May 18, 2023 – Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies contacted Sulphur Springs resident MCPHERSON, NESSICA RACHELE age 48, who sometimes goes by the alias Nessica Rachele Hale, at her hotel room on Interstate 30. She gave consent for the room to be searched.
In a drawer, Deputies located a plastic bag filled with methamphetamine. MCPHERSON, NESSICA RACHELE, who lists herself as unemployed, was mirandized, and allegedly claimed the cache of meth belonged to her. In another drawer, Deputies located a plastic container with methamphetamine inside. MCPHERSON, NESSICA RACHELE denied ownership of that container.
McPherson is charged with:
481.115(D) POSS CS PG 1/1-B >=4G<200G
481.115(D) POSS CS PG 1/1-B >=4G<200GThe second occupant of the hotel room, BRITTON, BRADLEY KEITH age 43, was not at the hotel during the search. He was however located by deputies a few blocks away. Britton, also a resident of Sulphur Springs who lists himself as unemployed, denied any knowledge of the hotel room meth. He was carrying a valid room key. His vehicle displayed fictitious registration information at the time of his stop. He was arrested and taken to Hopkins County Jail without incident. His vehicle was impounded.
Britton is charged with:
481.115(D) POSS CS PG 1/1-B >=4G<200G
502.475(D) DISPLAY FICTITIOUS MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION
The meth in the plastic pouch weighed 24 grams. The meth in the plastic container, that no one claimed ownership of, weighed 9 grams.
This not the first time Nessica Rachele Hale has been in Hopkins County Jail. In 2015 she was arrested for her role in a burglary scheme involving her son. See that story here. Hale was sentenced to 15 years. See that story here.
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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.
