The Hopkins County Grand Jury on Dec. 30, 2022, signed at more than 50 indictments, pushing those cases forward for prosecution. At least 45 people were named in the charges, which ranged from theft and forgery, evading arrest with and vehicle theft to escape, assault on a public servant, felon in possession of a firearm, aggravated assault and injury to a child offenses. Right at half of indictments were for marijuana and controlled substance offenses, according to information released Jan. 5, 2023, by the District Clerk’s Office.
Four individuals were named in 2 offenses each and at least 2 men were accused of 3 offenses each. In some instances, more than one individual is alleged to have participated in an offense.
Micheal Edward White was accused in three indictments of Possession of 200 grams or more but less than 400 grams of a Penalty Group 1/1‐B controlled substance with Intent To Deliver, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm By a Felon; and Prohibited Substance or Item In a Correctional, Civic or Community Facility. The 38-year-old Dallas man was allegedly caught with a cache of contraband, including suspected methamphetamine, cocaine, prescription pain medications, anti-anxiety drugs, marijuana, a firearm and two unidentified substances during an Interstate 30 traffic stop Valentine’s Day 2022. According to the Feb. 14, 2022 arrest reports, amounts of marijuana and Ecstasy were discovered to have been concealed on the Dallas man while he was being booked into the county jail, resulting in the prohibited substance charge.
Brandon Torrel Epps was also accused in the Dec. 30, 2022, indictments of three offenses — Escape While Arrested or Confined; Forgery of a Government Document, National Instrument, Money or Security; and Unauthorized Use Of Vehicle. Lorena Leon was also indicted in late December on an Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle charge. The Michigan pair, who claimed to be in a 5-year relationship, was stopped late Sept. 15, 2022, on Interstate 30 in a Jeep Cherokee that’d been reported to Redford, Michigan Police as stolen. Epps was alleged to have presented an Indiana driver’s license with the name David Christie on it, and on inspection had “abnormalities” such as off-centered typing. Also, David Christie is a white male and the man presenting the ID card was a black male, deputies alleged, deputies alleged following Epps and Leon’s arrests. While deputies were putting handcuffs on Leon, the man believed to be Epps “sprinted across the westbound lanes of travel on Interstate 30, attempting to escape while in custody,” according to arrest reports. His freedom was short-lived, however. Deputies took the man into custody as he reached the center median, according to the September arrest reports.
Cavan Swain Polite was accused in the Dec. 30 indictments of Unlawful Possess of a Firearm By a Felon and Unauthorized Use Of a Vehicle. The 25-year-old Little Rock, Arkansas man was stopped Oct. 27, 2022, on I-30 in a Range Rover reported stolen from Plano, then allegedly took off running from officials, only to be found a short time later. A Cadillac registered to him that’d been following him was found nearby a short time later; it had a pistol reportedly owned by Polite in it. Police was found a short time later hiding in brush near I-30, officers alleged in the October 2022 arrest reports.
Nicole Rae Pritchard, 25, was indicted for Possession of 4 Grams or more but less than 200 Grams of a Penalty Group 1/1-B Controlled Substance With Intent To Deliver and Possession of 1 Gram or More but Less than 4 Grams of a Penalty Group 1/1-B Controlled Substance.
Jameek Montres Pryor was indicted on Assault of a Family or Household Member with Previous Conviction and Unauthorized Use Of a Vehicle. The 21-year-old Cumby man was accused of slamming a female against a wall in their home and of ripping her purse off of her arm, causing a bruising and a welt.
Bryan Sandoval‐Perez was indicted on two Aggravated Assault With a Deadly Weapon charges. The 19-year-old on Oct. 16, 2022, allegedly got into an altercation with multiple individuals over a portable Bluetooth speaker, and during the argument tried to attack one male with a pocketknife, cutting the other male’s finger. When four other males attempted to disarm him, the teen allegedly slashed and stabbed at them.
Hector Tael Zamora‐Vasquez Jr. was indicted for Aggravated Assault of a Date, Family or Household Member with a Weapon. The 23-year-old Sulphur Springs man was accused of pressing a knife against his father’s chest in a threatening manner, causing his father to fear bodily injury on Nov. 30, 2022.
Omar Manuel Jimenez‐Garcia was indicted for Assault of a Public Servant. The 39-year-old Winnsboro man was arrested Nov. 26, 2022, on a second offense driving while intoxicated with open container charge. When he refused to provide a breath sample for testing, the trooper obtained a search warrant requiring a blood draw. Jimenez-Garcia, who was originally booked in under the name Omar M. Jimenez, refused to perform it, even after being warned it could mean an additional charge, and resisted to the point he had to be held down to secure the blood sample, the highway patrol alleged in arrest reports. While fighting with officials, he allegedly caused the phlebotomist to accidently stick one trooper with the needle, then Jimenez-Garcia jabbed his thumbnail into another trooper’s index finger, cutting it, and smashed his handcuffs on the second trooper’s finger, breaking the trooper’s nail in two, the state troopers alleged in arrest reports.
Indicted on Dec. 20, 2022 for causing intentional bodily injury to a child, elderly or disabled person was Trenis Newman Turner. The 52-year-old was accused on Oct. 17, 2022, of wrapping his mother up and physically removing her from her residence, then refused to allow her back in. When she tried to re-enter her residence, Turner intentionally pushed his 74-year-old mother back onto the porch, causing her to fall on her knees which had visible injuries and bruising, deputes alleged in arrest reports.
Terry Wayne Maples III was indicted for Assault of a Family Member‐More Than Two Times. The 37-year-old Saltillo man was accused Oct. 22, 2022 of physically assaulting his father while they were driving to work together. Then, when they got home that afternoon, Maples allegedly punched his father in the side near his rib and threatened violent acts, including burning his father’s residence down, if law enforcement was contacted, officers alleged in arrest reports. The older man was reported to have a physical injury on his upper lip and a mark on his right side to corroborate the accusation, deputies alleged in the October arrest reports.
Ruben Anzaldua was indicted for Theft of Property valued at less than $2,500, with 2 or more Conviction, which enhance the charge to a felony while Dustin Sasser was indicted for Theft of Property valued at 2,500 or More but Less than $30,000.
Also among the individuals indicted on an Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle charge were Vicente Bello‐Uriostegui and Michael Wayne Johnson. Bello-Uriostegui, a 17-year-old San Antonio male, was stopped on I-30 in a stolen Kia Fort and jailed Oct. 10, 2022. Johnson was allegedly stopped on I-30 in a stolen Dodge Challenger, and claimed to be a federal agent. A records check showed not a law enforcement license but an extensive criminal history for the 44-year-old Dallas man; a GPS tracker was found in the glovebox. When Dallas Police contacted the dealership listed on the proof of shipment document Johnson claimed was evidence he was just transporting the car to Tennessee, the dealership confirmed the car had been stolen, resulting in Johnson’s arrest.
Jessica Annette Cochran, Jarian A. Cox, Marquis L.Garrett, Tere Scott and Brookelyn Robyn Purser were all indicted on an Evading Arrest or Detention with a Vehicle charges.
Indicted on a Manufacture or Delivery of less than 28 grams of a Penalty Group 3/4 Controlled substance was Gaylon Voughan Younger.
At least 17 additional individuals were indicted during the Dec. 30, 2022 Grand Jury session on one possession of controlled substance charge each. They included:
- Kevin Neal Benson — 1 Gram or More but Less than 4 Grams of a Penalty Group 1/1‐B Controlled Substance;
- Asa Cole Bloyed — Less than 1 Gram of a Penalty Group 1//1‐B Controlled Substance;
- Brandon NicholasCarrell — Less than 1 Gram of a Penalty Group 1/1-B Controlled Substance in a Drug-Free Zone;
- Steve Hayes Donnelley — 1 Gram or More but Less than 4 Grams of a Penalty Group 1/1‐B Controlled Substance;
- Kimberly Dianne Garibay — Less than 1 Gram of a Penalty Group 1//1‐B Controlled Substance;
- Christina Nicole Harris — Less than 1 Gram of a Penalty Group 1//1‐B Controlled Substance;
- David Howk — 1 Gram or More but Less than 4 Grams of a Penalty Group 1/1‐B Controlled Substance;
- Malissa Louise Larey — Less than 1 Gram of a Penalty Group 1/1-B Controlled Substance in a Drug-Free Zone;
- Sylvia Nohemy Lopez — 1 Gram or More but Less than 4 Grams of a Penalty Group 1/1‐B Controlled Substance;
- Leland Randolph Jr. Nelson — Less than 1 Gram of a Penalty Group 1/1-B Controlled Substance in a Drug-Free Zone;
- Christopher Ryan Person — 1 Gram or More But Less than 4 Grams of a Penalty Group 2 Controlled Substance;
- Christopher Lynn Sharpe — 1 Gram or More but Less than 4 Grams of a Penalty Group 1/1‐B Controlled Substance;
- Brent River Trebing — Less than 1 Grams of a Penalty Group 2 Controlled Substance;
- Kaleb David Turner — Less than 1 Grams of a Penalty Group 2 Controlled Substance;
- Lucio Ibarra Valdez — Less than 1 Gram of a Penalty Group 1//1‐B Controlled Substance;
- Luis Alberto Velasquez — Less than 1 Grams of a Penalty Group 2 Controlled Substance; and
- Michael Todd Jr. Wallace — Less than 1 Gram of a Penalty Group 1//1‐B Controlled Substance.
Among the 7 individuals iIndicted on one Possession of 5 Pounds or Less but More than 4 Ounces of Marijuana each were the following: Jovan Martell Brandon, De‐Andre Xavier Scott, Tyler David Bruno, Sam Thomas Martin Jr., David Alonzo Robinson, Tommy Wayne Davis Jr. and Dakota Wade Hillis.
