Three Sulphur Springs men were charged with burglaries on Thursday, June 2, 2022. One was booked into jail following a criminal trespass call and the two others had two burglary warrants added to the list of charges they are currently jailed on, according to arrest reports.
Trespassing Call
Sulphur Springs Police Officers responded Thursday afternoon, June 2, on Alabama Street, where they were asked to issue a criminal trespass warning prohibiting a man from legally returning to the property.
Upon arrival, they contacted and issued James Hurston Milam a trespass warning for the property in question. A records check showed the 43-year-old Sulphur Springs man to be wanted on multiple outstanding warrants. SSPD Officer Steven Osborne took Milam into custody at 2:50 p.m. and transported him to jail.
Milam was booked in at 3:34 p.m. June 2, 2022, on a Hopkins County burglary of a habitation warrant, Lamar County warrants for possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group1 controlled substance and theft of property valued at less than $2,500 with two or more previous convictions, and a warrant out of Austin for violation of parole, according to arrest reports.
Jail records show he also had two traffic warrants and one for possessing drug paraphernalia added to his list of charges at the jail. Milam, who is also known by Jamie Milam, remained in Hopkins County jail Friday, June 3, 2022. His bond was set at $25,000 on the burglary warrant, $100,000 on the controlled substance charge and $10,000 on the theft charge. He was held on the parole charge.
Thursday was the second time in less than a year Milam has been jailed for violating parole; he was also held July 1-July 23, 2021 in Hopkins County jail on for violation of parole, according to jail reports.
Additional Charges
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Communications Operators notified Corrections Officer Courtney Steward that two warrants each had been issued for two inmates in custody in the jail. Steward reported serving a 19-year-old Sulphur Springs man and a 20-year-old Sulphur Springs man with two warrants each for burglary of vehicles.
The teen has remained in custody at Hopkins County jail since turning himself in May 1, 2022, on an evading arrest or detention with a vehicle warrant and one for violation of probation-indecency with a child by exposure charge. His bond was set at $25,000 on the evading arrest charge; he was held on the other charge, according to jail records.
The 20-year-old has remained in custody at Hopkins County jail since deputies took him into custody at his Sulphur Springs residence on April 29, 2022, on a warrant for an evading arrest or detention with a vehicle charge, reports reflect. Bond on the evading arrest charge was set at $25,000, according to jail reports.
Both the evading arrest charges and the vehicle burglaries are alleged to have occurred on April 28, 2022, according to arrest and jail reports. Bond was set at $2,000 per misdemeanor burglary of vehicles charge for each, according to jail records.
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