At least 10 people have been jailed on felony warrants from Sept. 20-29, 2022, including a man booked in for the second time this week, and a man wanted in the Dallas area on robbery and stolen vehicle charges, according to arrest reports.
Dakota Shane Weir was arrested in the lobby of Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office at 2:55 p.m. Sept. 28, 2022. He was taken into custody by corrections officer Courtney Steward. He was escorted into the county jail and booked in at 3:15 p.m. on a warrant for violation of probation, which the 33-year-old Sulphur Springs man was on for an Oct. 23, 2021 assault of a family or household member with previous conviction charge, according to jail reports.
Weir remained in Hopkins County jail Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in lieu of the $250,000 bond set on the charge, according to mail reports.
Wednesday was the second time this week that the Sulphur Springs man has been jailed locally. He was jailed Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022, for DWI with a child passenger younger than 15 years of age, a 22-month-old, then released later that day on a $30,000 bond, jail records show.
Sulphur Springs Police Officer Sean Hoffman responded at 4:16 p.m. Sept. 28, 2022, in the 1100 block of East Industrial Drive to conduct a welfare check. Upon arrival, Hoffman reported finding George Bob Morrone in a Ford Escape. A records check showed the 68-year-old Flower Mound man to have two outstanding warrants.
Once the warrants were confirmed, Morrone was taken into custody and transported to the county jail. The SUV was left parked at the address for the owner to retrieve later Wednesday.
He was booked into Hopkins County jail at 5:21 p.m. Sept. 28, on a Tarrant County warrant for unauthorized use of a vehicle and a Dallas County warrant for robbery. He remained in Hopkins County jail until Thursday, Sept. 29. His bonds were set at $20,000 per charge, according to jail reports.
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Justin Wilkerson and Thomas Patterson contacted Christopher Arlen Ray at 5:05 p.m. at his County Road 3513 residence and took him into custody on a warrant.
The 39-year-old Dike man was booked into Hopkins County jail at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 28, 2022, on a warrant for violation of probation, which he was on for a Sept. 8, 2017 driving while intoxicated with a child passenger under 15 years of age in the vehicle charge, according to arrest and jail reports. He was held in the county jail Thursday on the charge.
Jail records show Wednesday was the third time Ray has been jailed in Hopkins County for violating probation on the DWI with child passenger charge. He was also was jailed on the charge locally from June 17-Sept. 25, 2019 and March 31-May 11, 2020, according to jail reports.
HCSO Deputy Chris Baumann reported stopping James Michael Paul Greer Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, because the high center-mounted brake light on the Ford F150 he was driving didn’t work when he applied the brakes to turn from State Highway 11 east onto FM 1870.
A records check showed the 46-year-old Joaquin, Texas man to be wanted. He was taken into custody at 6 a.m. Tuesday and the truck was released to a passenger. Greer was booked into Hopkins County jail at 6:43 a.m. Sept. 27 on the violation of parole warrant. He was held in the county jail Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, without bond on the charge.
Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigations Division Special Agent Charles Cannon executed an arrest warrant Friday, Sept. 23, 2022 at a State Highway 19 residence. Brian James Lacy was transported to Hopkins County jail, where he was booked in at 2 p.m. Sept. 23, 2022, on the retaliation or obstruction charge, DPS Agent Daniel Kelly alleged in arrest reports.
The 41-year-old Cooper man remained in Hopkins County jail Sept 29, 2022, on the charge. His bond was set at $1 million on the third-degree felony retaliation/obstruction charge, according to jail reports.
HCSO Deputy Steve Huffman took Eric Spencer Marshall into custody at 5 a.m. Sept. 21, 2022, at El Passo County facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Huffman transported Marshall to Hopkins County jail, where the 46-year-old Colorado man was booked in at 7:14 p.m. Sept. 21, 2022, on a warrant for violation of probation on a Nov. 19, 2016 arson charge, according to arrest reports.
Marshall was held in Hopkins County jail without bond on the charge, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, according to jail records.
HCSO Deputy Richard Brantley took Matthew Howard Baldwin into custody at 10:13 a.m. Sept. 21, 2022, in the sheriff’s office lobby, where the 61-year-old man turned himself in on a Morris County warrant to appear in court on a motion to revoke probation on a burglary charge and to serve a commitment after being sentenced to time in a substance abuse felony punishment facility on a June 1, 2022 controlled substance charge.
Baldwin’s bond was set at $75,000 on the Morris County charge; he was held on the other charge Sept. 29, 2022, according to jail reports.
SSPD Officers Robble Acosta and Cameron Robinson contacted Randy Lee Shayne McElroy at 11:58 p.m. at his North Davis Street residence and took him into custody on a warrant. Police transported the 38-year-old Sulphur Springs man to HCSO jail, where he was booked in at 12:02 a.m. Sept. 22, 2022, on a Van Zandt County warrant for failure to appear on an evading arrest or detention with a vehicle charge.
McElroy was released from Hopkins County jail later Sept. 22, 2022, on the warrant. Bond was set at $20,000 on the third-degree felony charge, according to jail reports.
SSPD Special Crimes Unit Lt. Mark Estes received information about the possible location of a wanted felon Sept. 21, 2022, the officer reported.
Upon contact with an occupant at a Carter Street residence, Estes reported seeing a female matching the description of the wanted woman run to a back bedroom. Estes and SSPD Officer Edward Jaime found the woman hiding in a closet in the kitchen area of the home. They took her into custody at 4:30 p.m. on the Hunt County warrant, according to arrest reports.
Stormi Alisa Marie Garcia was booked into Hopkins County jail at 5:15 p.m. Sept. 21, 2022, for bond forfeiture on a hindering apprehension of a known felon charge.
The 28-year-old Sulphur Springs woman remained in Hopkins county jail until Sept. 22, 2022, according to jail reports.
Ernest Lee Martin was taken into custody at 11:05 a.m. Sept. 20, 2022, at Lamar County jail and transported to Hopkins County jail. The 31-year-old Paris, Texas man was booked into HCSO jail at 11:55 p.m. Sept. 20, 2022, on a warrant for credit or debit card abuse. The offense, Jailer Courtney Steward noted in arrest reports, is alleged to have occurred on Jan. 7, 2022, on the warrant, according to arrest reports.
Martin, who is also known by Herold Milien, remained in Hopkins County jail on the felony warrant Sept. 29, 2022. Bond was set at $20,000 on the felony charge, according to HCSO jail reports.
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