A suspicious activity investigation conducted by Sulphur Springs Police Department Special Crimes Unit on South Hillcrest Drive resulted in a controlled substance arrest Monday afternoon. Deputies also made a felony warrant arrest and drug paraphernalia arrest Monday.
Suspicious Activity Investigation
Dylan Cole Anderson (HCSO jail photo)
Sulphur Springs Police SCU responded around 4:30 p.m. Oct. 26 conducted investigation suspicious activity, specifically a man walking around several businesses in the 400 block of South Hillcrest Drive.
When contacted, 17-year-old Dylan Cole Anderson of Sulphur Springs was alleged to be extremely nervous to the point he was shaking. He reportedly gave officers permission to search his pockets and agreed to pull the waistband of his clothing away from his body. SCU Lt. Mark Estes, in arrest reports, reported seeing a dab pen containing THC, a Penalty Group 2 controlled substance, Anderson’s underwear/waistband area.
Anderson was arrested at 4:39 p.m. Oct. 26 for possession of less than 1 gram of Penalty Group 2 controlled substance, according to arrest reports.
Anderson remained in Hopkins County jail Tuesday, Oct. 27; bond on the felony charge was set at $5,000, according to jail reports.
The arrest marked the second time in 9 months Anderson has been arrested. The teen was also spent Feb. 1-March 4 in the county jail for possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 2 controlled substance, according to arrest reports.
The 24-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was taken into custody at 4:20 p.m. and jailed on a warrant for violation of probation-possession of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance, according to arrest reports.
Young remained in Hopkins County jail Tuesday, Oct. 27, on the felony warrant, according to jail reports.
FM 2297 Traffic Stop
Hopkins County sheriff’s deputies just before 9 p.m. Monday reported stopping a 48-year-old Emory woman for failure to drive a Toyota Camry in a single lane on FM 2297 at Wildcat Way.
While talking to the woman, deputies reported obtaining permission to search her vehicle. Multiple pipes of the kind used to smoke marijuana and baggies with a crystal-like residue were allegedly located. The woman was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia, according to arrest reports.
The 48-year-old Emory woman as released from Hopkins County jail Tuesday, Oct. 27, on the misdemeanor C charge, according to jail reports.
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New Boston Woman Also Arrested Wednesday On Felony Warrant
A Mulberry Street disturbance resulted in a warrant arrest Wednesday evening. A New Boston woman was also arrested Wednesday on an unrelated felony warrant, according to arrest reports.
Mulberry Street Disturbance
Sulphur Springs PoliceOfficer Cameron Robinson was dispatched to the 1000 block of Mulberry Street Wednesday evening, Oct. 28, to what was reported as a physical disturbance. Upon arrival, Robinson reported contacting a 41-year-old Sulphur Springs woman at the location.
Kayla Nicole Williams (HCSO jail photo)
While no one was reported to have been arrested in connection with the disturbance, a records check showed the 41-year-old woman to be wanted. Consequently, Kayla Nicole Williams was arrested at 6:22 p.m. Oct. 28 on the surety off bond on a unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon charge, according to arrest reports.
Williams, who is also known by the names Kayla Nicole Cerasuolo, Nicki Cerasuolo, Kayla Sarah and Nikki Michelle Williams, was released from Hopkins County jail Thursday, Oct. 29, on a $10,000 bond on the charge, according to jail reports.
Felony Warrant Arrest
Jail records show Williams was arrested and jailed in Hopkins County from July 26-July 31 on the firearm charge as well as a drug paraphernalia charge; and was jailed April 17, 2014 on a 5-year prison sentence for manufacture or delivery of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance and a 6-month state jail sentence on another manufacture or delivery charge.
Ruthie Darlene Gipson (HCSO jail photo)
Also arrested Wednesday on a felony warrant was Ruthie Darlene Gipson.
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She remained in Hopkins County jail Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. Jail reports show Gipson, who is also known by Ruth Darlene Gipson, Ruthie Darla Collier, Ruthie Darlene Wobley-Gipson, Darla Wooley, Ruthie Darlene Wooley and Ruthie Gipson Woolwy, was arrested Feb. 8, 2018 on a possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge as well as possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge and possession of a dangerous drug charge. She was released from jail March 2, 2018 on $17,000 bond on the charge.
Gipson’s arrest Oct. 28 marked the second time she has been jailed for violating probation on the charge, according to jail records.
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A Detroit woman whose husband was accused of theft at Walmart claimed they had permission to leave the store without paying for more than $600 worth of merchandise Thursday night, according to police reports.
Sulphur Springs Police responded at 8:28 p.m. October 29, 2020 to a report of a man leaving the store without paying for merchandise. When the officer contacted the suspect about the alleged theft, the 42-year-old Detroit man reportedly denied any theft had occurred. He claimed he had left the store because his wife was paying for the merchandise.
Sulphur Springs Police Department patrol vehicle
However, when police contacted the wife, the woman allegedly claimed she had permission to leave the store without paying. She reportedly claimed a Walmart employee told her they could leave the store with the unpaid merchandise. When asked, the store employee reportedly told police he did not advise her of that.
After further investigation, police determined that the 42-year-old Detroit man knew the nearly $700 worth of merchandise was not paid for when he left the store. Thus, the Detroit man was arrested at 9:05 p.m. on a Class B misdemeanor theft of property valued at $100 or more but less than $750 and the merchandise, which included less than $100 worth of groceries and consumable goods and over $600 worth of other items.
The 42-year-old man remained in Hopkins County jail Friday morning, Oct. 30. Bond on the theft charge was set at $1,000.
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Sulphur Springs Man Jailed For 2nd Time This Month, 4th Time This Year
Three people were arrested on violation of probation warrants on Thursday, including a woman involved in a vehicle crash. A disturbance also resulted in one man’s arrest for the second time this month and fourth time this year, according to arrest reports.
Hillcrest Drive Crash
Sulphur Springs Police Officer Shawn Albright contacted a 26-year-old Sulphur Springs woman reported to have been involved in a vehicle crash on North Hillcrest Drive at 2:17 p.m. October 29, 2020.
A records check using the woman’s ID information showed Jessica Guadarrama to be wanted on two Hopkins County warrants. The warrants were confirmed as active and Guadarrama was taken into custody at 2:45 p.m. for not paying a no driver’s license fine and violation of probation-forgery charges.
Guadarrama, who is also known by Jessica Bareiny Guadarrama, Jessica Barei Guadarrama-Avina and Jessica Bareiny Silva, remained in Hopkins County jail Friday, Oct. 30, on both charges.
Jail records show Oct. 29, 2020, was the second time Guadarrama has been arrested on those charges. She spent Dec. 7, 2017 through Jan. 6, 2018 in Hopkins County jail on warrants for violation of probation-forgery and not paying a no driver’s license fine. She was arrested for forgery of a financial instrument on Jan. 26, 2017.
Church Street Disturbance
Sulphur Springs Police Officer Robble Acosta responded to what was reported as a verbal disturbance on Church Street Thursday evening.
Troy Tenell Ross (HCSO jail photo)
Upon arrival, officers identified the people on scene at the location. Troy Tennel Ross was found to have an active warrant for his arrest for violation of probation on a third-degree felony assault of a family or household member charge.
The 48-year-old Sulphur Springs man was taken into custody and jailed on the warrant at 6:13 p.m. Oct. 29, 2020, marking the second time this month and fourth time this year Ross has been booked into Hopkins County jail.
Ross was first arrested March 30 for allegedly assaulting a woman identified in reports as his wife by throwing her twice to the ground in a Gilmer Street car wash parking lot around 4:20 a.m. A scratch on the woman’s chest, where bruising was beginning to appear, as well as bruising on one hand and a scrape on one knee supported the assault allegation. A protective order was issued preventing him from contacting the woman.
He was returned to jail on April 22, just 6 days after being released on a $25,000 bond on the assault of family or household member with previous conviction charge, for violation of bond/protective order. Police were flagged down around 12:40 a.m. April 22 by a person claiming he had violated a protective order issued following the March assault. Officers went to the Park Circle Drive address, where Ross was observed by one of the officers who arrested him on March 30. After confirming the protective order to still be active, police took Ross into custody on a Class A misdemeanor violation of a bond/protective order charge. A charge for insufficient bond on the assault charge was also added.
Ross plead guilty Sept. 10 in district court on the March 30 assault charge. As part of a plea agreement, Ross was sentenced to 10 years deferred adjudication, 180 days in jail, and will be required to participate in a Battering Intervention and Prevention Program. He was given credit for the time already served in the county jail. He was released from custody on probation on Oct. 1, after completing the terms of his jail sentence.
Police responded to a disturbance reported at Ross’ new Sulphur Springs residence the day after his release from jail. A records check showed an Arkansas warrant for Ross’ arrest on a violation of parole charge, resulting in his third stay in Hopkins County jail, police alleged in the Oct. 2 arrest report. He was released on that charge on Oct. 7.
Troy Tennell Ross, who is also known by Anthony Curry, Troy Curry, Timothy Ford, Anthony Munn, Terry Munn, Troy Munn, Anthny Ross, Anthony Ross, Antoney Ross, Derin Ross and Timothy Tenell Ross, remained in Hopkins County jail Friday, Oct. 30, on the warrant for violating probation on the assault charge.
Weatherford traveled to Guadalupe County, took Harry Cleatis Coleman III into custody at 2:13 p.m. and transported him to Hopkins County jail, where he was booked at 7:20 p.m. Oct. 29 on the warrant for violation of probation-possession of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance. He also has an outstanding warrant in Bell County for criminal trespass.
Jail reports show Coleman was previously arrested in Hopkins County at 4 a.m. Aug. 15, 2019 after Cumby police allegedly found a bag of suspected methamphetamine in his vehicle during a routine traffic stop, according to arrest and jail reports. He was also charged on outstanding warrants from Guadalupe County for criminal trespass and possession of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance and a Temple Police warrant for criminal trespass while in custody at Hopkins County jail until Nov. 6, 2019 on the controlled substance charge.
Coleman remained in Hopkins County jail Friday, Oct. 30, 2020 on the Hopkins County violation of probation warrant. Bond on the Bell County charge was set at $1,400.
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Upon contact with the driver, identified as 18-year-old Elizabeth Cadena of Sulphur Springs, Reyna alleged smelling a strong smell of marijuana emitting from the truck. A probable cause search yielded a baggy containing a green, leafy substance he believed to be marijuana in the console, the officer alleged in arrest reports.
Cadena allegedly admitted there could possibly be Xanax pills in the pickup also. A search of the dashboard revealed another baggy with a white pill and a blue pill which were later identified as Xanax.
Cadena was arrested at 9:55 p.m. Sunday for possession of less than 28 grams of a Penalty Group 3 controlled substance in a drug-free zone due tot he proximity of the stop to a school, according to arrest reports.
She was released from Hopkins County jail on a $5,000 bond on the felony controlled substance charge.
Sulphur Springs Police Department patrol vehicle
Loop 301 Arrests
A Dallas pair was arrested on controlled substance and marijuana charges Halloween night, according to arrest reports.
Sulphur Springs Police Officer Silas Whaley made contact with the occupants of a Chevrolet CTA parked partially in the lane of traffic on Loop 301 at 11:57 p.m. Oct. 31, according to arrest reports.
While speaking with the pair, Whaley reported both to be extremely nervous and claimed to be leaving the location. Whaley reported seeing an open alcohol container in the console.
The pair allegedly admitted to having a pipe used to smoke crack cocaine. A search of the vehicle revealed a baggy containing a white, powdery substance believed to be the aforementioned cocaine and a bag of suspected marijuana, Whaley alleged in arrest reports.
Anthony Charles Daniel, 60, and Margie Caprice James Chatman, 54, both of Dallas, were arrested at 12:17 a.m. Nov. 1 for possession of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance and possession of marijuana, according to arrest reports. Both Dallas residents remained in Hopkins County jail Monday, Nov. 1, 2020. Bond for and $1,000 on the marijuana charge, according to jail reports.
Sulphur Springs Police Department patrol vehicle
Mile Marker 129 Traffic Stop
Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Chris Sorley stopped 38-year-old Brandon Jabbar Green of Grand Prairie at 10:14 a.m. Nov. 1 at mile marker 129 on Interstate 30 for speeding in Chevrolet Suburban, according to arrest reports.
Green allegedly admitted to driving 98 in a 75 mile per hour speed zone and to having marijuana in the SUV. The trooper reported finding marijuana in a door, the center console and in a third row in the vehicle. The Grand Prairie man allegedly stated the substance was 2 pounds of marijuana.
The trooper arrested Green for possession of 4 ounces or more but less than 5 pounds of marijuana, a felony offense, and released the vehicle to the passenger. Green was released from Hopkins County jail later Nov. 1 on a $1,000 bond on the marijuana charge, according to jail reports.
Texas Department of Public Safety highway patrol vehicle
Mile Marker 133 Traffic Stop
A highway patrol trooper also stopped a white Ford F150 pickup at 4:58 p.m. Oct. 31 on Interstate 30 at mile marker 133 for speeding.
The DPS officer reported a probable cause search was conducted after a burnt marijuana odor was smelled upon contact with the vehicle’s occupants. One back seat passenger allegedly admitted to smoking marijuana earlier in the day. The trooper alleged a baggy containing marijuana removed from the Avery man’s pocket. As a result the trooper arrested the 26-year-old on a misdemeanor possession of 2 ounces of marijuana charge, according to arrest reports.
The Avery man was released from Hopkins County jail Sunday, Nov. 1, on a $1,000 bond on the misdemeanor charge, according to jail reports.
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A 25-year-old Sulphur Springs man has been sentenced on an indecency with a child by sexual contact case.
Shawn Michael Matheny (HCSO jail photo)
Shawn Michael Matheny was scheduled to appear in court November 4, 2020 for a sentencing hearing. He received a 10-year sentence on the charge, according to the district attorney’s office.
Matheny has remained in Hopkins County jail since his arrest Thursday, Feb. 27, on the indecency with a child by sexual contact charge.
Sulphur Springs Police, in following Matheny’s arrest on Feb. 27, reported being alerted at the beginning of that week. An interview was scheduled Wednesday, Feb. 26, at Northeast Texas Child Advocacy Center with the alleged 10-year-old victim. Based on information gleaned, SSPD Sgt. Detective David Gilmore sought a warrant for Matheny’s arrest. Police served Matheny and took him to jail in February.
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Controlled substances and weapons found during two traffic stops resulted in two felony arrests. Two others were also arrested on controlled substance charges Wednesday, including a man Special Crimes Unit Investigators reportedly caught making a drug transaction, according to arrest reports.
South Broadway Street Traffic Stop
Sulphur Springs PoliceCpl. Chris Rosamond reported stopping 38-year-old David Aaron Soto of Sulphur Springs for making an improper left turn on South Broadway Street around 1 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020.
No HCSO jail photo available for David Aaron Soto
Rosamond alleged Soto was evasive with answers to his questions and initially failed to provide a state-issued ID, which he had in his possession. When asked, Soto refused to let police search the vehicle, so officers called for Sulphur Springs Police Officer Cleve Williams to bring his canine, Kilo, to the location.
K-9 Kilo reportedly detected the possible presence or smell of recent presence of illegal contraband. A probable cause search by police allegedly revealed a glass methamphetamine pipe, several tabs of suspected Ecstasy and a loaded Remington 870 shotgun in vehicle.
A records check showed the 38-year-old Sulphur Springs man had at least one felony criminal conviction. Consequently, Soto was arrested at 2:20 a.m. Nov. 12, 2020, for possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 2 controlled substance and unlawful possession of firearm by a felon.
Soto remained Hopkins County jail Thursday morning, Nov. 12. Bond was set at $10,000 on the felony firearm charge and $2,000 on the controlled substance charge.
State Highway 19 South Traffic Stop
Hopkins County Sheriff’s OfficeDeputy Aaron Chaney reported stopping 59-year-old Kevin Wayne Morey of Sulphur Springs red for driving a red Chevrolet pickup with defective license plate light over the lane marker onto the improved shoulder at 5:41 p.m. Nov. 11 on State Highway 19 south at County Road 1106.
Kevin Wayne Morey (HCSO jail photo)
While speaking with Morey, Chaney noted the man’s hands shook as he attempted to remove his driver’s license from his wallet and tried to locate his insurance card. When asked, Morey denied having any illegal items in the truck, but agreed to let the deputy search it.
Chaney had Morey step out and searched his pockets prior to a vehicle search. The deputy alleged finding in Morey’s shirt pocket two baggies containing a crystal-like substance Morey admitted was crystal methamphetamine.
Deputy Nick Marney, who had arrived to assist Chaney, transported Morey to jail for possession of a controlled substance. A search of the truck yielded a Colt revolver between the passenger seat and console. The pickup was impounded and the contraband taken to the sheriff’s office. Morey was booked into the county jail for possession of approximately 7.9 grams of Penalty Group 1 controlled substance and unlawful carrying of a weapon.
Morey remained in Hopkins County jail Thursday morning, Nov. 12, 2020. Bond was set at $25,000 on the controlled substance charge and $2,000 on the weapon charge.
The SCU investigators, while conducting surveillance on a residence for possible drug activity, alleged seeing the 28-year-old Sulphur Springs man walk to the window and contact the person inside. The SCU investigators alleged seeing what they believed to be a drug transaction take place.
Thomas Harold Carter (HCSO jail photo)
As Carter was walking away, the SCU officers stopped and patted him down. They alleged feeling what they turned out to be a syringe and a metal container with suspected methamphetamine inside of it. Carter was arrested for possession of suspect meth, which weighted 1.8 grams, including packaging.
Carter remained in Hopkins County jail Thursday morning, Nov. 11. Bond was set at $10,000 on the possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge.
Nov. 11 was the second time in just over 6 months that Carter has been booked into Hopkins County jail. He was also arrested May 6 by police for possession of drug paraphernalia.
FM 275 North Traffic Stop
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Sgt. Scott Davis conducted a traffic stop on a white Nissan Rogue at 6:15 p.m. Nov. 11 on FM 275 south at County Road 1140.
No HCSO jail photo available for Lori Ann Hall
Davis and Deputy Bobby Osornio arrested 58-year-old Lori Ann Hall of Point at 6:22 p.m. Nov. 11 for possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance.
Hall remained in Hopkins County jail Thursday morning, Nov. 12. Bond on the controlled substance charge was set at $5,000.
No additional information regarding the traffic stop and arrest was available in sheriff’s reports Thursday morning.
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No HCSO jail photo available for Deras Maria Elizabeth Melara
The occupant, a 26-year-old woman who told officers she lives in Dallas, reportedly was found to be in possession of nearly $14,000. When asked, the woman was unable to tell officers who the cash belonged to. The interdiction officer reported his narcotics canine alerted on the money for “contamination of an illicit narcotic odor.”
Deras Maria Elizabeth Melara was arrested at 12:18 a.m. Nov. 13 and jailed on a money laundering charge, according to arrest reports.
Deras Melara also allegedly advised she is an El Salvador citizen in the United States illegally. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials were being contacted, according to Williams.
The 26-year-old woman remained in Hopkins County jail late Friday morning. Bond on the state jail felony charge was set at $20,000, according to jail reports.
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Two men were sentenced in district court in Hopkins County on Thursday, according to court reports.
Probated Sentence
Michael Leslie Copeland (HCSO jail photo)
Michael Leslie Copeland appeared before before 8th Judicial District Judge Eddie Northcutt at 9 a.m. Nov. 12 for a sentencing hearing for a 2019 unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon charge. The 39-year-old Yantis man received a felony conviction and 10 years of probation for the third-degree felony offense, according to Assistant District Attorney Matt Harris.
Copeland was arrested on Aug. 27, 2019, following a traffic stop. A sheriff’s deputy, in 2019 arrest reports, alleged the man caught his attention by driving 74 miles per hour in the 55 mph speed zone on SH 11 east at County Road 2417.
When identified the officer recognized the man’s name as that of a person who had been previously been convicted of a felony offense. The deputy obtained consent to search the van. Noting the man to be nervous, the deputy asked to search the car, the 2019 arrest reports alleged.
Copeland allegedly pointed out a pipe used for smoking marijuana on the driver’s side floor; a .22-caliber Mossberg AR-style pistol was found wrapped in a towel in a rear seat and an open Bud Ice beer container was also found, deputies alleged.
He was released from Hopkins County jail Aug. 30, 2020 on the charge, but returned to HCSO custody from Aug. 4-5, 2020 on two Delta County violation of probation warrants for assault and possession of marijuana, and a warrant for violation of probation on a harassment via repeated electronic communication charge. The 39-year-old was also reportedly arrested and released Oct. 22, 2020 for possession of drug paraphernalia.
Prison Sentence
Tom Coy Childress (HCSO jail photo)
Tom Coy Childress was scheduled at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 12 to appear in the 8th Judicial District Court on a trial before the court on a motion to proceed on a 2018 assault of a family or household member that impeded breathing or circulation. He was sentenced in district court to 10 years in prison on the assault charge, according to prosecutors.
The 35-year-old was arrested on Nov. 14, 2018 on the felony assault charge, for allegedly beating on a woman at his Helm Lane residence. Police had been dispatched to a report of a person trying to kick in a door at a Helm Lane apartment. Upon arrival, police reported hearing a female making noise as though in pain and a male yelling. The woman reportedly had visible injuries indicative of having been beaten.
Childress was released from Hopkins County jail Nov. 30, 2018, on a $25,0000 bond on the felony assault charge, according to arrest and jail reports. He was indicted in January 2019 on the charge.
According to Hopkins County jail records, Childress has returned to Hopkins County jail three times since then. He was jailed March 14, 2019 for bond forfeiture on the assault charge; he was released July 11, 2019 on $20,000 bond. Childress also was booked and released from jail April 15, 2019 on a $20,000 on arrant for bail jumping/failure to appear. The 35-year-old Canton resident has remained in custody since he turned himself in at the sheriff’s office and was arrested Aug. 12, 2020 on a warrant for violation of probation on the assault charge, according to jail reports.
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The Hopkins County Grand Jury signed at least 21 indictments naming 16 people during the October session, according to court records. Charges alleged in the indictments pushed forward from the October Grand Jury session included child pornography, aggravated assault, controlled substance, evading arrest, drunk driving, sexual assault and indecency with a child offenses, according to information released by the District Clerk’s Office.
Justin Andrew Crump (HCSO jail photo)
Justin Andrew Crump was indicted during the October Grand Jury session on a possession with intent to promote child phonography charge.
As part of officials’ response to a rise in cases involving internet crimes against children during the first half of the year, three search warrants were obtained for three Hopkins County addresses. The warrants were executed June 25, Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office investigators reported in July. During the searches, officials seized a number of electronic items. Forensic investigations were conducted on everything seized. Based on the evidence recovered a warrant was obtained for Justin Andrew Crump’s arrest, sheriff’s investigators reported.
On July 7, Crump was located at his place of work and arrested on a child pornography warrant. The 30-year-old Como man was interviewed at the sheriff’s office and allegedly confessed, according to sheriff’s and arrest reports.
Crump has remained in Hopkins County jail in lieu of $40,000 bond on the charge. He also was served with a warrant for violation of probation on a March 2019 DWI charge, according to jail reports.
Marcos Mejia (HCSO jail photo)
Indicted for aggravated sexual assault of a child was Marcos Mejia.
The 40-year-old Sulphur Springs man has remained in Hopkins County jail since his arrest July 17 on a warrant for the charge, according to jail reports.
An arrest warrant was issued for Marcos Mejia’s arrest after a juvenile female made an outcry and attended an interview at a Child Advocacy Center. Mejia was located at his residence and taken into custody on the warrant, sheriff’s deputies alleged in July 2020 arrest reports.
Bond on the aggravated sexual assault of a child charge was set at $100,000, according to jail reports.
Lamont Lankeen Mitchell (HCSO jail photo)
Lamont Lankeen Mitchell was indicted on two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The 25-year-old Pittsburg, Texas man has remained in Hopkins County jail since his arrest July 15 on warrants for both charges, which stem from an incident in which two teens were shot on Fuller Street on June 14.
A group of youth alleged a man jumped out of the bushes and “opened fire” on the group as they were walking on Fuller Street around 1 a.m. June 14. An 18-year-old male and 15-year-old female allegedly sustained non life-threatening gunshot wounds and were expected July 21 to make a full recovery police reported. Mitchell was later identified as the suspect, and the two warrants were issued for his arrest, Sulphur Springs Police Sgt. Jason Reneau reported following Mitchell’s arrest on July 15. Mitchell’s bond was set at $100,000 per charge, according to jail reports.
Fernando Santana-Vazquez
Fernando Santana-Vazquez was indicted on four sexual assault of a child charges.
Santana-Vazquez was arrested Aug. 4 for impeding traffic, by stopping in the middle of the eastbound lane of traffic in a new construction zone on State Highway 11 west. He was later served with one aggravated sexual assault of a child and three sexual assault of a child warrants, according to August 2020 arrest and jail reports. He has remained in jail since his arrest. His bonds total $725,000, according to jail reports.
Jordan Matthew Williams (HCSO jail photo)
Jordan Matthew Williams was indicted during the October session for indecency with a child by exposure.
The 23-year-old Sulphur Springs man is accused of exposing his genitals to a juvenile victim. The offense was alleged to have occurred in 2019 in Hopkins County, sheriff’s investigators reported following Williams’ arrest on Aug. 6 on a warrant for the charge. Williams remained in Hopkins County jail in lieu of $75,000 bond Nov. 12, according to jail reports.
Carla Amanda-Renee Moore (HCSO jail photo)
Carla Amanda-Renee Moore was indicted for driving while intoxicated with a child under 15 years of age in the vehicle.
Another woman texted 911 dispatchers that she was in the vehicle with Moore, who was alleged to be “extremely intoxicated, swerving, driving all over the line” on July 9. A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper spotted the woman for speeding on Highway 11 east in front of a school and stopped her. Officials were told Moore decided to travel from the lake to town to purchase swimming toys for her 4-year-old and 4-year-old children, who were in the back seat. The other woman reportedly got in the SUV out of concern for the kid and alerted authorities to their location.
The trooper alleged Moore showed signs of intoxication and could smell alcohol on Moore, who claimed to have had a shot an hour before, but wasn’t sure what time it was during the stop. Moore allegedly showed six of six clues on horizontal gaze nystagmus tests, was unsuccessful on standard field sobriety tests and arrested around 9:30 p.m. July 9, 2020, on a DWI with child passenger charge-year-old Dallas woman was released from Hopkins County jail July 10 on a $5,000 bond on the charge, according to jail reports.
Christopher Daniel Houpt (HCSO jail photo)
Christopher Daniel Houpt was indicted during the October Grand Jury session for evading arrest or detention with a vehicle.
Houpt reportedly drove off from a Church Street disturbance after police contacted him Aug. 8 and discovered he was wanted in Hunt County for failure to appear on an evading arrest charge and bail jumping/failure to appear. Police pursued the 30-year-old Dickinson, Texas man from town into the county. Deputies spiked three of the four tires on the truck he was driving on FM 1567 at County Road 1443. He allegedly drove for 5 miles before crashing into a grove of trees, then fled into the woods. A multiple agency manhunt was launched in the area. He as reportedly found in the wood line around 5 p.m. that day and was jailed after being treated by EMS, according to arrest reports.
He has remained in Hopkins County jail since his arrest Aug. 8, 2020; his bond on the evading arrest or detention with a vehicle charge was set at $100,000, according to jail reports.
Indicted on two possession of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charges were Ronald Khristopher Gulley and Monica Shanee Hamilton.
Ronald Khristopher Gulley (HCSO jail photo)
The charges against Ronald Khristopher Gulley stem from an an early morning Interstate 30 traffic stop on Aug. 4. Deputies, in arrest reports, alleged finding 24.6 grams of suspected cocaine and 49.9 grams of methamphetamine in a brief case-type bag in the vehicle. Gulley claimed the bag and was arrested for possession of both substance, according to arrest reports.
The 39-year-old Dallas man has remained in Hopkins County jail since his arrest on Aug. 4. His bond was set at $75,000 per charge, according to jail reports.
No HCSO jail photo available for Monica Shanee Hamilton
Monica Shanee Hamilton was arrested Dec. 18, 2019, following a routine traffic stop on Interstate 30. State troopers reported seeing a bag of suspected marijuana in a cupholder in her vehicle. While being interviewed, the 39-year-old DeSoto woman allegedly admitted to having half of a pound of marijuana in the vehicle. The trooper, in arrest reports, alleged finding a vacuum-sealed bag with 8.8 ounces of marijuana and baggies containing 26 aggregate grams of Ecstasy in a shopping bag on the rear seat.
Hamilton remained in Hopkins County jail Dec. 18-19, 2019; bonds associated with controlled substance and marijuana charges totaled $45,000, according to jail reports.
Shaunta Daniel Bell, Lana Michelle Goodin (HCSO jail photos)
Indicted in October for possession of 4 grams or more but less than 400 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance with intent to deliver were 38-year-old Shaunta Daniel Bell and 43-year-old Lana Michelle Goodwin.
Bell and Goodin have remained in Hopkins County jail since their arrests on Aug. 5; bond was set at $75,000 each on the controlled substance charge, according to jail reports.
Oscar Garcia Deleon, Braxton Wayne Fielden, Cody Jerome Tucker (HCSO jail photos)
Indicted for possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance were: Oscar Garcia Deleon, Braxton Wayne Fielden, Cody Jerome Tucker, Madeline Lee Walker and Christopher Alexander Graves.
Deleon, 24, has remained in Hopkins County jail since his arrest on the charge on Aug. 4; bond was set at $10,000. Fielden, 19, and Walker, 22, were arrested Aug. 6. Fielden remains in jail, but Walker was released Aug. 9 on a $10,000 bond, according to jail reports. Tucker has remained in jail since his arrest on July 29 on that charge as well as a Hunt County motion to revoke bond or probation on a controlled substance charge; bond was set at $10,000 on the Hopkins County charge, according to jail reports.
Madeline Lee Walker, Christopher Alexander Graves (HCSO jail photos)
After viewed store video from the alleged shoplifting incident, Whaley determined a theft was committed and arrested the 60-year-old Sulphur Springs man just after 4:30 p.m. Nov. 13 on a theft charge, the officer noted in arrest reports.
While theft of property valued at less than $2,500 is typically a misdemeanor offense, the charge was enhanced to a state jail felony offense because Lindley has at least two prior theft convictions, according to arrest reports.
Hopkins County jail records show Lindley has been booked into Hopkins County jail:
Dec. 26, 1998 to serve a 180-day commitment on a theft charge;
Dec. 8, 2000 on a warrant for theft of property valued at $1,500 or more but less than $20,000;
May 25, 2002 to serve a 2-year sentence for violation of probation on a theft charge;
Nov. 7, 2010 on a theft of property by check warrant;
Dec. 29, 2010 to serve a w-year sentence in Texas Department of Criminal Justice on a theft charge;
July 29, 2015 on a warrant for theft of property valued at $50 or more but less than $500;
Aug. 10, 2015 for surety off bond on the July theft charge; and
April 6, 2016 to serve a 3-year prison sentence for theft of property.
Nov. 13 was the third time Lindley has been jailed in Hopkins County in 2020. He was also arrested on driving while license invalid charges on April 4 and April 19 of this year. He was also charged Friday on Class A misdemeanor warrants for bail jumping and failure to appear on those charges, jail records reflect.
Lindley remained in Hopkins County jail Saturday, Nov. 14. Bond was set at $5,000 each on the theft charge and both warrants, according to jail reports.
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A Cumby pair was jailed on child neglect, abandoning or endangering a children charges Saturday. Two others were arrested on felony warrants as well over the weekend.
Criminal Negligence Warrants
Crystal Ann Sievers and John Robert Sievers Jr.
Hopkins County Sheriff’s OfficeCpl. Todd Evans and Deputy Richard Brantley, aware of outstanding warrants, went to the pair’s County Road 4131 residence. Crystal Ann Sievers, 31, came to the door and was arrested at 1:45 p.m. Nov. 14 on one tampering with physical evidence with intent to impair warrant and three warrants for abandoning or endangering a child-criminal negligence.
John Robert Sievers Jr., 42, was also reportedly located at the address and taken into custody on the same charges. The offenses, according to arrest reports, occurred on Oct. 30.
Both Crystal Ann and John Robert Sievers remained in Hopkins County jail Nov. 14. Bond for each was set at $25,000 on the four child neglect charges and $10,000 on the tampering with evidence charge, according to jail reports.
Interference With Child Custody
No HCSO jail photo available for Megan Isabella Wheeler-Bartholomew
Sulphur Springs PoliceSgt. Brandon Mayes went to a Calvert Street residence, where Megan Isabella Wheeler-Bartholomew was reported to live and took the woman into custody at 10:14 a.m. Nov. 14 on a felony interference with child custody charge.
The 21-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was released from jail Sunday, Nov. 15. Bond was set at $5,000 on the charge, according to jail reports.
Parole Violation
Sulphur Springs Police Sgt. Brandon Mayes, aware of a warrant for 25-year-old Jesus Castro’s arrest, located him on McGrede Street and took him into custody Nov. 15.
Jesus Castro (HCSO jail photo)
The 25-year-old was booked into jail at 10:25 a.m. Nov. 15 and remained in jail Monday, Nov. 16, on the warrant for violation of parole, which he was on for burglary of a habitation, according to a arrest reports.
The arrest was the second for Castro this year. He was also jailed Aug. 21 for possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance and possession of marijuana, according to arrest reports. He was released from jail Aug. 22, on a $10,000 bond on the controlled substance charge and $1,000 bond on the marijuana charge, according to jail reports.
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A 36-year-old Sulphur Springs man was accused of assaulting his ex-wife early Saturday, according to arrest reports.
Micah Wayne Reynolds (HCSO jail photos)
Sulphur Springs Police OfficerCameron Robinson responded to an assault complaint at a West Spence Street at 12:30 a.m. Nov. 21. Upon arrival at the residence, Micah Wayne Reynolds was accused of punching his ex-wife in the face, causing her pain, and of shoving her to the floor. His wife’s children reportedly witnessed the assault. Reynolds was taken into custody at 1:43 a.m. Saturday to prevent further violence from occurring, according to arrest reports.
A records check showed he had engaged in family violence two or more times within a 12-month period. Thus, Reynolds was charged with assault of a family or household member twice within 12 months, a third-degree felony charge, according to arrest reports.
Jail records show Reynolds was arrested Dec. 21, 2019 and March 21, 2020 on family violence assault charges. He also had a May 9, 2013 assault charge on his record as well, according to jail reports.
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A firearm, suspected methamphetamine and large amount discovered by police during a traffic stop Friday night resulted in a 41-year-old Sulphur Springs man’s arrest, according to arrest reports.
Sulphur Springs Police Special Crimes UnitSgt. Joe Scott reported seeing a GMC sport utility vehicle illegally parked. When the car left, officers initiated a traffic stop on the corner of Martin Luther King Drive and Gilmer Street.
Alexander Garza (HCSO jail photo)
Scott reported seeing an open container near the center console. He had the man int he vehicle step out and patted him down. Scott alleged finding a glass pipe of the kind used to smoke methamphetamine and detained the man
A search of the SUV revealed a 9mm pistol and 1.8 grams of suspected meth near the driver’s seat, and a large amount of cash (nearly $8,000) in a backpack in the back seat, Scott and and Police Officer Silas Whaley alleged in arrest reports. Several items of drug paraphernalia, including a large amount of plastic bags of the type used for narcotics packaging and sales were also located, according to police. Communications operators advised 40-year-old Alexander Garza of Sulphur Springs is a convicted felon.
Suspecting the money to be proceeds from the sale of illegal narcotics, officers noted in arrest reports, police arrested Garza at 9:45 p.m. on unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance and money laundering charges, Scott and Whaley arrest reports. He remained in Hopkins County jail Saturday morning on the charges, according to jail reports.
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Approximately 100 indictments were signed during the November 2020 Grand Jury session, pushing those cases forward for prosecution. Approximately half of the November 2020 indictments were for drug, alcohol and related offenses. (Click here for the other half of the November 2020 indictments.) In some instances, individuals were accused of more than one offense.
Possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance in a drug-free zone;
2 Evading arrest or detention with previous conviction charges;
Possession of 1 gram or mroe ubt less htan 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance;
Manufacture or delivery of 4 gram so rmore but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance;
manufacture or delivery of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance in a drug-free zone;
Possession of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance with intent to deliver;
Possession of 4 ounces or more but less than 5 pounds of marijuana; and
Theft of property valued at $300,000 or more.
Hodges has been arrested on multiple occasions on controlled substance and related charges over the last year, most recently on Sept. 2. Special Crimes Unit officers alleged methamphetamine was purchased from the 36-year-old Yantis man while they were investigating him for suspected illegal distribution of controlled substances. A warrant was obtained for that charge. When officers attempted at traffic stop, he allegedly kept driving from College Street onto Morris Drive, then jumped out of the car and ran through a yard and two fences before being caught in a field behind a residence.
When officers detained Hodges on Sept. 2, he allegedly had a baggy containing what were believed to be 4.54 grans if hydrocodone pills in his pocket, and had a bag containing smaller bags that had 18.73 grams of suspected methamphetamine and 1.38 grams of suspected heroin in them. A 5-gallon bucket found in the trunk of the car reportedly contained 4.85 pounds of marijuana as well, SCU officers alleged following Hodges’ arrest Sept. 2. He was served the next day with a theft warrant and Sept. 9 with a manufacture or delivery of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance in a drug-free zone warrant related to the prior alleged undercover buys from him, according to SCU and jail reports. Hodges has remained in the county jail since his arrest Sept. 2, according to jail reports.
Joshua A. Case
Joshua A. Case was indicted for prohibited substance or item in a correctional facility or civic community facility. Case was arrested Oct. 9, 2019, by Cumby police for no driver’s license. He was allegedly found while being booked into jail to have a bag with 0.75 gram of suspected methamphetamine in his booth, officers alleged in reports following Case’s arrest. The 19-year-old Cumby man was released from Hopkins County jail Oct. 18 on a $10,000 bond on the prohibited substance in a correctional facility charge, according to jail reports.
Billy Clay Kirby
Billy Clay Kirby was indicted for tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance.
Cumby police on June 15, 2019, detained Kirby and another man, who allegedly gave travel information that didn’t make sense to the officer. A baggy with a white crystal-like substance the officers believed to be methamphetamine and a red straw were allegedly found in a white pill bottle in a small bag in the rear floorboard. A marijuana cigarette was found in a child’s toy in rear of the vehicle. The other occupant of the vehicle alleged Kirby ate illegal contraband believed to be methamphetamine as they were being pulled over and threw illegal contraband out the front passenger window. A large piece of white crystal-like substance believed to be methamphetamine was found on Kirby’s shirt, according to arrest reports.
Kirby was released from Hopkins County jail on a $10,000 bond on the tampering with evidence charge and a $5,000 bond on the controlled substance charge, according to jail reports.
Ismael Gonzales
Ismael Gonzales was indicted for tampering with or fabricating physical evidence with intent to impair and possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance.
Gonzales was arrested Sept. 3 by police, who reported finding a dollar bill containing a crystal-like substance officers believed was methamphetamine in his pocket during a pat down. While officers continued an investigation, the 43-year-old Sulphur Springs man allegedly tried to pull away from them, grabbed the money and dumped all of the suspected controlled substance in it onto the road. Gonzales remained in Hopkins County jail Nov. 21. Bond was set at $10,000 on the the tampering with evidence charge and $5,000 on the controlled substance charge, according to jail reports.
Ray Griffith and Javier Pererz Jr. were indicted for possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance in a drug-free zone.
Among the individuals indicted on a charge of driving while intoxicated, third or more offense, were:
Oral Weaver Anders
Larry Tyrone Goodson
Kenneth John Isham
Steven Elliott Jonaitis Jr.
Eduardo Nunez-Hernandez
Melissa Jeannette Stephens
Also named in two indictments each were:
Denver Jacques Fender – possession of less than 28 grams of a Penalty Group 3 controlled substance in a drug free zone and possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance;
Larry Scott Gruss – possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance and possession of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance; and
Bryer Ray Parnell – two possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charges.
Also among the individuals indicted for possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance were:
Deanna Leigh Boyett
Jose Ruben Campos-Trejo
Kelsey Devon Carrillo
Virginia Lynn Chapman
Gage Micheal Cogswell
Kyle Louis Jackson
Clement Demount McCarty
Ashley Justine Walker
Sean Eric Whittle
Bryan Lee Winstead
Others accused in the November indictments on controlled substance charges included:
Kevin Shane Bilharz – possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance;
Angelia Marie Gay – possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance;
Rebekah Jayde Tittle – possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 2 controlled substance;
Dallas Quincy Jackson – possession of 28 grams or more but less than $200 grams of a Penalty Group 4 controlled substance; and
Sarah Michelle Cline – possession of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance with intent to deliver.
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A 52-year-old Burleson woman was arrested twice November 22, 2020 in Hopkins County, according to jail reports.
Sulphur Springs PoliceOfficer Silas Whaley responded just before 10 p.m. Sunday in the 200 block of College Street, where officials had received a tip of suspected narcotics on the premises.
No HCSO jail photo available for Samantha Mitchell Elkins
Whaley reported seeing a woman who fit the suspect description and contacted her. Samantha Mitchell Elkins allegedly admitted to being in possession of methamphetamines. She removed from her pants a clear bag containing suspected methamphetamine and was arrested 10:08 p.m. Nov. 22 for possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance.
Jail reports show the Burleson woman arrested twice Nov. 22. She was Also booked into Hopkins County jail and released earlier Sunday on a $2,000 bond on a possession of drug paraphernalia charge.
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Two men each received a deferred sentence on a controlled substance charge in district court this week. Two men and a woman also plead guilty in court and are slated to be sentenced in a hearing next month, according to court reports.
Rafael Sanchez Gutierrez (HCSO jail photo)
On Monday, Nov. 23, Rafael Sanchez Gutierrez appeared in the 8th Judicial District Court during the 9 a.m. session. He arranged to plead guilty on a possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge.
The offense is alleged to have occurred on Sept. 23, 2019, when he was arrested on that charge as well as for three traffic warrants. Rafael Sanchez Gutierrez remained in Hopkins County jail until Sept. 27, 2019, on those charges; bond was set at $80,000 on the controlled substance charge.
In exchange for the plea on Nov. 23, the 26-year-old received a 7-year deferred sentence on the controlled substance charge.
Seth Dalton Bryant (HCSO jail photo)
Seth Dalton Bryant arranged to appear before the 8th Judicial District Judge during the 1:30 p.m. court session on Nov. 24 on a possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance.
The alleged offense occurred on May 30, 2020. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office deputies contacted the 20-year-old Cumby man after observing him in a vehicle reported as suspicious because it was stopped around 7:30 a.m. on the side of CR 4725. When they contacted him he had on only his underwear and shoes. He allegedly claimed he was trying to change his pants because he spilled something on them when deputies spotted him. He displayed signs of nervousness and bruxism, and marijuana paraphernalia was observed in his vehicle. A search allegedly revealed suspected methamphetamine in a Tic Tac container, suspected Xanax pills, a glass pipe of the kind commonly used to smoke methamphetamine and other drug paraphernalia.
After being placed into handcuffs, Bryant allegedly fainted and was transported by EMs to the hospital. After being medically cleared and released, he was jailed May 30. Bryant allegedly admitted to discarding a marijuana blunt out the window of a vehicle. The suspected methamphetamine weighed 2.11 grams and tested positive using a field test kit as a controlled substance.
Bryant remained in Hopkins County jail until Nov. 25, 2020 on that charge as well as a tampering with physical evidence charge for the alleged marijuana dumping and on Delta and Hunt County controlled substance warrants as well. Bond was set at $10,000 each on the Hopkins County controlled substance and tampering charges.
Bryant reportedly pled guilty in court Tuesday and received a 10 year deferred sentence, which required 180 days to be served in jail as a condition of probation, and he must also complete an intensive residential drug rehab program.
Three others also arranged to plead guilty in court this week on felony offenses.
Makenzie Corey McGill arranged to plead open during the 9 a.m. court session on Nov. 23 to an April 7, 2020 evading arrest or detention with a vehicle charge.
Jennifer Lee Lindsay arranged and pled open during the morning court session Nov. 24 on an April 20, 2020 abandoning or endangering of a child-criminal negligence charge and a Jan. 17, 2020 forgery financial instrument charge. The child endangerment charge stemmed from an investigation by SCU and CPS in which the 27-year-old Sulphur Springs woman and her 8-month-old allegedly tested positive for methamphetamine.
Sentencing hearings for McGill, Teague and Lindsay are slated to be scheduled sometime in December.
Sulphur Springs Police arrested a 23-year-old Emory man accused of assaulting a hospital security guard Saturday.
Officers responded at 5 p.m. Nov. 28 at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs to a report of a physical altercation between a man and hospital security officer. According to police reports the man would not leave the hospital and engaged in a physical altercation with the hospital security guard.
No HCSO jail photo available Nov. 30 for Christopher Shane Ely Jr.
Upon arrival, police reported finding a man in the hospital parking lot engaged in an altercation with a 23-year-old security officer, using vulgar language toward officers and staff at the hospital, in front of other people. The hospital security guard, police noted in arrest reports, had blood coming from his head, with gauze on it in an attempt to staunch the blood flow. In addition to a head laceration, the guard’s shoulder was also reportedly dislocated in the altercation, according to police reports.
The foul mouthed man, identified in arrest and police reports as Christopher Shane Ely Jr. of Emory, was taken into custody for assault on a security guard, SSPD Officer Francisco Castro noted in arrest reports. Ely was uncooperative, resisted and refused to follow commands given by officers as they escorted him to a patrol vehicle, according to arrest and police reports.
Officers later learned the date of birth Ely gave was incorrect. Police noted the man, when talking to officers, did not speak clearly, and allegedly admitted to consuming a controlled substance, according to police reports. He was also reported to have been released from custody in Rains County two days prior to the alleged hospital altercation on Nov. 28 in Sulphur Springs, according to police reports.
Ely remained in Hopkins County jail Monday morning, Nov. 30, 2020, on a third-degree felony assault on security officer charge, according to jail reports.
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A 31-year-old Sulphur Springs man was jailed Sunday night on a felony theft charge after allegedly stealing headphones from Walmart, according to arrest reports.
Jamie Lee Lindsay (HCSO jail photo)
Sulphur Springs Police Officer Victor Reyna responded just after 8 p.m. Nov. 29, 2020, to a report of a theft in progress at Walmart. Store asset protection staff reported seeing the man leave Walmart with merchandise he did not pay for, then walk to a nearby convenience store.
Police observed a male fitting the description of the alleged shoplifter walk into the gas station restroom. At the store, the man allegedly attempted to conceal a white box in a trash can liner. The box was retrieved and found to contain headphones or earbuds. A short time later, another pair of personal audio listening devices was found in the another white box at the same location. Police reports show two packets of Kool-Aid also were among list of property recovered from Lindsay.
A records check showed the suspect, identified in arrest reports at 31-year-old Jamie Lee Lindsay, not only had an outstanding Class C misdemeanor warrant for his arrest but there as also an active criminal trespass warning on file prohibiting him from being at Walmart.
Consequently, Lindsay was arrested at 8:12 p.m. Nov. 29, in the 1700 block of South Broadway for theft of property valued at less than $2,500 with two or more previous convictions, criminal trespassing and on the possession of paraphernalia warrant.
Jail reports show the 31-year-old Sulphur Springs man has been booked into Hopkins County jail multiple times over the last 13 years. Lindsay previously was jail in Hopkins County on July 17-18, 2008 on a theft charge; July 10-12, 2013, on a theft of property with two or more prior convictions charge; Sept. 10-28, 2015 for violation of probation on a theft charge; and July 17-Oct. 7, 2016, as part of an 11-month state jail sentence for violating probation on a theft charge.
Jail records also show Lindsay spent Dec. 15, 2018-Jan. 24, 2019 in custody for criminal trespass with a deadly weapon; Feb. 12-13, 2019, on a criminal trespass warrant; and May 25-Nov. 13, 2019 for surety off bond on the criminal trespass with a deadly weapon charge.
Lindsay, who is also known by the alias Jamie R. Landor, remained in Hopkins County jail Monday morning, Nov. 30, on the felony theft charge, as well as the misdemeanor criminal trespassing charge and the drug paraphernalia warrant.
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A 34-year-old Sulphur Springs man was arrested on a burglary charge Tuesday after he allegedly kicked in his mother’s apartment door, according to arrest reports.
Wo Lynn McCormick (HCSO jail photo)
Sulphur Springs Police officers responded to a disturbance at a Van Sickle Street apartment reportedly started by a son kicking in a door and assaulting his mother. Upon arrival, officers encountered Wo Lynn McCormick. The 34-year-old claimed he just wanted to get non-prescription medication and to see his mom.
The mother, however, alleged her son, Wo McCormick, kicked in her door, and struck her hard in the side of the head. Another one of her sons allegedly saw his brother grab at their mother and put Wo in a choke-hold to prevent further violence.
Consequently, McCormick was arrested at 1:45 p.m. Dec. 1 for burglary of a habitation for his actions to gain entry to his mother’s locked residence. He remained in Hopkins County jail Wednesday morning, Dec. 2, 2020, on the second-degree felony burglary charge.
According to jail reports, Tuesday was the fourth time McCormick has been in Hopkins County jail in 2020 following family disturbances.
He spent Feb. 22-23 in jail on a Class C misdemeanor family violence assault charge and a resisting arrest, search or transport charge. He allegedly grabbed a female family member by her bathrobe. When police attempted to take him into custody, he allegedly actively resisted them and attempted to flee the scene.
He also spent March 26-27 in jail for family violence assault by threat; and March 28-July 2 for violation of bond/protective order. On March 26, he was accused of threatening to bash his mother’s face in. Because of the Feb. 22 arrest and an Aug. 4, 2019 arrest, police believed further violence would occur if no action were taken, so he was arrested March 26 for assault by threat. He allegedly became aggressive toward jail staff and was placed into a protective cell overnight. After spending the night in jail, he was released from custody on March 27.
At 12 a.m. March 28, he was reported to have returned to his mother’s residence and kept trying to get her to let him into her residence, despite a protective order issued following the March 26 incident prohibiting him from contacting or being within 1,000 feet of his mother. Consequently, he was arrested March 28 and held until July 2 on a violation of bond/protective order charge.
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