At least 6 people have been taken into custody in district court and jailed on felony charges this week.
Steven Derek Hanson was taken into custody at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, 2022, on a burglary of a building warrant. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Justin Wilkerson escorted the 29-year-old Sulphur Springs man to the county jail, where he was remained Thursday on the felony charge; the offense was alleged in arrest reports to have occurred on March 12, 2022, according to arrest reports.
Hanson was scheduled to be at the courthouse at 1:30 p.m. March 30, for a pretrial hearing on a Sept. 21, 2021 possession of a controlled substance in a drug-free zone charge, according to Wednesday’s 8th Judicial District Court docket.
Seth Patton Jumper also was scheduled to appear in court during the 1:30 p.m. session March 30 for a pretrial hearing. Wilkerson and Deputy Shing took Jumper into custody at 4 p.m. Wednesday after the 43-year-old Como man bond on a June 19, 2021 aggravated assault with deadly weapon charge was revoked.
Jumper remained in the county jail Thursday. While his bond was set at $15,000 following his arrest on the assault charge in 2021, he will be required to secure the new $250,000 bond set for the aggravated assault charge, according to March 31, 2022 jail reports.
Colten Blake Skinner too was scheduled for a pretrial hearing during the 1:30 p.m. court session March 30, 2022 in the 8th Judicial District Court on a Sept. 29, 2021 possession of a controlled substance charge. The 29-year-old Sulphur Springs man’s bond was revoked and he was escorted into the county jail by deputy Wilkerson.
Skinner remained in Hopkins County jail Thursday afternoon, March 31, 2022. His new bond on the charge was set at $10,000, double the original 2021 bond for possessing less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance, according to jail reports.
Dustin Michael Caldwell was taken into custody in the district courtroom, where his bond on a July 25, 2021 possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance in a drug-free zone charge was revoked during a pretrial hearing during the 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, 2022 court session. The 41-year-old Sulphur Springs man was escorted at 3 p.m. Tuesday March 29, 2022, into the county jail, where HCSO Deputy Aaron Chaney completed Caldwell’s arrest paperwork.
According to Hopkins County jail reports, Caldwell remained in Hopkins County jail Thursday, March 31, 2022 on that charge as well as an expired registration warrant. His new bond on the controlled substance charge was set at $150,000. (His initial bond on the July 2021 charge was set at $10,0000. He was jailed Feb. 26, 2021 for insufficient bond on that controlled substance charge, and released five days later on a new $50,000 bond.)
HCSO Deputy Richard Brantley took Zachary Antonio Rodriguez into custody at 4:30 p.m. March 29, 2022, in the district courtroom, where the 38-year-old was scheduled for a pretrial hearing during the 9 a.m. court session on a Nov. 22, 2021 possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge.
Rodriguez, who is also known to use the name Zac William Rodriguez, was booked into the county jail at 4:39 p.m. Wednesday for bond forfeiture on the controlled substance charge. The Alba man remained in and remained there Thursday, March 31, 2022 in lieu of the new $10,000 bond, twice the original bond amount, according to jail reports.
Deputy Brantley also took Rosa Lynn Toney into custody at 11:35 a.m. Tuesday, March 29, 2022. The 50-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was assessed a 10-month commitment on a May 14, 2021 possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge.
She too was in court during the 9 a.m. session for action related to the controlled substance charge. She continued to be held in the county jail Thursday, March 31, 2022, serving time on the commitment, according to jail reports.
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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.
