Meth Found In SUV Occupied By Sulphur Springs Pair
Three people were arrested on controlled substance charges following two Valentine’s Day traffic stops. A 38-year-old Dallas man was allegedly caught with a cache of contraband, including suspected methamphetamine, cocaine, prescription pain medications, anti-anxiety drugs, marijuana, a firearm and two unidentified substances; and a Sulphur Springs pair was caught with suspected meth during an unrelated traffic stop late Monday, according to arrest reports.
Traffic Stop At Mile Marker 120 On I-30 East
Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Arturo Ugalde reported stopping a Chevrolet Equinox at 12:51 p.m. Feb. 14, 2022, on Interstate 30 east at mile marker 120 because the SUV’s registration was expired and it was being driven too close to another vehicle.
A search of the SUV revealed a cache of contraband, including several types of narcotics and controlled substances, a firearm and multiple plastic baggies of assorted sizes consistent with the sale of narcotics. Ugalde alleged in arrest that that the cache of contraband found in the SUV included:
- 92 grams of methamphetamine,
- 17 grams of cocaine,
- 50 grams of hydrocodone,
- 116 grams of suspected Ecstasy,
- 6 grams of Xanax,
- 0.4 gram of Oxycodone,
- approximately 3 ounces of marijuana,
- two other unidentified substances, and
- a Glock handgun in the SUV.
A records check revealed the 38-year-old Dallas man driving who’d been driving to have multiple prior felony convictions on his criminal history.
Ugalde placed Micheal Edward White under arrest and transported him to the Sulphur Springs highway patrol office for a follow up interview; the vehicle was released to a service for towing and storage. Afterward, White was transported to jail to be booked in for having the cache of contraband.
While being booked into the county jail, additional amounts of marijuana and Ecstasy were discovered to have been concealed on the Dallas man. The Dallas man was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of 2 ounces or more but less than 4 ounces of marijuana, having a prohibited substance or item in a correctional facility and manufacture or delivery of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1-B controlled substance for the other substance seized as part of the cache of contraband.
White, who jail records show is also known to use the aliases Walker Michael, Victor Orlando Smith Micheal Lynn White and Shelby Lynn Williams, remained in Hopkins County jail Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 15, 2022. Bond was set at $50,000 on the manufacture or delivery charge, $20,000 each on the firearm and prohibited substance charges, and $2,000 on the marijuana charge.
Traffic Stop on the South Service Road At 122 Exit
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Isaac Foley spotted a GMC pickup at 11:59 p.m. Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, traveling north along the south I-30 access road at exit 122. He initiated a traffic stop because the truck’s high center-mounted brake light was out. The pickup stopped on the south service road at a gas station. Foley alleged the passenger in the truck displayed aggression toward law enforcement and kept reaching by his left side during the stop.
HCSO Sgt. Tanner Steward arrived to assist. Steward and stayed with the driver, identified in the arrest report as Brian Everett Gumpert, and driver, identified as Dana J. Brantley, while Foley relayed their information to communications operators for a records check. Foley alleged Gumpert again showed aggression.
When the deputy’s request to search the car was denied, both the 50-year-old Sulphur Springs woman and 53-year-old Sulphur Springs man were asked to exit the truck. Gumpert did so reluctantly, after initially refusing Foley alleged in arrest reports. Foley requested Deputy Drew Fisher respond at the location with his partner, K-9 Axe. The police dog conducted an open air sniff around the vehicle and gave a positive alert on the red truck.
A probable cause search of the vehicle then revealed a baggy containing a crystal-like substance the sheriff’s officers believed based on the their training to be methamphetamine between the passenger’s seat and center console. Brantley and Gumpert reportedly denied ownership of the substance which later field-tested positive for meth and weighed approximately 1.468 grams.
Consequently, both the Sulphur Springs woman and man were taken into custody at 12:40 a.m. Feb. 15, 2022, and transported to the county jail. Each was booked in around 2:20 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, on a possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1/1-B controlled substance charge.
Gumpert was released from jail later Tuesday on bond, while Brantley remained in the county jail Tuesday afternoon in lieu of the $10,000 bond set on the controlled substance charge.
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The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
