At least 11 people were jailed on controlled substance and related charges between July 7 and July 10, according to arrest and jail reports.
FM 275 Traffic Stop
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Aaron Chaney reported seeing a Honda Civic traveling at a high rate of speed south on FM 275 south, cross the the fog line then travel into the grass toward the ditch. He initiated a traffic stop. The car stopped near County Road 1145 at 8:52 p.m. July 7.
Upon contact, Chaney noted Edith Leanne Raney to be visibly shaking and appeared nervous. She claimed to be en route to a family emergency in Longview and was shaken up. He also noticed a piece of deer antler that had been made into a marijuana pipe, evidenced by the marijuana still inside of it.
So, he had the 50-year-old Lone Oak woman hand it over and get out of the car so he could conduct a probable cause search. Chaney found a glass pipe with suspected methamphetamine in it. He placed Raney into custody and patted her down, finding a bag with 0.1 gram of a crystal-like substance that later tested positive for methamphetamine.
Raney was booked into jail around midnight Wednesday for possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance. She was released from jail later July 8 on a $5,000 bond.
South Broadway Street Traffic Stop
Sulphur Springs Police Officer Cameron Robinson conducted a traffic stop of a Nissan Altima at 1:44 a.m. Thursday on South Broadway Street. A records check of driver Dustin James Stroud showed the man be wanted in both Franklin and Red River counties for violation of probation.
Robinson transported the 28-year-old Scroggins man to jail, where he was booked at 2:28 a.m. July 8, 2021, on both charges.
Stroud remained in Hopkins County jail until Friday on the Franklin County warrant for violation of probation, which she was on for bail jumping and failure to appear and the Red River County warrant for violation of probation on a possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge. He was transferred to one of the other counties on July 9, 2021.
Sandy Hill Warrant Arrests
HCSO Sgt. Scott Davis and Deputy Chris Baumann spotted Erasmo Rodriguez around 9 p.m. riding a bicycle near his Sandy Hill residence. Aware of warrants that had been issued for the 25-year-old’s arrest, Davis received confirmation the warrants were still active, contacted him and took him into custody at 9:08 p.m. July 7, 2021.
Erasmo Rodriguez was booked into Hopkins County jail at 9:44 p.m. Thursday, on the Cooke County warrants for failure to appear on possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 2 controlled substance and less than 2 ounces of marijuana. The Sulphur Springs man remained in Hopkins County jail Saturday morning, July 10, 2021, in lieu of a $5,000 bond on the controlled substance charge and a $4,000 bond on the marijuana charge.
While on Sandy Hill Road, deputies also contacted Rodriguez’s 28-year-old brother at their residence. Davis and Baumann took the brother into custody at 9:15 p.m. July 7, 2021, and transported him to jail on a Smith County warrant for bond forfeiture on a driving while intoxicated offense. The 28-year-old was released from jail July 8 on a $5,000 bond on the Smith County warrant.
I-30 Traffic Stop
Sulphur Springs Police Department responded at mile marker 135 on Interstate 30 east where a wanted woman could reportedly be found. Upon confirmation of an active Lamar County warrant for bond surrender on a possession of less than one gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance, a county two prohibited substance, in a correctional facility.
Officers Victor Reyna and Cleve Williams at 7:52 p.m. July 8 took, Robin Rene Power into custody. She was booked into Hopkins County jail at 9:01 p.m. Thursday, July 8, 2021, on the Lamar County controlled substance warrant. The Toyota Camry she was in was impounded.
The 50-year-old Breckenridge woman remained in Hopkins County jail Saturday morning, July 10, 2021, on the controlled substance charge. Her bond was set at $20,000 on the felony charge.
Arrested By DPS
Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Chris Sorley arrested a 26-year-old Brent River Trebing of Ravenna, Texas on Thursday, July 8, 2021, on a possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 2 controlled substance charge. (Ravenna is located in Fannin County.)
Trebing was booked into Hopkins County jail Thursday, July 8, and released Friday, July 9, 2021, on a $5,000 bond on the felony controlled substance charge.
No additional details were available as of Saturday morning, July 10, 2021, on Trebing’s arrest.
FM 69 Crash
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a two-vehicle crash reported on FM 69 at 3:35 p.m. Thursday, July 8, 2021. Records checks using identifying information from all people involved in the crash revealed a warrant for Sophie Nicole Ghoski’s arrest.
The 33-year-old Dike woman was allowed to move her vehicle, a Hyundai Sonata, into her driveway prior to being taken into custody on the outstanding Dallas county charge.
Ghoshi was released from Hopkins County jail on July 9 on a $5,000 bond on the second-degree felony possession of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance.
Jail Transfers
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office was alerted Caleb Evan Ashley had been arrested in El Paso on a Hopkins County warrant for manufacture or delivery of 400 grams or more of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance.
Deputy Frank Tiemann took custody of the 22-year-old man at El Paso County jail, then transported Ashley to Hopkins County jail, where he was booked at 8:18 p.m. Thursday, July 8, 2021, on the charge. The violation was alleged to have occurred on June 30, 2021.
Ashley, who is also known by Caleb Mescall was held Saturday morning, July 10, 2021, in Hopkins County jail without bond.
July 8 was the third time Ashley has been booked into Hopkins County jail. He was first jailed Jan. 12-April 28, 2019 on a manufacture or delivery of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance. He served commitment in Hopkins County jail from Jan. 7 to Feb. 3, 20202, after being assessed a commitment in an intermediate sanctioned facility.
CR 2301 Disturbance
While Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office deputies were following up on a disturbance reported at a County Road 2301 address around 4:45 p.m. Friday, July 9, Jordan William McKay walked up to the location and was determined to have been involved in the altercation.
The sheriff’s officers patted the 27-year-old Sulphur Springs man down as a safety precaution. He admitted to having a pistol inside his backpack. The officers removed the pistol from the backpack and noted the serial numbers had been defaced. A records check showed the gun had been reported to Greenville authorities as stolen. Consequently, McKay was taken into custody at 4:49 p.m. on a theft of firearm charge, HCSO Sgt. Todd Evans and Deputy Richard Brantley alleged in arrest reports.
HCSO Chief Investigator Corley Weatherford received permission to search McKay’s pocket. Weatherford located on a hidden compartment of a lighter a baggy containing a white crystal-like substance which later field tested positive as 0.779 gram of methamphetamine. Consequently, McKay was also charged with possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance.
McKay, who is also known as Jordan William Hamilton Mcoy and Jordan William H. McKay, was transported to Hopkins County jail, where he was booked at 6:08 p.m. July 9, 2021, on the firearm theft and controlled substance charges as well as a warrant for not paying a public intoxication fine. The 27-year-old remained in Hopkins County jail Saturday morning, July 10, 2021. Bond was set at $5,000 each on the theft and controlled substance charges.
Crime Stoppers Tip Results in Arrest
A Crime Stoppers tip led Commerce Police to Amanda Lena Villaneuva’s location. The wanted 46-year-old Oklahoma native was taken into custody and transported by Commerce police to the Hunt-Hopkins County line on State Highway 11 west.
HCSO Deputy Elijah Fite took custody of Villanueva and transported her to Hopkins County jail. The woman she was booked at 3:12 p.m. into jail for violation of probation, which she was on for an Oct. 5, 2020 Hopkins County possession of 4 grams or more but less than 200g rams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge.
Villanueva, who is also known by Amanda L. Villanueva Massey, was held in Hopkins County jail without bond on the felony warrant Saturday morning, July 10, 2021.
Kaufman County Arrest
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office was alerted Alton James Lopez had been arrested in Kaufman County on two Hopkins County controlled substance warrants.
Lopez was transferred to Hopkins County Law Enforcement Center. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Reserve Deputy Thompson escorted the 30-year-old Tool, Texas (Henderson County) man into Hopkins County jail. Lopez was booked at 12:26 p.m. Friday, July 9, 2021, on one first-degree felony warrant for manufacture or delivery of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance and another second-degree felony warrant for manufacture or delivery of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance.
The Henderson County man remained in Hopkins County jail at noon Saturday, July 10, 2021, on both controlled substance charges. Lopez’s bond was recommended at $100,00 on the first degree felony charge and $75,000 on the second-degree felony charge.
Additional Warrant Arrests
Michael Pierre Cousin too was escorted into the county jail Friday, July 9, 2021, on a warrant for possession of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance,.
Friday was the second time the 54-year-old Arlington man has been booked into Hopkins County jail.
Cousin, who is also known as Michael P. Colison and Michae Colison, was arrested Nov. 2, 20219, for possession of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia; he was released from jail Nov. 21, 2019, on a $30,000 bond on that controlled substance charge.
Jason Scott Bradley was booked into the county jail by a sheriff’s office employee Friday, July 9, 2021, on a possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance warrant. The 39-year-old Scroggins man remained Hopkins County jail Saturday afternoon on the felony charge.
Bradley has two prior arrests, on on Jan. 14, 2017 for possession of drug paraphernalia and on May 22, 2018 on an indictment for possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance.
