Over the past 5 days (Dec. 19-23), 10 people were jailed in Hopkins County on outstanding felony charges, according to jail reports.
- Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputies Josh Davis and Brennan Murray, and Sgt. Scott Davis reported stopping Francisco Valentin Sanchez (who is also known by Velenta Sanchez), around 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23, 2022, on Interstate 30 west at mile marker 120 for a traffic offense committed with a Dodge Ram pickup. A records check showed the 30-year-old Dundalk, Maryland man to be wanted by authorities in Baltimore County, Maryland on rape—strong-arm warrant. Sanchez remained in the county jail Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022, on the charge, according to jail reports.
- HCSO Deputy Zach Steward took Christopher Lynn Baldwin into custody at 2:52 p.m. Dec. 22, 2022, at his State Highway 11 east residence on a warrant and transported the 45-year-old Sulphur Springs man to the sheriff’s office for an interview with Investigator Corley Weatherford. Baldwin was then escorted into the county jail, where he was booked in at 3:20 p.m. Thursday, on an indecency with a child charge. Bond was recommended at $100,000 on the second degree felony charge; Baldwin was released from jail Friday, Dec. 23, 2022, according to arrest reports. Steward also noted the charge was alleged to have occurred on or about Aug. 8, 2022.
- HCSO Deputy Philip Ryan took Joseph Andrew Carpenter into custody early Thursday morning, Dec. 22, 2022, at Rutherford County jail in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and transported him to Hopkins County jail. The 32-year-old Smyrna, Tennessee man was booked into Hopkins County jail at 3:28 p.m. Dec. 22, 2023, on a felony warrant for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. Bond on the charge was denied, so he remained in the county jail Christmas Eve, according to arrest and jail records.
- Julia Monica Gutierrez was taken into custody at the Adult Probation Office at 10:27 a.m. Dec. 22, 2022, and transported by Deputy Zachary Steward to Hopkins County jail, where the 40-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was booked in at 10:47 a.m. Thursday on three warrants, one each for violation of probation on a burglary of a building, fraudulent use of possession of information belonging to an elderly person and burglary of a habitation charges. Bond on the charges was recommended at $150,000 per charge. She remained in the county jail Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. The offenses, according to arrest reports, were alleged to have occurred occurred on Dec. 15, 2022.
- Deputy Terry Thompson transported Eric Paul Stephens from Hunt County jail to Hopkins County jail, where he was booked in at 9:31 a.m. Dec. 22, 2022, on a third or more offense driving while intoxicated offense warrant. The 45-year-old Winnsboro man remained in the county jail Christmas Eve; bond was denied on the charge, according to arrest and jail reports.
- HCSO Deputies Ryan Reed and Justin Wilkerson took Morgan Lane Brown into custody at 8:52 p.m. Dec. 21, 2022, at his County Road 4769 residence and transported him to Hopkins County jail. The 27-year-old Sulphur Springs man was booked in at 9:24 p.m. Wednesday, on an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and a cruelty to non-livestock animals charges. His bond was recommended at $35,000 per charge. Brown was released two days later, according to jail records. The offense was alleged in arrest reports to have occurred on Dec. 18, 2022, the deputies alleged in arrest reports.
- Andrew Christian McLemore was stopped around 9 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, on State Highway 11 east, just west of FM 1870 by Deputy Brennan Murray and Sgt. Scott Davis. A records check showed the 31-year-old to be wanted in Wood County on three charges. The Winnsboro man was transported to Hopkins County jail, where he was booked in at 9:49 p.m. Dec. 21, and remained until Dec. 23, 2022, on an obstruction or retaliation charge, a misdemeanor violation of court orders charge and a misdemeanor terroristic threat of a family or household member charge. His bond was recommended to be set at $30,000 on the third-degree felony charge, and at $10,000 per charge on the two Class A misdemeanors, according to arrest reports.
- Donald Wayne Dowling was booked into the county jail Dec. 20, 2022, for tampering with or fabricating physical evidence with intent to impair. Dowling was also wanted on McClennan County warrants for possession of a controlled substance, and surety off bond on a driving while intoxicated and reckless driving charges. The Hopkins County charge, Deputy Isaac Foley noted in arrest reports, is alleged to have occurred on Aug. 28, 2022. Dowling is also known by Don, Donnie Wayne and Jim, according to arrest reports. He remained in the county jail Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. The 67-year-old Jerrell, Texas man’s bonds were set at $10,000 on the tampering with evidence charge, $3,500 on the controlled substance charge, and $1,000 each on the two misdemeanor charges according to Hopkins County jail reports.
- Deputy Drew Fisher served Oscar Gutierrez-Brione Dec. 20, 2022, with a felony warrant for bail jumping and failure to appear on a felony charge; the offense is alleged to have occurred on Oct. 4, 2022. He also is held on outstanding charges for bond forfeiture on fraud and possession of a controlled substance charges, as no driver’s license. The 30-year-old Dallas man’s bond on the bail jumping/failure to appear charge was recommended to be set at $25,000; his new bonds on the fraud and controlled substance charges were set at $10,000 per charge, according to jail reports.
- Deputy Terry Thompson took Marcus Dewayne Poole into custody at 10 a.m. Dec. 19, 2022, and transported him from Union Parish Detention Center in Farmerville, Louisiana, to Hopkins County jail. The 45-year-old Bossier City, Louisiana man was booked in at 2:51 p.m. Dec. 19, 2022, on a warrant for violation of probation on a possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge, according to jail reports. Poole was held in Hopkins County jail Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022, according to jail records. The offense, Thompson noted in arrest reports, was alleged to have occurred on July 27, 2021.
