Portion Of County’s ARP Funding Earmarked for Trustee Housing Facility
County Eyes Hazardous Mitigation Assistance Grant For Community Safe Room Hopkins County officials are considering building two structures near the sheriff’s office, a trustee housing facility and a community safe room. Trustee Housing Hopkins County officials plan to use a portion of the $7-plus million the county has been awarded in American Rescue Program funding to construct a trustee housing facility. The facility would...
Cumby Man Jailed On Felony Theft Warrant
Paul Wesley Cash A 66-year-old Cumby man was jailed on a felony theft warrant Saturday, according to arrest reports. Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office deputies were made aware of a warrant issued for Paul Wesley Cash’s arrest. They spotted Cash in a Ford F150 traveling on FM 275 south at the south service road and conducted a traffic stop on the truck at 3:17 p.m. July 24, 2021. Deputies took the 66-year-old Cumby man into...
Five Arrested Over the Weekend On Felony Controlled Substance Charges
Local officers arrested five people over the weekend on felony controlled substance charges, according to jail reports. Gilmer Street Welfare Check Jessica Joe Farrow A 28-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was arrested at 1:07 p.m. July 25 for possession of 4 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance in a drug-free zone and possession of 28 grams or more but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group 3...
Commissioners Court To Consider RFPs For Architectural Services Qualifications, Road Use Agreements
Hopkins County Commissioners Court appears to have a full agenda Monday morning, with items for architectural services qualifications for two projects, road use agreements and an interlocal agreement. The commissioners court is scheduled to consider authorizing issuance of requests for proposals for qualifications for architectural services related to the hazardous mitigation assistance grant programs for a Community Safe Room as well...
13 Jailed In Hopkins County On Controlled Substance, Marijuana and Related Charges July 15-24, 2021
At least 13 individuals were jailed in Hopkins County on controlled substance and marijuana charges between July 15 and July 24, 2021. Whitney Renee Armstrong Whitney Renee Armstrong was arrested at 7:59 p.m. July 23, 2021, on a warrant for bond forfeiture on a June 1, 2020 possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge. The 19-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was a passenger in a vehicle stopped on West...
Michigan Woman Caught with Stolen Weapon
Teen Accused of Sexual Assault of Child, Man of Criminal Mischief and Probation Violation A 38-year-old Michigan woman was caught with a stolen weapon; two men were also arrested on felony warrants as well, according to arrest reports. Cumby Police stopped a black Acura SUV on Interstate 30 at mile marker 109 for traveling at a high rate of speed. Upon contact with the 38-year-old Saginaw woman driving, the officer reported smelling a...
Three Men Served With Felony Warrants Over Last 3 Days
At least three men were served with felony warrants in the last three days in Hopkins County, according to arrest reports. SH 11 East Arrest Olen Shane Gillean(HCSO jail photo) Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Nick Marney reported responding to a complaint that a 50-year-old Greenville man had failed to return a vehicle which had been loaned to him. Marney, in arrest reports, stated Olen Shane Gillean was located around 11...
Cumby Man Jailed On 2 DWI With Child Passenger Warrants
Victor Miranda-Cervantes (HCSO jail photo) Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Scott Davis and Deputy Justin Wilkerson stopped a GM Safari at 8:42 p.m. Saturday on State Highway 11 at FM 3134 for a traffic violation. A records check showed driver Victor Miranda-Cervantes to be wanted on two warrants for driving while intoxicated with a child passenger 15 years of age. Miranda-Cervantes was accused March 20, 2021, of driving...
Woman Jailed On Fraud And Parole Charges
Rains County officers transported a 31-year-old Emory woman to Hopkins County jail Friday and released her to Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy J. Davis. Amy Jo Fulfer was booked into the county jail at 2:53 a.m. July 16, 2021, on Hopkins County warrants for fraudulent use or possession of identifying information and violation of parole, according to arrest and jail reports. Fulfer remained in Hopkins County jail Saturday...
Sulphur Springs Man Jailed On Aggravated Assault Charge
A 38-year-old Sulphur Springs man was jailed on an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge Friday afternoon. Aaron Kyle Dodd was escorted into the jail by Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy T. Thompson and booked on the felony warrant at 1:55 p.m. July 16, according to arrest reports. Dodd remained in Hopkins County jail Saturday afternoon, July 17, 2021. Bond on the charge was set at $125,000, according to jail...
