A complaint of people drinking, smoking marijuana and being aggressive toward others at a Helm Lane parking lot and stairwell resulted in three men’s arrests late Thursday night. Police officers Justin Findley and Zach Brown were dispatched about just after 10:30 p.m. May 23 to the Helm Lane apartment complex, where they reported finding a 28-year-old male resident passed out. They woke him up. Believing him to be intoxicated to the point he was a danger to himself and others, he was taken into custody for public intoxication. A 38-year-old Sulphur Springs man was also contacted. Officers reported seeing open beer bottles and smelling marijuana and alcohol odors while talking to the man. He was alleged to be unsteady on his feet, to have slurred speech and glassy eyes. Believing he too was a potential danger to himself and others, he too was arrested for public intoxication, the officers alleged in arrest reports. The third man reportedly tried to run up the stairway when police arrived. He was instructed to walk down to talk to officers. Marijuana and alcohol odors were allegedly smelled by officers while talking to the 29-year-old Sulphur Springs man. He was reported to be unsteady on his feet, have slurred speech and glassy eyes. He allegedly admitted he’d been smoking. Believing he too was a danger to himself and others, police took him into custody for PI, according to police reports.
A 29-year-old Sulphur Springs man was arrested early Saturday at motel was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and resisting arrest, following a disturbance with a woman in a hotel parking lot. Sulphur Springs Police Cpl.Chris Rosamond reported contacting Jamie Lee Lindsay and a female at 12:36 a.m. about a disturbance he observed between the two in the parking lot of a motel in the 1500 block of East Industrial Drive Rosamond alleged the man displayed indicators Lindsay was possibly under the influence of narcotics.
During a pat down Rosamond reported feeling what to him felt like a glass pipe of the kind commonly used to smoke methamphetamine. The man was reported to be uncooperative with him during the pat down, and was placed into handcuffs until another officer arrived to assist.
Rosamond said he then checked the area where Lindsay had reportedly walked toward and found a baggy with a crystallized substance believed to be methamphetamine. Lindsay was arrested for possession of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance, which weighed 4.8 grams in the packaging and tested positive as methamphetamine, Rosamond and Officer Nick Floyd alleged in arrest reports. Lindsay reportedly became irritated and began resisting arrest with physical strength and resisting movements against the officers; he was taken to the ground until another unit arrived to transport Lindsay to jail, where he was also charged with resisting arrest, police alleged in arrest reports.
Lindsay remained in the county jail late Saturday morning on both charges, according to jail reports.
A traffic stop on FM 2653 south of State Highway 11 resulted in location of approximately 2 grams of methamphetamine and Jessica Lanae Bentle’s arrest. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputy Lance Burdick reported stopping a Dodge Ram 1500 at 9:34 p.m. for a defective stop lamp. He noted the driver, identified in arrest reports as 31-year-old Bentle of Commerce, exhibited signs of nervousness, could not sit still and kept looking around the truck. When asked, she reportedly refused to allow a search of the pickup. Thus, Sulphur Springs Police Officer Cleve Williams was contacted to bring his canine partner, Kilo, to the location to conduct a sniff search around the vehicle. The dog gave a positive alert for contraband, resulting in a search, according to arrest reports.
Officers alleged finding a suspected methamphetamine pipe and a baggy of suspected methamphetamine, resulting in the woman’s arrest. The substance field tested positive as meth and weighed about 2 grams, Burdick noted in arrest reports. Consequently, Bentle was charged with possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance.
Bentle remained in the county jail at noon Saturday. Bond was set at $10,000 on the controlled substance charge, according to jail reports.
Scotty Ray Price, 36, of Sulphur Springs was arrested at 1:47 p.m. Sunday on 9th Street in Sulphur Springs for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend.
Sulphur Springs Police Officer Sean Hoffman was dispatched a disturbance at his residence. Upon arrival, the man was alleged to have assaulted his girlfriend by punching her in the face and body numerous times, and placing her in a choke hold, which impeded her breathing, Hoffman wrote in arrest reports.
The man allegedly admitted to putting the woman in choke hold. The woman allegedly had numerous injuries. Consequently, Price was arrested for family violence assault causing bodily injury and impeded breathing, Hoffman alleged in arrest reports.
Price remained in the county jail Monday. His bond was set at $10,000 on the felony assault charge, according to jail reports.
A 34-year-old Sulphur Springs man was arrested Saturday for allegedly preventing a woman from calling 911.
Police were dispatched at 11:12 a.m. May 25 to a report of a disturbance in progress at a Woodlawn Street residence. Upon arrival at the man’s residence, they contacted the man and another party alleged to have been involved in the disturbance, police reported.
He was accused of taking the phone away from the other participant and still had it on him. She reportedly tried to get it back but he wouldn’t give it to her. Officers asked the man if he had the phone; he admitted he did and took it from his pocket, police alleged in arrest reports.
An officer reported listening to the recording from the 911 call and could hear the woman yelling in an attempt to take the phone back. Consequently, the man was arrested for interference with an emergency request for assistance, a Class A misdemeanor offense, according to arrest reports.
A 31–year-old Sulphur Springs man was jailed after police found methamphetamine in his pocket, according to arrest reports.
Jason Allen Hooten reportedly caught Sulphur Springs Police Officer Zach Brown’s attention by driving a Jeep Cherokee on the “wrong side of the road,” in the 1500 block of East Industrial Drive at 10:36 p.m. Monday, so Brown stopped him on the traffic charge.
Brown reported the driver,when contacted, appeared “extremely nervous,” to the point the man’s chest could be seen beating and his t-shirt shaking, according to arrest reports. Hooten claimed to have just left a family member’s home but couldn’t remember the person’s name, Brown alleged in arrest reports.
Hooten reportedly gave officers permission to search him and the vehicle for anything illegal. A clear bag with suspected methamphetamine was allegedly found in Hooten’s pants pocket, resulting in his arrest at 10:45 p.m. for possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance and the vehicle being impounded, according to arrest reports.
Hooten remained in the county jail late Tuesday morning, May 28, on the controlled substance charge. Bond was set at $5,000 on the charge, according to jail reports.
According to jail reports, the arrest marks the second time Hooten has been jailed this month. He was arrested May 12 on a warrant for leaving the scene of an accident, and released from custody later that day.
Patrick Deshaun Holman, 23, of Frisco was jailed Wednesday night after police found a stolen firearm in his possession during a traffic stop, according to arrest reports.
Holman was reportedly a passenger in a Toyota Camry stopped on Interstate 30 east at mile marker 122 for traffic violation at 10:38 p.m. May 29 for a traffic violation, Sulphur Springs Police Officer Cleve Williams alleged in the arrest report. During Williams’ interaction with the car’s occupants, he reported finding a firearm that’d been reported stolen in Holman’s possession, resulting in the Frisco man’s arrest, according to arrest reports.
SSPD Officer Nick Floyd responded at the location and transported the man to jail, according to arrest reports. Holman remained in the county jail Thursday afternoon, May 30; his bond was set at $5,000 on the felony theft by possession of stolen firearm charge, according to arrest and jail reports.
Sulphur Springs City Council members are scheduled Tuesday night to meet in a special executive session prior to their regular monthly meeting to discuss two city offices, those of the public safety director and the public utilities director. The city in October 2017 held a similar meeting, opting to create a new position, that of public safety director. This combined jobs of both police and fire chiefs. James “Jay” Sanders, a longtime veteran of the department who was the city’s police chief and a certified firefighter at the time, was appointed as the city’s public safety director. Sanders was placed on administrative leave on March 22, 2019, when Texas Commission on Law Enforcement began an investigation into an allegation Sanders provided “false information to pay for a couple of people to go to academy,” TCOLE spokeswoman Gretchen Grigsby said. Sanders was accused of providing false information on documentation to obtain funding for a couple of individuals to go through police academy, according to Grigsby. TCOLE’s investigation concluded with Sanders’ voluntary surrender of his peace officer license on May 2, Grigsby said. Sanders remained on administrative leave from the city until Friday, May 3, when he officially handed in his letter of resignation, City Manger Marc Maxwell confirmed on May 5. When Sanders was placed on administrative leave, Sulphur Springs Police Department Patrol Capt. Jason Ricketson was named acting police chief and Sulphur Springs Fire Department Assistant Chief Tim Vaughn has served as acting fire chief. Ricketson and Vaughn continue to serve as interim chiefs of those departments. Sulphur Springs City Council is scheduled to meet in executive session Tuesday, June 4, 30 minutes prior to the start of the regular council meeting, to discuss the public safety director position as well as the utilities director position. The regular June 4 City Council agenda then calls for the council to discuss and consider taking action on both positions discussed during the executive session.
There are at least two additional items on Tuesday’s regular council agenda regarding officials.
The oath of office is to be administered to Freddie Taylor, Jeff Sanderson and Doug Moore, who won the May City Council election. The city council on May 9 met in special session to canvass the May 4 election. The council members at that time are to select a member to serve as mayor and another member as mayor pro tem.
After the special meeting, the council reconvene at 6 p.m. at a special council retreat where they discussed possible appointments to several boards and commissions. At the regular June 4 meeting, the city council is also slated to discuss and consider appointments for the Economic Development Corporation, Zoning Board of Adjustment, Airport Advisory Board, Sulphur River Municipal Water District Board, Library Board, Board of Tourism and Promotion, Construction Board of Adjustment and Appeals, Planning and Zoning Commission, Ark-Tex Council of Governments, the Downtown Revitalization Board and Revolving Loan Fund Committee.
The regular city council meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 4, at City Hall.
A complaint of alcohol consumption in Gilmer Street parking lot Friday night lead police to a man wanted on three traffic charges, according to arrest reports.
Sulphur Springs Police were at location at 10:39 p.m. in reference to people drinking alcohol in the parking lot in the 600 block of Gilmer Street.
The officers, in arrest reports, said he encountered a 22-year-old Sulphur Springs man he knew to be wanted. He had dispatchers verify the outstanding charges, then took the man into custody on one warrant for failure to maintain financial responsibility and two warrants for no driver’s license, including one for third no DL offense, according to arrest reports.
A complaint of an intoxicated person at a South Broadway Street gas station Saturday night resulted in not only a woman’s arrest for public intoxication, but also a Dike man being jailed on a controlled substance charge, according to police reports. Sulphur Springs Police Lt. Eddie Moon, Sgt. Joshua Shufeldt and Officer Derrick Williams responded to a complaint of a suspected intoxicated person inside the South Broadway Street gas station at 11:11 p.m. June 1. They reported finding a 41-year-old Sulphur Springs woman who exhibited signs and indicators of intoxication. She was believed to be a danger to herself and others if left at the location, thus she was taken into custody for PI, Moon and Shufeldt alleged in arrest reports. While at the location they encountered 50-year-old Tracy Odell Marshall of Dike. Marshall exhibited signs of nervousness while talking with police. When asked, he refused offices’ request to search his vehicle, a Dodge Ram 1500. An officer was contacted to bring his canine partner to the location. The police dog gave a positive response for narcotic odor, resulting a probable cause search of the truck. Less than 1 gram of suspect methamphetamine and a glass pipe of the kind commonly used to smoke meth were allegedly located in the pickup, resulting in Marshall’s arrest for possession of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance, Moon and Williams alleged in arrest reports.
Marshall remained in the county jail Monday morning. His bond was set at $5,000 on the charge, according to jail reports.
Sulphur Springs City Council Tuesday night voted to eliminate the public safety director position, with one council member voting against the measure.
The city will go back to the prior tradition of having a separate fire chief and separate police chief.
For the fire department, the top officer will be the fire chief/fire marshal. David James was appointed to fill that role.
Jason Ricketson, a longtime officer at Sulphur Springs Police Department who has been serving as interim police chief since March, was officially appointed as the city police chief.
Woodside Lane resident Jay Julian prior to their vote, asked the council to consider the financial impact of having two chiefs, and if the decision was made for a separate chief for each department to at least consider conducting a regional search to find the best candidate for each position.
Councilman Doug Moore pointed out that by having a fire chief/marshal that will make a fire marshal available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to conduct inspections on request for occupancy and other construction needs. Currently, businesses have to wait until a certified person is on duty every third day to conduct the inspections
“I feel like that’s more of a scheduling issue, not a personnel. You need to attempt to work on the scheduling issue,” Julian replied.
The motion to split the top job, with one for each department instead of a public safety director over both, was discussed along with the position of director of utilities by the city council during an executive session held 30 minutes prior to the start of the regular June council meeting.
The motion for two separate chiefs was approved, with Councilman Freddie Taylor casting the lone vote against the proposal.
The council also followed the recommendation of city staff that James Jordan be employed as the city’s utilities director.
A man found sleeping in a Dodge 2500 pickup parked in front of a Sulphur Springs residence at 7 a.m. Wednesday ended up in jail on a controlled substance charge, Sulphur Springs Police Officer Adrian Pruitt alleged in arrest reports. Pruitt reported the man to appear extremely nervous when contacted on W.A. Street at Beckham Street, which was not his residence. The man, identified in arrest reports as 26-year-old Martin Lee Contreras of Sulphur Springs, allegedly admitted to having a small bag of marijuana in his front pocket. As Pruitt continued to investigate, Contreras allegedly admitted there was suspected methamphetamine in the truck and a bag with a crystal-like substance suspected to be methamphetamine was retrieved. A search yielded another bag with suspected methamphetamine, Pruitt alleged in arrest reports. Consequently, Contreras was arrested for possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance. A drug-free zone enhancement was added due to the man’s proximity to Pacific Park when found in possession of the alleged controlled substance, making the charge a third-degree felony, according to arrest reports.
Contreras remained in the county jail Thursday morning. His bond was set at $10,000 on the controlled substance charge, according to jail reports.
A complaint of counterfeit money being passed at an Industrial Drive business Wednesday night resulted in a Sulphur Springs man and woman being arrested on one misdemeanor charge each. Sulphur Springs police conducted a search in reference to the report of a counterfeit $100. A search of the 48-year-old Sulphur Springs man allegedly revealed less than 2 ounces of marijuana in his possession. Consequently, he was arrested at 9:12 p.m. June 5 on a Class B misdemeanor possession of marijuana charge, police noted in arrest reports. Officers contacted a 39-year-old woman identified as a person involved in the call. The woman was reportedly shouting profanity, and wouldn’t stop, even after being warned by police to cease using such language in public. Consequently, she was arrested for disorderly conduct, according to arrest reports.
The man remained in Hopkins County jail Thursday morning; his bond was set at $1,000 on the marijuana charge. The woman was released from jail Thursday morning, according to jail reports.
A 30-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was arrested on a Class A misdemeanor driving while intoxicated charge following an investigation into a traffic crash, according to arrest reports.
Sulphur Springs police responded to a complaint of a crash. On contact with the woman at 10:16 p.m. Thursday, officers reported smelling a strong alcohol odor emitting from her breath. She also was alleged to be unsteady on her feet, spoke with slow slurred speech and had bloodshot eyes.
Due to the inclement weather at the time, police did not conduct field sobriety tests. Instead she was taken to the county jail, where she tested 0.265 and 0.272 on breath tests, more than three times the legal 0.08 limit. She was charged with DWI with a blood-alcohol reading of more than 0.15, according to arrest reports.
The woman was released from the county jail on $2,000 bond on the DWI charge Thursday morning, according to jail reports.
A welfare check at a West Shannon Road location ended with a warrant arrest.
Sulphur Springs police went to the 1600 block of West Shannon Road for the welfare check and made contact with Clifton Andrew Greene, 53, of Del Valle.
A records check showed Greene to be wanted by Texas Department Criminal Justice Parole Division or Board of Pardon and Paroles on a warrant issued April 30 for violation of parole. Consequently, Greene was arrested on the parole warrant, according to arrest reports.
A 47-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was arrested for possession of less than 1 gram of a methamphetamine found during a traffic stop.
Sherry Lynn Webb was stopped at 7:46 a.m. June 6 on East Loop 301. She appeared to Sulphur Springs Police Officer Adrian Pruitt to be extremely nervous, so he obtained her permission to search the Chrysler Sebring and her purse, Pruitt alleged in arrest reports.
A glass pipe of the kind commonly used to smoke methamphetamine with a large crystal-like rock believed to be meth inside was found, resulting in Webb’s arrest on the felony controlled substance charge, according to arrest reports.
Webb remained in the county jail Friday morning. Bond was set at $5,000 on the controlled substance charge, according to jail reports.
A 47-year-old man was arrested on a controlled substance charge just before 7 a.m. Friday, June 7, after police found him in possession of suspected methamphetamine.
Sulphur Springs Police Officer Brandon Murphy was dispatched to the 1200 block of Texas Street, to a report of a person thought to possibly be intoxicated and to be in possession of weapons. Murphy reported finding a man, identified in arrest reports as Milton Pineda, outside the residence from which the 911 call had been made. After contacting the man, Murphy noted he appeared to him to be under the influence of a narcotic.
Murphy alleged the man had bloodshot eyes, was very talkative and seemed agitated. Pineda was placed into handcuffs and patted down as a safety precaution. A black pouch with two plastic baggies containing a white crystal-like substance Murphy believed to be methamphetamine was found in Pineda’s front pocket, the SSPD officer alleged in arrest reports.
Consequently, Pineda was arrested for possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance in a drug-free zone, according to arrest reports.
A routine traffic stop on Peach Street Saturday resulted in location of two pain medications and a felony arrest.
Sulphur Springs Police Officer Sean Hoffman reported initiating a traffic stop on a Ford Focus. He alleged the woman inside could be seen moving around as if to conceal something, before bring the car to a stop in the 500 block of Peach Street at 1:32 p.m. June 8.
On contact, Hoffman said the driver to be extremely nervous, so he asked and received permission to search the car. Hoffman, in arrest reports, alleged Tramadol hydrochloride and acetaminophen hydrocodone bitartrate, pain medications, were located.
Rosemary Zamora, 49, of Sulphur Springs was arrested at 2:21 p.m. Saturday for possession of less than 28 grams of a Penalty Group 3 controlled substance; a drug-free zone enhancement was added due to proximity of the stop to a church and school property, according to arrest reports.
Zamora was released from the county jail Sunday, June 9, on $5,000 bond on the controlled substance charge, according to jail reports.
A traffic stop by Cumby police resulted in a felony arrest Saturday evening.
Cumby Police Chief Paul Robertson reported stopping a Toyota Camry at 6:10 p.m. June 8 for a traffic violation. A records check showed the 23-year-old Donvanique Lamar Wilson, 23, of Dallas man to have an outstanding Dallas County warrant. Consequently, Wilson was taken into custody at 6:15 p.m. and taken to jail for family violence assault that impeded breathing or circulation.
Wilson remained in the county jail at noon Monday, June 10. His bond was set at $20,000 on the felony assault charge, according to jail reports.
Sulphur Springs police saw a man he recognized as a wanted person walking on Carter Street and detained him at the Freeman Street intersection at noon Monday, according to arrest reports.
Dispatchers confirmed the warrant, resulting in the arrest of 19-year-old Deanthony Rayon Moore June 10 on a warrant for manufacture or delivery of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 2 or 2A controlled substance in a drug-free zone.
He remained in the county jail Tuesday morning. His bond was set at $30,000, according to jail reports.
