Whitworth Street Traffic Stop Results In 3 Controlled Substance Arrests

Kansas Woman Arrested On Wildcat Way On Methamphetamine Charge

A Whitworth Street traffic stop early Sunday morning resulted in three controlled substance arrest. Police also arrested a Kansas woman Saturday on an unrelated controlled substance charge, according to arrest reports.

Whitworth Street Traffic Stop

Sulphur Springs Police Officer Silas Whaley conducted a traffic stop on a Pontiac GT around 3:20 a.m. April 11, 2021, after observing a traffic violation committed with the vehicle.

Passenger Britney Marie Coffelt of Sulphur Springs reportedly had alcohol, and suspected marijuana was observed in the driver’s side floorboard, according to police reports. Consequently, the officer initiated a search of the vehicle. Approximately 0.4 gram of a crystal-like crystal-like substance that tested positive for methamphetamine using a scientific substance analyzer device was found in the console, police alleged in reports.

All three occupants, denied knowledge or possession of the substance. Whaley arrested 33-year-old Nicki Michelle Banks, 27-year-old Coffelt and 31-year-old Nicholas Anthony Reynolds, all of Sulphur Springs, at 4:05 a.m. Sunday, April 11, 2021, on a possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge. Banks too was reported to be wanted on a theft of property valued at $750 or more but less than $2,500 charge, according to arrest reports.

Banks (who is also known by Nicki Douglas), Coffelt (who is also known by Britney Marie Wilson) and Reynolds all remained in Hopkins County jail Monday, April 12, in lieu of a $5,000 bond on the controlled substance charge. Banks’ bond on the theft charge was set at $2,000, according to jail reports.

Sunday was the second time in less than a month that Whaley has arrested Reynolds for possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge. The officer reported finding suspected methamphetamine in a bag in Reynolds’ wallet on March 14, 2021. Reynolds was released from jail March 15 on a $5,000 bond on the charge, according to jail and arrest records.

Wildcat Way Traffic Stop

Sulphur Springs Police Officer Sean Hoffman conducted a traffic stop on a Ford Fusion on Wildcat Way at Arbala Road around 8:20 a.m. Saturday, April 10, 2021. While talking with the driver, Hoffman noted the 38-year-old woman’s hands shook excessively. She was asked to exit the car to talk with him away from her husband. When asked about the shakiness, Stephanie Ann Glenn reportedly started breathing heavily and couldn’t stand still, which she claimed was due to a medical condition, Hoffman alleged in arrest reports.

The woman initially agreed to let Hoffman search the car, then retracted and said she would have to ask her husband and quickly returned to the car and began reaching for something, Hoffman alleged in arrest reports. The police officer instructed the husband to get out, then asked the Wichita, Kansas woman to be honest about the car’s contents, noting he could see her nervousness escalating as a vehicle search was discussed.

Glenn allegedly admitted there was methamphetamine and a pipe used to smoke it in the car either in the console or under the driver’s seat. A search revealed a case with suspected methamphetamine, two glass pipes, a rag and container with meth residue in it in the console. However, the woman initially claimed someone she’d given a ride to the day before had left the contraband in the car, but when asked who it really belonged to, she claimed it as hers, Hoffman alleged in arrest reports.

Hoffman arrested Glenn just before 9 a.m. April 10 and taken to jail on a possession of 1 gram or more but less than 4 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance; the car was released to her husband. She was released from Hopkins County jail Sunday, April 11, 2021, on a $10,000 bond on the third-degree felony charge, according to arrest and jail reports.

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The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.