At least a dozen individuals were jailed felony warrants over the last week, including a woman reported to have been in possession of heroin when she showed up in court.
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Alvin Jordan and Corrections Officer Courtney Steward took Jazmyn Nikolia Smallwood into custody at 4:18 p.m. Aug. 11, 2022, in the District Courtroom on a warrant for bond revocation on an unauthorized use of a vehicle charge.
The 20-year-old Greenville woman was escorted into the dressing area at the county jail and ordered to removed her clothing one item at a time for an unclothed search due to the woman previously admitting to having heroin in her bra, the sheriff’s officer alleged in arrest reports. Before taking off the undergarment, Smallwood was instructed to hand the controlled substance to the officer. She complied, handing the officer a clear piece of cellophane, the kind typically around a cigarette pack, that was stuck to her, the HCSO officer alleged. The woman advised the substance was heroin; it weighed 0.4 gram, deputies alleged in arrest reports.
Smallwood was booked into the county jail on the warrant as well as a new possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge, Jordan and Steward alleged in arrest reports. She remained in the county jail Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. Her bond on the controlled substance charge was set at $10,000. The bond set on the stolen vehicle charge, however, was set at $250,000, according to jail reports.
HCSO Sgt. Todd Evans and Deputy Michael Chang took Ashton Dure Clark into custody at 2:05 p.m. Aug. 11, 2022, at the courthouse on a warrant. The judge ordered the sheriff’s deputies to place Clark under arrest on the probation warrant, and they did.
Clark was transported to and booked into Hopkins County jail Aug. 11, 2022. He remained in jail Aug. 15, 2022, on the warrant for violation of probation which the 33-year-old North Carolina man was on for a May 20, 2021 assault of a public servant charge, according to arrest and jail reports.
HCSO Jailer Courtney Steward took Edgar Campos into custody at 3:06 p.m. Aug. 10, 2022, in District Court for insufficient bond on March 12, 2022, third or more driving while intoxicated and on an possession of 4 ounces or more but less than 5 pounds of marijuana charges, according to arrest reports.
The 28-year-old Brashear man also had four outstanding traffic warrants: two for failure to maintain financial responsibility, and one each for running a stop sign and driving while license invalid, according to jail reports.
Campos’ new bonds totaled $300,000 — $150,000 each on the felony DWI and marijuana charges. He remained in Hopkins county jail on the charges Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, according to jail records.
HCSO Jailer Courtney took Joey Allen Pierce into custody at 11:16 a.m. Aug. 10, 2022, in District Court and booked into Hopkins County jail at 11:28 a.m. Aug. 10 on a warrant for bond revocation on a March 7, 2022, possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1/1-B controlled substance in a drug-free zone charge.
The 36-year-old Big Sandy man remained in Hopkins County jail Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. His new bond on the controlled substance charge was set at $150,000, according to jail reports.
Jailer Steward also took Christopher Orandel Royal into custody at 10:15 a.m. and transported him from the District Courtroom to Hopkins County jail, where he was booked in at 11:16 a.m. Aug. 10, 2022, on a warrant for bond revocation on an Oct. 31, 2019, possession of 4 ounces or more but less than 5 pounds of marijuana charge, according to arrest reports.
The 31-year-old Pittsburg man remained in Hopkins County jail Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. The new bond on the felony marijuana charge was set at $150,000.
At 11:02 a.m. Aug. 10, 2022, Jailer Courtney Steward took Jacob Lane Thomas into custody on a warrant. Steward escorted the 47-year-old Wylie man into Hopkins County jail, where he was booked in for insufficient bond on a Nov. 1, 2021, possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1/1-B controlled substance charge.
Thomas remained in Hopkins County jail Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. The new bond set on the controlled substance charge was set at $250,000, according to jail reports.
HCSO Deputy Steve Huffman took Kayln Dawn Bell into custody at 11:47 p.m. Aug. 10, 2022, at Perryville Detention Center in Perryville, Arkansas. He transported the 37-year-old Scroggins woman to Hopkins County jail, where she was booked in at 4:55 p.m. Aug. 10, 2022, on a warrant for a Dec. 13, 2021 possession of drug paraphernalia and another for violation of probation on for a Feb. 27, 2021 possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1/1-B controlled substance charge, according to arrest and jail reports.
Bell, who is also known by KK and Kayln Dawn Sartor, was held in Hopkins County jail Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, without bond on the felony charge, according to jail reports.
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Bobby Osornio and Justin Wilkerson, and Sgt. Scott Davis were made aware of a warrant for Charles Cliffton Newman III‘s arrest. The deputies located him at his County Road 2408 residence and took the 40-year-old Pickton man into custody at 9:30 p.m. Aug. 9, 2022, on the warrant. He was booked into the county jail at 10:24 p.m. Aug. 9, on a warrant for bond forfeiture on an assault of a family or household member with previous conviction charge.
Newman, who is also known to by Charles Clifton Newsman Jr., Charles Cliffton Newman II, Charles Clifton Newman III and Cliff Newman III, was released from Hopkins County jail Aug. 10, 2022, according to jail reports.
HCSO Deputy Steve Huffman took Sarah Elizabeth Taylor into custody at 10:28 a.m. Aug. 9, 2022, at Woodman Unit in Coryell County in Gatesville on a bench warrant. Huffman then transported the 28-year-old Sulphur Springs woman to Hopkins County jail, where she was booked in at 4:38 p.m. Aug. 9, 2022, for bond forfeiture on a burglary of a habitation charge, according to arrest reports.
Taylor, who is also known by Sarah Elizabeth Blake, remained in Hopkins County jail Aug. 15, 2022, held on the felony burglary charge, according to jail records.
William David Combs Jr. turned himself in at 4:50 p.m. Aug. 8, 2022, to serve a 180-day commitment for indecency with a child by exposure. The offense was reported to have occurred on July 31, 2021, in Rains County, according to arrest reports.
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Kevin Lester escorted the 32-year-old Emory man into Hopkins County jail, where he was booked in at 5:10 p.m. Aug. 8. He remained in Hopkins County jail on the charge on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, according to jail reports.
HCSO Deputy Steve Huffman took Norman Oscar Baez-Baez Jr. into custody at 2:02 p.m. Aug. 8 at San Patricio County and transported him to Hopkins County jail on two Hopkins County warrants.
Huffman, in arrest reports, noted Baez-Baez to be “the most polite and courteous individual I have transported. He is trying to get his life on track so he can take care of his wife an child.”
The 32-year-old Mathis, Texas man was booked into Hopkins County jail at 11:07 p.m. Aug. 8, 2022, for surety off bond on a March 17, 2022, unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon charge and warrant for ride not secured by safety belt. Jail records show Baez-Baez, who is also known simply by Jr. and Norman Oscar Baez-Baez, also is noted to have been charged on a Wood County unauthorized use of a vehicle charge.
He remained in Hopkins County jail Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. His bond was set at $20,000 on the firearm charge and $25,000 on Wood County charge, according to jail reports.
Sulphur Springs Police Cpl. Chris Rosamond reported stopping a 2001 Toyota Echo Aug. 8, 2022, on Interstate 30 east at mile marker 126 for traffic violations. A records check showed Irving Alvarez-Guevara to be wanted in Hays County.
The 38-year-old Austin man was taken into custody 12:50 p.m. and was booked into Hopkins County jail at 1:18 p.m. Aug. 8, 2022, on the warrant for violation of probation on a Hays County possession of a Penalty Group 1/1-B controlled substance charge.
Alvarez-Guevara remained in Hopkins County jail Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. Bond was set at $7,500 on the charge, according to jail reports.
