out of a vehicle window during a traffic stop, according to arrest reports.

Sulphur Springs Police Officer Nick Floyd reported he first noticed the Dodge Challenger because it appeared to be speeding. Radar showed the car to be traveling at 37 miles per hour in the 30 mph speed in the 1600 block of Mockingbird Lane. Floyd turned on his patrol car lights to initiate a stop at 11:04 p.m. Aug. 17. During the stop, Officer Floyd alleges a bag was thrown out the passenger’s side window of the car.

As he contacted the occupants, Floyd reported smelling a strong odor of marijuana emitting from the car. The Sulphur Springs woman and the passenger were ordered out of the car. Officer Floyd conducted a probable cause search. When asked what they threw out, both initially denied doing so, Floyd alleged in arrest reports.

A second deputy arrived to assist in the search. Floyd walked approximately 50 feet behind his car, where he retrieved the item thrown from the car. It was on the edge of the road. The bag contained a green, leaf-like substance believed to be marijuana.

Both people from the car were advised of their rights. At that time, Destinee Freneisha Weeks allegedly admitted she threw the bag out the passenger’s side window while driving. Both occupants gave the same account. Weeks was arrested for possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and the car was impounded.

Weeks was released from the county jail Sunday on $10,000 bond on the tampering with evidence charge and $1,000 on the possession of marijuana charge.

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Arrests

Derek A. Spencer, age 41, of Whitehouse, was arrested on 08/13/2019 on a Kauffman County Warrant.

Neal D. Barker, age 31, of Ben Wheeler, was arrested on
08/13/2019 on a Violation of Parole Warrant.

Chad S. Hoppe, age 52, of Big Sandy, was arrested on 08/14/2019 for Possession of Controlled Substance PG1>=1G<4G.

Luke H. Shrum, age 25, of Winnsboro, was arrested on 08/16/2019 for Driving While License Invalid and Duty on Striking Structure, Fixture or Highway Landscaping>= $200

Curt J. Hightower, age 44, of Winnsboro, was arrested on 08/17/2019 on Multiple Hopkins County Warrants

Accidents

The Winnsboro Police Department responded to a 2 vehicle accident on 8/15/2019 in the 200 Block of East Coke Rd. No injuries reported.

The Winnsboro Police Department responded to a minor 2 vehicle accident on 08/15/2019 in the 500 Block of South Post Oak. No injuries reported.

The Winnsboro Police Department responded to a 1 vehicle accident on 8/16/2019 in the 100 Block of W Pine. No injuries reported.

The Winnsboro Police Department responded to a 1 vehicle accident on 8/17/2019 in the 1100 Block of West Broadway. Driver hit a tree fell in the roadway. No injuries reported.

The Winnsboro Police Department responded to a 1 vehicle accident on 8/17/2019 in the 1000 Block of West Broadway. Driver hit a tree that fell in roadway. No injuries reported.

Calls for Service

The Winnsboro Police Department responded to a total of 155 calls for service during this reporting period.

Citations

The Winnsboro Police Department issued 49 citations and 47 warnings during this reporting period.

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Sulphur Springs Police arrested four people, two each at two different locations Monday on marijuana possession charges.

Special Crimes Unit investigators at 1:45 p.m. Aug. 19 stopped a Toyota Camry in the 100 block of South Moore Street for a traffic violation. On contact with the vehicle, the SCU officers alleged they could smell a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. Both the driver and passenger were asked to step out of the car and be patted down for officer safety, the SCU officers alleged in arrest reports.

Thhe SCU officers alleged a small bag containing less than 2 ounces of a green, leafy substance they believed to be marijuana was found in the driver’s side door during a probable cause search of the car. Both occupants denied ownership of the substance, thus both occupants of the car, Sulphur Springs men ages 21 and 19, according to arrest reports.

The 19-year-old Sulphur Springs man was released from jail later Aug. 19 on $1,000 bond on the misdemeanor charge. The 21-year-old remained in the county jail Tuesday afternoon in lieu of $1,000 bond on the charge, according to jail reports.

At about 11:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19, Sulphur Springs police responded to a complaint of two people smoking marijuana in a white Chrysler 200 in the 1400 block of Mockingbird Lane.

Upon contacting the pair, officers reported seeing a 19-year-old Caddo Mills man to be holding a blunt one hand. Less than 2 ounces of marijuana was also visible in a the car, which was less than 1,000 feet of Bowie Primary School, a drug-free zone. Both the man and an 18-year-old Sulphur Springs woman were reportedly both arrested on the Class A misdemeanor charge of possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana in a drug-free zone.

Both teens were released from jail Tuesday, Aug. 20, on $2,000 bond on the marijuana charge, according to jail reports.

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