At least three people over the last week on warrants for violating the terms of their release on probation or parole.
Early Morning Arrest
Sulphur Springs Police Cpl. Silas Whaley spotted a red Ford Fusion early Friday morning, Dec. 16, 2022, on JD Franklin Drive at Jefferson Street. The officer identified it as the car a wanted man was known to frequently drive.
Whaley made an investigative stop and confirmed Raekwon De Sean Gasaway was indeed the person driving the car. The active warrant was confirmed and Whaley took the 21-year-old Sulphur Springs man into custody at 1:10 a.m. Dec. 16, 2022.
Gasaway was booked into Hopkins County jail at 1:45 a.m. Friday on the felony warrant for violating probation, which he was on for a theft of firearm charge. Bond was recommended to be set at $150,000, Whaley noted in arrest reports.
Church Street Arrest
Cpl. Whaley also reported conducting a traffic stop on a Buick Encore on Church Street Wednesday night.
After obtaining the driver’s identifying information, a records check was conducted. The 45-year-old who gave a rural Sulphur Springs address was confirmed to be wanted by the US Marshalls’ Service. Whaley took her into custody at 9:06 p.m. Dec. 14, 2022.
Upon arrival at the county jail, the woman was booked in at 9:52 p.m. on the warrant for violation of probation, which she was on for an illegal re-entry charge, according to arrest reports.
Hinnant Street Arrest
A Sulphur Springs Police officer was dispatched Monday afternoon in the area of the Adult Probation Office, where a wanted man was reported to have been located.. Upon arrival, the man was located and confirmed to have an outstanding warrant for his arrest.
The 34-year-old Mount Vernon man was reportedly assisted to the patrol car at 2:12 p.m. Dec. 12, and transported to the county jail. The man was booked into jail at 2:46 p.m. on the warrant for violating probation, which he was on for accident involving $200 worth or less of damage to a vehicle. Bond on the charge was recommended to be set at $5,000, according to arrest reports.
KSST does not publish the names or photos of people charged with misdemeanor crimes in staff-generated reports, only those accused of felony offenses.
