Fort Worth Man Arrested For Theft Of Trailer From A Local Apartment Complex
Rusty Allen Fisher A Fort Worth man was taken into custody Wednesday night on a felony theft charge, after he was caught with a trailer allegedly stolen from a local apartment complex, according to arrest reports. At 9:30 p.m. March 27, Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper William Gillentine reported stopping a Chevrolet Trailblazer on State Highway 11, after noticing the trailer it was pulling did not have any trailer or brake...
Vehicle Burglaries Under Investigation
Sulphur Springs Police are investigating vehicle burglaries reported early Monday morning at two different addresses. Debit, credit, store and gift cards; wallets; and identification were among the items reported stolen from the burglaries of sport utility vehicles on Jennifer Lane and a vehicle on Austin Acres Road. At least one report of credit card abuse was reported to have stemmed from one of the burglaries. Local residents are...
Trespassing Leads To Arrest, Controlled Substance Charge
Jason Anthony Alkire A trespassing report Monday night lead to a felony controlled substance arrest, police reported. Sulphur Springs Police Sgt. Matt Glenn was dispatched around 9:50 p.m. to a complaint that a man who’d previously been issued a trespass warning had returned to a South Broadway Street store. Glenn contacted the man, identified in reports as Jason Anthony Alkire, inside the business. Glenn received confirmation...
Storm results in some hail damage, downed trees and power lines
Mar 25, 2019 – Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County weathered Monday’s early morning storm relatively unscathed, emergency officials said late Monday morning. Neither city nor county officials received reports of any tornado touching down in either Sulphur Springs or Hopkins County. County emergency officials went on high alert as the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for the county starting shortly after...
City’s Public Safety Director On Administrative Leave Pending Investigation
Sulphur Springs Public Safety Director Jay Sanders The city’s top public safety official has been placed on administrative leave, Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell said Monday. Jay Sanders, whose job as public safety director is to oversee both Sulphur Springs Police Department and Fire Department, was placed on administrative leave with pay at the end of last week, city officials reported. The action is “due to...
Grand Jury Indictments for February, 2019
A Hopkins County Grand Jury handed up 53 indictments in February. Among those indicted were: CARTER, HEVELYN Hevelyn Carter for burglary of a building. (See Story below) Vondrick Deshawn Gomes for three counts of burglary of a building. Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum says he does not like thieves so he was pleased when a Fort Worth man and a woman were arrested shortly after a Como convenience store was burglarized. Sheriff Tatum...
Hopkins County Grand Jury Indicts 69 in January
January 25, 2019 – A Hopkins County Grand Jury handed up 69 indictments in January, 2019. Those indicted who have been arrested include: Daniel Lee Baxter was indicted for Injury Child/Elderly Disable with Intent Bodily Injury Janie Lynn Perez was indicted for Improper Relationship Between Educator/Student . In a press release from the office of North Hopkins ISD Superintendent Darin Jolly the district announced that a now...
Storm Spotter Training Program Thursday January 31, 2019
Please note: If the government shutdown continues into the last week of January, NWS may have to cancel or postpone the Hopkins County SKYWARN class. The National Weather Service will soon be in town for a free severe weather training session. 2018 brought a variety of severe weather; including hail up to 3 inches in diameter in the spring and summer months and flash flooding in the fall months. The 2019 severe weather season is not...
City Council January Session: ISO Rating, Bid Approved for Summer Paving Program
During the Tuesday, January 8th Special Session of the Sulphur Springs City Council, the council heard a report from the Ark-Tex Council of Governments, Assistant Fire Marshall David James, conducted public hearings for annexation of two business parks, approved updating various electrical, building, and maintenance codes, discussed savings on tax notes sale and Certificates of Obligation, and received bids for the summer paving...
Fort Worth Couple Arrested For Como Store Break In Wednesday
January 2, 2019 – Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum says he does not like thieves so he was pleased when a Fort Worth man and a woman were arrested shortly after a Como convenience store was burglarized early Wednesday morning. CARTER, HEVELYN Sheriff Tatum says it was the second time the store was targeted recently. He says after the first break in on December 28, deputies have been on the alert in the area. Sheriff Tatum says...
